20090929.2 UEC install test

[Thierry Carrez]

Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Thierry Carrez
> <thierry.carrez at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>>> What steps have you taken to debug this so far?  I suggest adding some
>>> simple logging to the upstart jobs so that you can confirm the order and
>>> timing of the steps and find out where it is going wrong.
>> Logging would definitely help. Apparently it's not just a timing/race
>> issue, it's also unstable. Dan Nurmi will try to reproduce and help
>> debug. Our best lead so far is using the same external address as the
>> walrus component uses (since it's the only one to register properly).
>>
>>> Dustin, Mathias, can you help chase this since it's the evening for Thierry?
> 
> I just uploaded eucalyptus_1.6~bzr854-0ubuntu12_source.changes, which
> fixes one of the beta critical bugs (relating to the creation and
> ownership of /var/run/eucalyptus/net).
> 
> We're still fighting the -cc registration reliability issues.  It
> seems to register, on occasion.  But it's neither stable, nor
> reliable.  Mathias has gathered more upstart debugging.  We're hoping
> to make contact with Scott.  At this point, we think we might actually
> be looking at an Upstart bug.

Late in his night, Dustin uploaded -0ubuntu13 which in my testing fixes
the registration issue. Apparently using external address fixed it,
maybe the upstart issue was a red herring.

However my preliminary testing shows that eucalyptus needs to be
stopped/started *after registration succeeded* to take the registration
into account... I'll confirm that bug with the ISO install, when it will
be published.

Looking at Dan's installation reports he sure mentions:
# sudo euca_conf --no-rsync --register-walrus 192.168.7.68
# sudo euca_conf --no-rsync --register-cluster cc1 192.168.7.68
# sudo euca_conf --no-rsync --register-sc cc1 192.168.7.68
# sudo euca_conf --no-rsync --register-nodes 192.168.7.31
# sudo /etc/init.d/eucalyptus-cloud restart <-----------------
# sudo euca_conf --get-credentials mycreds.zip

I think it's getting late for another round of upstart fixes, and this
one is non-trivial (restarting eucalyptus would also register again ?).
I propose to confirm the bug and document it as a known beta issue.

-- 
Thierry Carrez
Ubuntu server team