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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">I recently created a multi-node DevStack environment (based on stable/ocata) made up of the following nodes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1 Controller Node<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1 Network Node<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">2 Compute Nodes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">All VM instances are only deployed on the 2 compute nodes. Neutron network services are provided by the network node.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">I am able to create VMs and have them communicate with each other and also with external (outside the DevStack environment) endpoints.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">However, I find that I am unable to successfully deploy a VM instance that is based on cloud-init. As the following console log snippet shows, cloud-init running inside a VM instance
 is unable to get the necessary meta-data and hangs during VM instance startup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">91.811361] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Net device info+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.818689] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: +--------+------+------------------------------+---------------+-------+-------------------+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.825274] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: | Device |  Up  |           Address            |      Mask     | Scope |     Hw-Address    |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.832763] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: +--------+------+------------------------------+---------------+-------+-------------------+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.839288] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: |   lo   | True |          127.0.0.1           |   255.0.0.0   |   .   |         .         |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.857827] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: |   lo   | True |           ::1/128            |       .       |  host |         .         |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.864806] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: |  eth0  | True |         192.168.1.10         | 255.255.255.0 |   .   | fa:16:3e:cf:a8:d8 |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.871433] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: |  eth0  | True | fe80::f816:3eff:fecf:a8d8/64 |       .       |  link | fa:16:3e:cf:a8:d8 |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.878237] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: +--------+------+------------------------------+---------------+-------+-------------------+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.896344] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Route IPv4 info++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.903652] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: +-------+-----------------+-------------+-----------------+-----------+-------+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.912523] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: | Route |   Destination   |   Gateway   |     Genmask     | Interface | Flags |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.930131] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: +-------+-----------------+-------------+-----------------+-----------+-------+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.936482] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: |   0   |     0.0.0.0     | 192.168.1.1 |     0.0.0.0     |    eth0   |   UG  |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.942651] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: |   1   | 169.254.169.254 | 192.168.1.1 | 255.255.255.255 |    eth0   |  UGH  |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.948624] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: |   2   |   192.168.1.0   |   0.0.0.0   |  255.255.255.0  |    eth0   |   U   |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.954798] cloud-init[977]: ci-info: +-------+-----------------+-------------+-----------------+-----------+-------+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   91.961102] cloud-init[977]: 2017-03-01 17:46:38,723 - url_helper.py[WARNING]: Calling '<a href="http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id"><span style="color:blue">http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id</span></a>'
 failed [0/120s]: bad status code [404]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   92.997374] cloud-init[977]: 2017-03-01 17:46:39,917 - url_helper.py[WARNING]: Calling '<a href="http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id"><span style="color:blue">http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id</span></a>'
 failed [1/120s]: bad status code [404]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   94.320985] cloud-init[977]: 2017-03-01 17:46:41,240 - url_helper.py[WARNING]: Calling '<a href="http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id"><span style="color:blue">http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id</span></a>'
 failed [2/120s]: bad status code [404]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[   95.480615] cloud-init[977]: 2017-03-01 17:46:42,400 - url_helper.py[WARNING]: Calling '<a href="http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id"><span style="color:blue">http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id</span></a>'
 failed [3/120s]: bad status code [404]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[  
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">    …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[  118.589843] cloud-init[977]: 2017-03-01 17:47:05,509 - url_helper.py[WARNING]: Calling '<a href="http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id"><span style="color:blue">http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id</span></a>'
 failed [27/120s]: bad status code [404]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[  121.796946] cloud-init[977]: 2017-03-01 17:47:08,716 - url_helper.py[WARNING]: Calling '<a href="http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id"><span style="color:blue">http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id</span></a>'
 failed [30/120s]: bad status code [404]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[  124.918111] cloud-init[977]: 2017-03-01 17:47:11,837 - url_helper.py[WARNING]: Calling '<a href="http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id"><span style="color:blue">http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id</span></a>'
 failed [33/120s]: bad status code [404]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">[  129.195778] cloud-init[977]: 2017-03-01 17:47:16,115 - url_helper.py[WARNING]: Calling '<a href="http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id"><span style="color:blue">http://169.254.169.254/2009-04-04/meta-data/instance-id</span></a>'
 failed [37/120s]: bad status code [404]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am not sure what needs to be done to ensure that the metadata endpoint is accessible from inside the VM instance and was looking for some assistance. Any pointer and/or suggestions would be most appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anil<o:p></o:p></p>
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