final_message does not work with cloud-init 0.7.3

[ubuntu-server-builder]

This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #1286164

Launchpad details

affected_projects = []
assignee = None
assignee_name = None
date_closed = 2016-08-10T05:32:49.981120+00:00
date_created = 2014-02-28T14:54:21.180036+00:00
date_fix_committed = 2014-03-12T15:02:11.107512+00:00
date_fix_released = 2016-08-10T05:32:49.981120+00:00
id = 1286164
importance = low
is_complete = True
lp_url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1286164
milestone = 0.7.7
owner = ethuleau
owner_name = Édouard Thuleau
private = False
status = fix_released
submitter = ethuleau
submitter_name = Édouard Thuleau
tags = []
duplicates = []

Launchpad user Édouard Thuleau(ethuleau) wrote on 2014-02-28T14:54:21.180036+00:00

Setup:
Ubuntu UEC saucy 13.10
Cloud-init v0.7.3

I use the user data sample [1] to set a final message in VM logs and I get error message at the end of the logs:
'2014-02-28 14:33:33,288 - util.py[WARNING]: Failed to render final message template' error.

If I made the same test with Ubuntu UEC precise 12.04.3 which uses cloud-init version 0.6.3, it works.

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cloud-init-dev/cloud-init/trunk/view/head:/doc/examples/cloud-config-final-message.txt

[ubuntu-server-builder]

Launchpad user Scott Moser(smoser) wrote on 2014-03-12T15:02:10.060840+00:00

Hi, i've just committed a fix to trunk for this under revision 967.
The documentation and code were just not in-line with each other.

you could have used '$uptime'.
now you can use either '$uptime' or '$timestamp'.
also available are '$datasource' and '$version'.