[Bug 675711] [NEW] user-data scripts are run on first boot after a rebundle

[Scott Moser]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: cloud-init

As reported at [1], there if a instance is launched with a user data
script (--user-data-file that has '#!'), then that script will persist
across a rebundle *and* be run on first boot after the rebundle.  That
is not the desired behavior.

This problem probably exists with runcmd commands also (via cloud-config
syntax).

For simplicity, I copied the report here:

| IMHO there is still a problem. It might be a feature though that I never understood.
| I start an AWS micro instance (EBS based obviously) instance with userdata:
|
| #!/bin/bash
| date > /tmp/x
| 
| I check for the date stamp. it is there.
| 
| then I stop the image, delete /tmp/x and create a new image of the one above.
| 
| I run another instance based on the new AMI, but this time WITHOUT user-data.
| 
| I check for the /tmp/x file. It is there. And it contains the new timestamp!
| 
| So is the user-data persisted and used again when creating a new image?
| Is it a bug or a feature? If it is a feature, is it documented :-)

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[1] https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=52433

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: cloud-init 0.5.15-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 2.6.35-22.33-virtual 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-virtual i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 15 19:35:45 2010
Ec2AMI: ami-508c7839
Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
Ec2AvailabilityZone: us-east-1c
Ec2InstanceType: t1.micro
Ec2Kernel: aki-407d9529
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cloud-init

** Affects: cloud-init
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug ec2-images i386 maverick

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user-data scripts are run on first boot after a rebundle
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