[Openstack] Auto sizing filesystem using cloud-init is not always working

Georgios Dimitrakakis giorgis at acmac.uoc.gr
Wed Jan 21 13:07:13 UTC 2015


 +1 for pointing out the correct solution about this problem!

 Just to write down for future reference that after installing 
 dracut-modules-growroot

 I had to rebuild the initramfs using dracut --force in order for it to 
 work.

 Best regards,

 George


> Thanks gustavo,its working now :)
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 4:38 PM, gustavo panizzo (gfa)
> <gfa at zumbi.com.ar> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 01/15/2015 07:05 PM, mad Engineer wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks gustavo,
>>>                          i have epel configured,through which i
>>> installed cloud-utils and utils-growpart but not able to find
>>> "dracut-modules-growroot " is it part of some other rpm?
>>
>> no
>>
>> $ yum info dracut-modules-growroot
>>
>> Installed Packages
>> Name        : dracut-modules-growroot
>> Arch        : noarch
>> Version     : 0.20
>> Release     : 2.el6
>> Size        : 43 k
>> Repo        : installed
>> From repo   : epel
>> Summary     : Automatically resize the root partition on first boot
>> URL         :
>> 
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+source/cloud-initramfs-tools/0.20ubuntu1/+files/cloud-initramfs-tools_0.20ubuntu1.tar.gz
>> License     : GPLv3
>> Description : This dracut module will re-write the partition table 
>> of a disk
>> so that the
>>             : root partition has as much space as possible, bumping 
>> it up to
>> the edge of the
>>             : disk, or the edge of the next partition.
>>
>> sorry i can't help you more, i'm not a rpm guy but i assure you 
>> that's what
>> you need
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 4:04 PM, gustavo panizzo (gfa) 
>>> <gfa at zumbi.com.ar>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 01/15/2015 06:28 PM, mad Engineer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> i have
>>>>> cloud-utils.x86_64
>>>>> cloud-init.x86_64
>>>>> cloud-utils-growpart.x86_64 installed
>>>>> i think the other is for debian distros as i can not find in yum
>>>>> repos.I am using centos6.6.
>>>>>
>>>>> One strange thing is if i restart instance after creating,its
>>>>> working,But not during the first boot.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> yeah, you need dracut-modules-growroot
>>>>
>>>> it comes from epel repo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> after install (in your golde image), rebuild your /boot/initramfs
>>>> mkinitrd
>>>> is your friend ,not as good friend as update-initramfs but still a
>>>> friend.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> the old kernel that comes with centos 6 is to blame
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 1AE0 322E B8F7 4717 BDEA BF1D 44BB 1BA7 9F6C 6333
>>
>>
>> --
>> 1AE0 322E B8F7 4717 BDEA BF1D 44BB 1BA7 9F6C 6333
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