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Troubleshooting

  • cloud-init status --wait usefull for scripting, waiting cloud-init to finish before going to next step.

  • cloud-init status --long

1status: done
2extended_status: done
3boot_status_code: enabled-by-generator
4last_update: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:55 +0000
5detail: DataSourceNoCloud [seed=/dev/sr0]
6errors: []
7recoverable_errors: {}
  • sudo cloud-init analyze show
 1-- Boot Record 01 --
 2The total time elapsed since completing an event is printed after the "@" character.
 3The time the event takes is printed after the "+" character.
 4
 5Starting stage: init-local
 6|`->no cache found @00.00600s +00.00000s
 7|`->found local data from DataSourceNoCloud @00.01500s +00.12600s
 8Finished stage: (init-local) 00.75400 seconds
 9
10Starting stage: init-network
11|`->restored from cache with run check: DataSourceNoCloud [seed=/dev/sr0] @04.21100s +00.00200s
12|`->setting up datasource @04.22800s +00.00000s
13|`->reading and applying user-data @04.23400s +00.00500s
14|`->reading and applying vendor-data @04.23900s +00.00000s
15|`->reading and applying vendor-data2 @04.23900s +00.00000s
16|`->activating datasource @04.27100s +00.00100s
17|`->config-seed_random ran successfully and took 0.000 seconds @04.29500s +00.00100s
18|`->config-write_files ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @04.29600s +00.00100s
19|`->config-growpart ran successfully and took 0.562 seconds @04.29700s +00.56200s
20|`->config-resizefs ran successfully and took 0.193 seconds @04.86000s +00.19200s
21|`->config-mounts ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @05.05200s +00.00100s
22|`->config-set_hostname ran successfully and took 0.004 seconds @05.05300s +00.00500s
23|`->config-update_hostname ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @05.05800s +00.00100s
24|`->config-update_etc_hosts ran successfully and took 0.005 seconds @05.05900s +00.00500s
25|`->config-users_groups ran successfully and took 0.216 seconds @05.06400s +00.21600s
26|`->config-ssh ran successfully and took 0.404 seconds @05.28100s +00.40400s
27|`->config-set_passwords ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @05.68500s +00.00200s
28Finished stage: (init-network) 01.50000 seconds
29
30Starting stage: modules-config
31|`->config-ssh_import_id ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @07.43300s +00.00100s
32|`->config-locale ran successfully and took 0.003 seconds @07.43400s +00.00300s
33|`->config-grub_dpkg ran successfully and took 0.352 seconds @07.43700s +00.35200s
34|`->config-apt_configure ran successfully and took 0.049 seconds @07.79000s +00.04800s
35|`->config-timezone ran successfully and took 0.007 seconds @07.83900s +00.00700s
36|`->config-runcmd ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @07.84600s +00.00100s
37|`->config-byobu ran successfully and took 0.000 seconds @07.84700s +00.00100s
38Finished stage: (modules-config) 00.45400 seconds
39
40Starting stage: modules-final
41|`->config-package_update_upgrade_install ran successfully and took 26.632 seconds @20.56700s +26.63300s
42|`->config-write_files_deferred ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @47.20000s +00.00200s
43|`->config-reset_rmc ran successfully and took 0.000 seconds @47.20200s +00.00100s
44|`->config-scripts_vendor ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @47.20300s +00.00000s
45|`->config-scripts_per_once ran successfully and took 0.000 seconds @47.20300s +00.00100s
46|`->config-scripts_per_boot ran successfully and took 0.000 seconds @47.20400s +00.00000s
47|`->config-scripts_per_instance ran successfully and took 0.000 seconds @47.20400s +00.00100s
48|`->config-scripts_user ran successfully and took 0.558 seconds @47.20500s +00.55800s
49|`->config-ssh_authkey_fingerprints ran successfully and took 0.005 seconds @47.76400s +00.00500s
50|`->config-keys_to_console ran successfully and took 0.054 seconds @47.76900s +00.05500s
51|`->config-install_hotplug ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @47.82400s +00.00100s
52|`->config-final_message ran successfully and took 0.001 seconds @47.82500s +00.00100s
53Finished stage: (modules-final) 27.29600 seconds
  • Check the logs: sudo tail -n 50 /var/log/cloud-init-output.log

  • The Render of the cloud-init config: sudo cat /var/lib/cloud/instance/cloud-config.txt

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