You have been subscribed to a public bug: On Azure, cloud-init relies on the system-uuid as based by SMBIOS a unique ID for a cloud instance. If this ID ever changes, then cloud- init will attempt to reprovision the VM.
This recent kernel patch in the Ubuntu kernel corrects the endianness for some SMBIOS fields, but also has the effect causing cloud-init to think that the system-uuid has changed: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu- trusty.git/commit/drivers/firmware?id=3ec24c55be6c543797ba3ee9a227a5631aef607e The impact is that cloud-init attempts to reprovision the VM, often causing the customer to lose access to their VM. ** Affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Importance: Critical Status: Confirmed -- Fix UUID endianness patch breaks cloud-init on Azure https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1551419 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
