I worked around this by editing /etc/network/if-up.d/upstart and excluding the loopback interfaces aliases from the auto interfaces, the change was:
found=$(ifquery --list --allow auto 2>/dev/null) || return to: found=$(ifquery --list --allow auto --exclude lo:\* 2>/dev/null) || return Then it doesn't wait for the loopback aliases and everything starts up fast. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1428112 Title: cloud-init-nonet hangs when loopback alias exists To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1428112/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs