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After a little bit of self-education, I found that 
/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail was below 100, which is probably a 
good explanation for my problem. A good value would have four digits, it 
seems.

My Devstack host runs Ubuntu 18, and I am now trying the rngd-tools5 
package to improve the entropy situation. Since this is a test system, I 
am not so concerned about random number quality.

In short, the problem seems to be solved, but if anybody has additional 
comments, I would be interested to hear them.

Bernd

On 7/28/2019 1:06 PM, Bernd Bausch wrote:
>
> I run Stein Devstack in a virtual machine. Occasionally, openstack 
> client commands take minutes to complete, which didn't happen at 
> earlier releases, and which is rather annoying. The delay seems to 
> take place at an early stage: Even when I forget to set the OS_* 
> environment, it takes minutes until I am told that the request 
> requires authentication.
>
> Interrupting the command, the stack trace confirms this (as a side 
> remark, it also takes a long while until my ^C is processed):
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/openstack", line 7, in <module>
>     from openstackclient.shell import main
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/openstackclient/shell.py", 
> line 22, in <module>
>     from osc_lib.api import auth
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/osc_lib/api/auth.py", 
> line 19, in <module>
>     from keystoneauth1.loading import base
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/keystoneauth1/loading/__init__.py", 
> line 13, in <module>
>     from keystoneauth1.loading import adapter
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/keystoneauth1/loading/adapter.py", 
> line 13, in <module>
>     from keystoneauth1 import adapter
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/keystoneauth1/adapter.py", 
> line 17, in <module>
>     from keystoneauth1 import session
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/keystoneauth1/session.py", 
> line 25, in <module>
>     import requests
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/__init__.py", 
> line 95, in <module>
>     from urllib3.contrib import pyopenssl
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urllib3/contrib/pyopenssl.py", 
> line 48, in <module>
>     from cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl import backend as 
> openssl_backend
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/__init__.py", 
> line 7, in <module>
>     from cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl.backend import backend
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py", 
> line 2419, in <module>
>     backend = Backend()
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py", 
> line 119, in __init__
>     self.activate_osrandom_engine()
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py", 
> line 163, in activate_osrandom_engine
>     with self._get_osurandom_engine() as e:
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/contextlib.py", line 17, in __enter__
>     return self.gen.next()
>   File 
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py", 
> line 146, in _get_osurandom_engine
>     res = self._lib.ENGINE_init(e)
> KeyboardInterrupt
>
> My wild speculation is that the delay has something to do with 
> obtaining a random number, which can be a problem on virtual machines 
> due to their lack of entropy. My knowledge in this area is paper-thin, 
> though. And I wonder what happens to all the Devstacks used in CI?
>
> Thus my questions: *Is the delay really caused by my running the cloud 
> on a VM? What can I do to improve this?*
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bernd
>
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