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[Andres Rodriguez <andreserl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: maas
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Grub package upgrades overwrites NVRAM, causing MAAS boot order to be
  overwritten.

Status in curtin:
  Confirmed
Status in MAAS:
  Fix Released
Status in MAAS 2.2 series:
  Triaged
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in grub2 source package in Xenial:
  Triaged
Status in grub2 source package in Yakkety:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  Typically when you install Ubuntu on an EFI system, it installs a new default EFI boot entry that makes the system reboot directly into the OS. During MAAS installs, curtin is careful to disable that behavior. MAAS requires the default boot entry to remain PXE, so that it can direct the system to boot from disk or network as necessary. curtin does this by passing --no-nvram to grub-install when installing the bootloader.

  *Update*: newer curtin releases actually allow the creation of a new
  boot entry, but updates the boot menu to make PXE the default. That
  change is orthogonal to this bug.

  ***However***, this doesn't stop a new default boot entry from being
  added after deploy. If the user installs a grub package update or
  manually runs 'grub-install', booting from disk will become the
  default, and MAAS will lose control of the system.

  [Proposed Solution (er... glorified workaround)]
  The GRUB package in zesty now has support for setting the --no-nvram flag *persistently*. This is implemented via a debconf template (grub2/update_nvram). If curtin sets this flag to "false" during install, post-deploy grub updates will also pass the --no-nvram flag when running grub-install.

  This isn't a perfect solution - users can still call grub-install
  manually and omit this flag.

  [Test Case]
   - MAAS deploy an EFI system.
   - After deploy, login and run 'sudo apt --reinstall install grub-efi-$(dpkg --print-architecture)
   - Reboot and observe that the system does not PXE boot.

  [Regression Risk]
   - The GRUB implementation does not change the defaults of the package. The user would need to opt-in to the "grub2/update_nvram=false". This option is also only presented to users who specifically request a low debconf priority (e.g. expert mode installs).
   - XXX curtin risk XXX

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