cc_chef fails when using 'gems' installer because Ruby 1.8 no longer available

[ubuntu-server-builder]

This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #1583841

Launchpad details

affected_projects = ['cloud-init (Ubuntu)']
assignee = jgrimm
assignee_name = Jon Grimm
date_closed = None
date_created = 2016-05-19T23:46:13.140887+00:00
date_fix_committed = None
date_fix_released = None
id = 1583841
importance = high
is_complete = False
lp_url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1583841
milestone = None
owner = signe
owner_name = Katherine Rossiter
private = False
status = confirmed
submitter = signe
submitter_name = Katherine Rossiter
tags = ['chef', 'ruby']
duplicates = []

Launchpad user Katherine Rossiter(signe) wrote on 2016-05-19T23:46:13.140887+00:00

Ubuntu 16.04

dpkg -l | grep cloud-init

ii cloud-init 0.7.7~bzr1212-0ubuntu1 all Init scripts for cloud instances
ii cloud-initramfs-copymods 0.27ubuntu1 all copy initramfs modules into root filesystem for later use
ii cloud-initramfs-dyn-netconf 0.27ubuntu1 all write a network interface file in /run for BOOTIF

Minimum Ruby version supported in Ubuntu 16.04 is Ruby 2.3.

Syslog output:

May 19 23:41:38 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: apt-update [eatmydata apt-get --option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold --option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io --assume-yes --quiet update] took 20.50
1 seconds
May 19 23:41:38 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Running command ['eatmydata', 'apt-get', '--option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold', '--option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io', '--assume-yes', '--qui
et', 'install', 'ruby1.8', 'ruby1.8-dev', 'libopenssl-ruby1.8', 'rubygems1.8'] with allowed return codes [0] (shell=False, capture=False)
May 19 23:41:39 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: apt-install [eatmydata apt-get --option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold --option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io --assume-yes --quiet install ruby1.8 r
uby1.8-dev libopenssl-ruby1.8 rubygems1.8] took 0.295 seconds
May 19 23:41:39 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] handlers.py[DEBUG]: finish: modules-config/config-chef: FAIL: running config-chef with frequency once-per-instance
May 19 23:41:39 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[WARNING]: Running module chef (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_chef' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py'>) failed
May 19 23:41:39 ubuntu [CLOUDINIT] util.py[DEBUG]: Running module chef (<module 'cloudinit.config.cc_chef' from '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py'>) failed#012Traceback (most rec
ent call last):#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 739, in _run_modules#012 freq=freq)#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/cloud.py", line 70, in run#0
12 return self._runners.run(name, functor, args, freq, clear_on_fail)#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/helpers.py", line 199, in run#012 results = functor(*args)#12 File "/usr/l
ib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py", line 257, in handle#012 run = install_chef(cloud, chef_cfg, log)#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py", line 296,
in install_chef#012 install_chef_from_gems(ruby_version, chef_version, cloud.distro)#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/config/cc_chef.py", line 330, in install_chef_from_gems#012
distro.install_packages(get_ruby_packages(ruby_version))#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/debian.py", line 75, in install_packages#012 self.package_command('install', pkgs=pk
glist)#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/distros/debian.py", line 176, in package_command#012 args=(cmd,), kwargs={'env': e, 'capture': False})#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packag
es/cloudinit/util.py", line 2040, in log_time#012 ret = func(*args, **kwargs)#12 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/cloudinit/util.py", line 1704, in subp#012 cmd=args)#012cloudinit.util.Process
ExecutionError: Unexpected error while running command.#012Command: ['eatmydata', 'apt-get', '--option=Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold', '--option=Dpkg::options::=--force-unsafe-io', '--assume-yes', '--qu
iet', 'install', 'ruby1.8', 'ruby1.8-dev', 'libopenssl-ruby1.8', 'rubygems1.8']#012Exit code: 100#012Reason: -#012Stdout: ''#012Stderr: ''

apt-cache policy ruby

ruby:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:2.3.0+1
Version table:
1:2.3.0+1 500
500 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

apt-cache search ^ruby

rake - ruby make-like utility
ruby - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby (default version)
ruby-all-dev - Ruby development environment (all versions supported in Debian)
ruby-dev - Header files for compiling extension modules for Ruby (default version)
ruby-did-you-mean - smart error messages for Ruby > 2.3
ruby-minitest - Ruby test tools supporting TDD, BDD, mocking, and benchmarking
ruby-net-telnet - telnet client library
ruby-power-assert - library showing values of variables and method calls in an expression
ruby-rrd - time-series data storage and display system (Ruby interfaces)
ruby-test-unit - unit testing framework for Ruby
ruby2.3 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby
ruby2.3-dev - Header files for compiling extension modules for the Ruby 2.3
ruby2.3-doc - Documentation for Ruby 2.3

[ubuntu-server-builder]

Launchpad user Jon Grimm(jgrimm) wrote on 2017-03-31T13:23:32.141864+00:00

Reproduced. Unfortunately, there's probably not a workaround in setting just setting (undocumented) 'ruby_version' in the config, as it seems to now require 'gcc' and possibly make as additional packages. I'd like to find someway to make this a bit less fragile to breaking, it would also be nice to make this work on debian and fedoras, but that'll probably have to wait for another day as I'd like to get things back to working state.

[aciba90]

Closing this, as it is an Ubuntu downstream issue, and Ubuntu 16.04 is in extended support mode (only security updates).

[TheRealFalcon]

This was filed against Ubuntu 16.04, but this same error still happens in 23.04 and is a problem we need to fix upstream in a more generic manner. I changed the title accordingly.