This bug is believed to be fixed in cloud-init in version 18.5. If this is still a problem for you, please make a comment and set the state back to New
Thank you. ** Changed in: cloud-init Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798189 Title: cloud-init query: /run/cloud/instance-data-sensitive.json not generated on upgrade Status in cloud-init: Fix Released Bug description: /run/cloud-init/instance-data.json & instance-data-sensitive.json not regenerated on upgrade. Between cloud-init from 18.3-9 -> 18.4.0 cloud-init transitioned from a single sensitive /run/cloud-init/instance-data.json that was read- only root to two separate files: /run/cloud-init/instance-data- sensitive.json (root readable) and /run/cloud-init/instance-data.json (world readable). cloud-init query subcommand attempts to read the instance-data.json when getuid is non-root, and instance-data-sensitive.json when getuid is root. Since /run/cloud-init/instance-data*json is only regenerated on reboot, "cloud-init query" after an upgrade emits the following errors # as non-root ubuntu@mybox $ cloud-init query --all ERROR: Missing instance-data.json file: /run/cloud-init/instance-data.json # as root user ubuntu@mybox $ sudo cloud-init query --all ERROR: Missing instance-data.json file: /run/cloud-init/instance-data-sensitive.json To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1798189/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp