Public bug reported: 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: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1551419 Title: Fix UUID endianness patch breaks cloud-init on Azure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1551419/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
