Exception when no activator found

[ubuntu-server-builder]

This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #1948681

Launchpad details

affected_projects = []
assignee = falcojr
assignee_name = James Falcon
date_closed = 2022-02-15T21:54:23.282635+00:00
date_created = 2021-10-25T14:57:19.679453+00:00
date_fix_committed = 2021-12-03T04:46:15.191729+00:00
date_fix_released = 2022-02-15T21:54:23.282635+00:00
id = 1948681
importance = high
is_complete = True
lp_url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1948681
milestone = None
owner = falcojr
owner_name = James Falcon
private = False
status = fix_released
submitter = falcojr
submitter_name = James Falcon
tags = []
duplicates = []

Launchpad user James Falcon(falcojr) wrote on 2021-10-25T14:57:19.679453+00:00

On FreeBSD system:

2021-10-24 14:00:10,707 - util.py[WARNING]: failed stage init
failed run of stage init

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/cloudinit/cmd/main.py", line 682, in status_wrapper
ret = functor(name, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/cloudinit/cmd/main.py", line 391, in main_init
init.apply_network_config(bring_up=bool(mode != sources.DSMODE_LOCAL))
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/cloudinit/stages.py", line 824, in apply_network_config
return self.distro.apply_network_config(
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/cloudinit/distros/init.py", line 230, in apply_network_config
network_activator = activators.select_activator()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/cloudinit/net/activators.py", line 274, in select_activator
raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: No available network activators found. Searched through list: [<class 'cloudinit.net.activators.IfUpDownActivator'>, <class 'cloudinit.net.activators.NetworkManagerActivator'>, <class 'cloudinit.net.activators.NetplanActivator'>, <class 'cloudinit.net.activators.NetworkdActivator'>]

Given that there are additional network management tools that we haven't yet supported with activators, we should log a warning and continue without network activation here, especially since this was a no-op for years.

[ubuntu-server-builder]

Launchpad user James Falcon(falcojr) wrote on 2021-12-02T20:16:00.707988+00:00

See #1129

[ubuntu-server-builder]

Launchpad user Chad Smith(chad.smith) wrote on 2021-12-03T04:46:11.082875+00:00

upstream commit added fixing this issue
ffa6fc8

[ubuntu-server-builder]

Launchpad user Brett Holman(holmanb) wrote on 2022-02-15T21:54:24.707649+00:00

This bug is believed to be fixed in cloud-init in version 22.1. If this is still a problem for you, please make a comment and set the state back to New

Thank you.