[Bug 1684039] Re: iBFT network configuration does not correctly populate PROTO=dhcp in /run/net-*.conf which breaks cloud-init

[Eric Desrochers]

** Changed in: open-iscsi (Ubuntu Artful)
     Assignee: Eric Desrochers (slashd) => Trent Lloyd (lathiat)

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Title:
  iBFT network configuration does not correctly populate PROTO=dhcp in
  /run/net-*.conf which breaks cloud-init

Status in open-iscsi package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in open-iscsi source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in open-iscsi source package in Yakkety:
  Won't Fix
Status in open-iscsi source package in Zesty:
  In Progress
Status in open-iscsi source package in Artful:
  Fix Committed
Status in open-iscsi package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  When booting with iBFT, the network configuration is performed by open-iscsi as part of initramfs.local-top instead of by klibc-ipconfig. This includes populating /run/net-*.conf which is consumed among other things, by cloud-init.
  Currently no attempt to determine PROTO is made, and PROTO=none is hard coded into the file which cloud-init does not recognise and crashes out.
  Further to this, open-iscsi in the current version (xenial through zesty) does not correctly parse the iBFT origin into the boot protocol in "iscsistart -f" and always returns "STATIC". This is fixed upstream.

  [Test Case]


  [Regression Potential]


  [Other Info]
   
  * This SRU includes the following upstream/debian fixes :

  # Debian: 
  0347300 initramfs: populate PROTO= entry in /run/net-*.conf from iBFT

  # Upstream
  - 08_Parse-origin-value-from-iBFT.patch --> https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/78e24f50ab754f35f4aa208ade7c9fd794d82036#diff-c53311d3f6725aa63577b7bf4b582c3d

  - 09_Represent-DHCP-origin-as-an-enum-not-a-string.patch -->
  https://github.com/open-iscsi/open-
  iscsi/commit/4959a89f421fdebc521f48003a79c2161e59d192#diff-
  c53311d3f6725aa63577b7bf4b582c3d

  - 10_iBFT-origin-is-an-enum-not-a-string.patch --> https://github.com
  /open-iscsi/open-iscsi/commit/3f15a2270a7efb1a6ee8ef555b01f3d8674818b9
  #diff-3ba89d9a64dda0ffc3664bbc27b0fa27

  [Original Description]

  When booting with iBFT, the network configuration is performed by
  open-iscsi as part of initramfs.local-top instead of by klibc-
  ipconfig.  This includes populating /run/net-*.conf which is consumed
  among other things, by cloud-init.

  Currently no attempt to determine PROTO is made, and PROTO=none is
  hard coded into the file which cloud-init does not recognise and
  crashes out.

  Further to this, open-iscsi in the current version (xenial through
  zesty) does not correctly parse the iBFT origin into the boot protocol
  in "iscsistart -f" and always returns "STATIC".  This is fixed
  upstream.

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