I suppose you want this for yakkety too, so backported: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-systemd/systemd.git/commit/?h =ubuntu-yakkety&id=648c659e9
** Description changed: Ubuntu Core 16 images using cloud-init fail to function when the DataSource is over the network (Like OpenStack) as networking is not yet available when cloud-init.service runs. cloud-init service unit deps look like this: [Unit] Description=Initial cloud-init job (metadata service crawler) DefaultDependencies=no Wants=cloud-init-local.service Wants=local-fs.target Wants=sshd-keygen.service Wants=sshd.service After=cloud-init-local.service After=networking.service Requires=networking.service Before=basic.target Before=dbus.socket Before=network-online.target Before=sshd-keygen.service Before=sshd.service Before=systemd-user-sessions.service Conflicts=shutdown.target Here's networkd unit deps: [Unit] Description=Network Service Documentation=man:systemd-networkd.service(8) ConditionCapability=CAP_NET_ADMIN DefaultDependencies=no # dbus.service can be dropped once on kdbus, and systemd-udevd.service can be # dropped once tuntap is moved to netlink After=systemd-udevd.service dbus.service network-pre.target systemd-sysusers.service systemd-sysctl.service Before=network.target multi-user.target shutdown.target Conflicts=shutdown.target Wants=network.target # On kdbus systems we pull in the busname explicitly, because it # carries policy that allows the daemon to acquire its name. Wants=org.freedesktop.network1.busname After=org.freedesktop.network1.busname And a critical-chain output: root@snap-test7:~# systemd-analyze critical-chain systemd-networkd Failed to get ID: Unit name systemd-networkd is not valid. The time after the unit is active or started is printed after the "@" character. The time the unit takes to start is printed after the "+" character. root@snap-test7:~# systemd-analyze critical-chain systemd-networkd.service The time after the unit is active or started is printed after the "@" character. The time the unit takes to start is printed after the "+" character. systemd-networkd.service +440ms └─dbus.service @11.461s └─basic.target @11.403s └─sockets.target @11.401s └─dbus.socket @11.398s └─cloud-init.service @10.127s +1.266s └─networking.service @9.305s +799ms └─network-pre.target @9.295s └─cloud-init-local.service @3.822s +5.469s └─local-fs.target @3.813s └─run-cgmanager-fs.mount @12.687s └─local-fs-pre.target @1.393s └─systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service @1.116s +195ms └─kmod-static-nodes.service @887ms +193ms └─system.slice @783ms └─-.slice @721ms cloud-init would need networkd to run at or before 'networking.service' so it can raise networking to then find and use network-based datasources. # grep systemd /usr/share/snappy/dpkg.list ii libnss-resolve:amd64 229-4ubuntu11 amd64 nss module to resolve names via systemd-resolved ii libpam-systemd:amd64 229-4ubuntu11 amd64 system and service manager - PAM module ii libsystemd0:amd64 229-4ubuntu11 amd64 systemd utility library ii systemd 229-4ubuntu11 amd64 system and service manager ii systemd-sysv 229-4ubuntu11 amd64 system and service manager - SysV links # grep cloud-init /usr/share/snappy/dpkg.list ii cloud-init 0.7.8-201610260005-gf7a5756-0ubuntu1~trunk~ubuntu16.04.1 all Init scripts for cloud instances SRU INFORMATION FOR systemd =========================== - Fix: For xenial it is sufficient to drop systemd-networkd's After=dbus.service (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/5f004d1e32) and drop the useless org.freedesktop.network1.busname unit (which is always "condition failed" as there is no kdbus, but it moves systemd-network.service after sockets.target which is too late for cloud-init). + Fix: For xenial it is sufficient to drop systemd-networkd's After=dbus.service (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/5f004d1e32) and (for xenial only) drop the useless org.freedesktop.network1.busname unit (which is always "condition failed" as there is no kdbus, but it moves systemd-network.service after sockets.target which is too late for cloud-init). Regression potential: Low. networkd is not widely being used outside of netplan/snappy in xenial. Running it before dbus.service is running has two consequences: - It cannot immediately expose its D-Bus status interface. But it will retry every 5 s until that succeeds, so the D-Bus status interface will continue to work. (see test case) - If a DHCP response with a hostname or timezone is received before dbus.service is running, it cannot talk to systemd-hostnamed/systemd-timedated to set these properties (if enabled). However, this is broken in xenial anyway as it fails on polkit permissions (this and retrying this configuration after D-Bus is up has been fixed in upstream master now). - As for removing the "*.busname" units: kdbus has never been part of any - distribiution, there had just been some experimental DKMS package in - some PPA for it. It's dead as an upstream project, so by dropping the - *.busname unit(s) from xenial there should be no practical effect as - these should always not start with "condition failed". + As for removing the "*.busname" units in xenial: kdbus has never been + part of any distribiution, there had just been some experimental DKMS + package in some PPA for it. It's dead as an upstream project, so by + dropping the *.busname unit(s) from xenial there should be no practical + effect as these should always not start with "condition failed". + Yakkety's systemd already has them removed. Test case: - Install nplan, set up a netplan configuration and remove /etc/network/interfaces. - Upgrade to the proposed packages. - Ensure that the network is still functional and "busctl" shows org.freedesktop.network1, i. e. networkd successfully connected to the bus. - Check the journal that systemd-networkd.service starts before dbus.service, which should usually be the case with this fix. Check "journalctl -b" for "Started Network Service." vs. "Started D-Bus System Message Bus." If it repeatedly starts the other way around, you can force it with "sudo systemctl edit systemd-networkd.service" and [Unit] Before=sysinit.target (This is effectively what cloud-init.service will do soon.) ** Also affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu Yakkety) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Yakkety) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Yakkety) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1636912 Title: systemd-networkd runs too late for cloud-init.service (net) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1636912/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs