package-update-upgrade-install does not update when run with --frequency=always

This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #1785225

Launchpad user Sirio Balmelli(siriobalmelli) wrote on 2018-08-03T11:12:56.923746+00:00

1. The following stanzas in /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg:

cloud_final_modules:
  # always update+upgrade on boot
  - [package-update-upgrade-install, always]

packages:  # will run apt-update
  - git
package_update: true
package_upgrade: true
package_reboot_if_required: true

2. Result in the following log entry at boot-time:

helpers.py[DEBUG]: update-sources already ran (freq=once-per-instance)

3. Running the module manually with:

sudo cloud-init single --name package-update-upgrade-install --frequency always

... also fails to call apt-get update

4. Google gives no results.

• No similar bugs visible here.
• No additional configuration keys shown in https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/modules.html#package-update-upgrade-install.
• No relevant keys given in https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/modules.html#apt-configure.
• Nowhere is "update-sources" mentioned.

5. Attempted guess at "update-sources" fails:

sudo cloud-init single --name update-sources --frequency always

6. Expected behavior is that apt-get update is executed before apt-get install every time the machine is booted. On my system the install looks like:

['eatmydata', 'apt-get', '--option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold', '--option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io', '--assume-yes', '--quiet', 'install', 'git']

7. Alternate behavior would be a way to explicitly request that an update be performed. This was attempted/guessed-at with:

cloud_config_modules:
  - [apt-configure, always]

But did not obtain an update. There seem to be no other applicable modules listed in https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/modules.html#

8. Environment:

• Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
• /usr/bin/cloud-init 18.2

9. /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg

---

cloud_init_modules:   - seed_random   - bootcmd   - set_hostname   - update_hostname   - update_etc_hosts   - ca-certs   - rsyslog   - users-groups   - ssh

cloud_config_modules:   - emit_upstart   - ssh-import-id   - locale   - set-passwords   - grub-dpkg   - timezone   - [apt-configure, always]   - [runcmd, always] # doesn't actually EXECUTE the modules - that's left for scripts-user :P

cloud_final_modules:   - landscape   - lxd   - ssh-authkey-fingerprints   - final-message   - power-state-change   - [package-update-upgrade-install, always]   - [scripts-user, always]

system_info:   distro: ubuntu   paths:     cloud_dir: /var/lib/cloud/     templates_dir: /etc/cloud/templates/     upstart_dir: /etc/init/   ssh_svcname: ssh

disable_root: true

datasource_list: [NoCloud, None]

preserve_hostname: false hostname: {hostname} manage_etc_hosts: true

apt:   preserve_sources_list: false   primary:     - arches:         - amd64         - i386         - default       uri: "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/"       search:         - "http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu"         - "http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu"       search_dns: true   security:     - arches:         - amd64         - i386         - default       uri: "http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/"       search_dns: true   # (custom PPAs elided)   sources_list: |     deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted     deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted     deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted     deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted     deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe     deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe     deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe     deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe     deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse     deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse     deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse     deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates multiverse     deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse     deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse     deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted     deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security main restricted     deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security universe     deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security universe     deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security multiverse     deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-security multiverse runcmd:   - [echo, startup run $(date)]

packages: # SHOULD run apt-update; does not   - git package_update: true package_upgrade: true package_reboot_if_required: true