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Re: MAAS Testing

 

No prob. Just wish the editor would have provided a reason for wiping
out my additions.

It appears to be erroring out the same way. I pasted the entire key
into the GUI. Was I supposed to trim off the leading "ssh-rsa A" or
the trailing " user_a@cssm-maasserver"?

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Diogo Matsubara
<matsubara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Michael Hughes <itismike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Funny - I think I was on to something a week ago when I added this to the wiki:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS/Juju?action=recall&rev=10#Generating_SSH_keypair_for_Juju
>>
>> It annoys me that some heavy-handed editor reverted my contributions
>> rather than confirming or enhancing them.
>>
>
> Sorry about that. I just updated the instructions to include a step to
> add the ssh-key to the MAAS user account.
>
> After adding to your account, did it work?
>
>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Diogo Matsubara
>> <matsubara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Michael Hughes <itismike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Diogo Matsubara
>>>> <matsubara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Michael Hughes <itismike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Okay I'll hang tight on the reinstall. Yes, I added an ssh key.
>>>>>> [edit - I just re-read your comment a little closer. You want me to
>>>>>> add an ssh key for the ADMIN user? As in root?]
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For the user created by `sudo maas createsuperuser`. Are you logging
>>>>> into MAAS using that user?
>>>>
>>>> I am logging into the web interface as that user, yes. The ssh key I
>>>> generated was done within my normal user account (not root, not
>>>> 'superuser'... does superuser even has login privileges via ssh?)
>>>
>>> This is correct. We just found a bug in the documentation. An
>>> important part of the step after generating your ssh-key is to add
>>> that key in your user's MAAS preferences page. The same page used to
>>> get the API key you used on your .juju/environment.yaml
>>>
>>> So what I think is happening:
>>>
>>> - node boots
>>> - node talks to maas server and identifies itself
>>> - maas server sees the user associated with that node
>>> - node ask for the public ssh key for that user
>>> - It can't find the key
>>>  maas.log: MAASAPINotFound: No registered public keys
>>>  access.log: 172.23.1.161 - - [19/Apr/2012:11:38:32 -0500] "GET
>>> /MAAS/metadata//2012-03-01/meta-data/public-keys HTTP/1.1" 404 249 "-"
>>> "Python-urllib/2.7"
>>> - it continues booting but the nodes become inacessible to that user
>>> since there's no user/pass set and auth should happen through pubkey
>>> authentication
>>>
>>> If you have registered your ssh key into the MAAS interface, then it's
>>> probably another bug.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's select parts of my history:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sudo aptitude [updates were applied]
>>>>>> sudo maas createsuperuser
>>>>>> sudo apt-get install maas-dhcp
>>>>>> sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
>>>>>> sudo ifup eth1
>>>>>> sudo maas-import-isos
>>>>>> sudo mount /var/lib/maas/ephemeral/precise/server/amd64/20120328/disk.img /mnt/
>>>>>> sudo su -
>>>>>> chroot /mnt
>>>>>> apt-get update
>>>>>> apt-get install cloud-init
>>>>>> exit
>>>>>> exit
>>>>>> sudo umount /mnt
>>>>>> sudo apt-get install juju
>>>>>> mkdir .juju
>>>>>> vi .juju/environments.yaml
>>>>>> ssh-keygen
>>>>>> juju bootstrap
>>>>>>  - [encountered errors here, so tried adding PPAs]
>>>>>> sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
>>>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:juju/pkgs
>>>>>> sudo apt-get update
>>>>>> sudo aptitude [updates were applied]
>>>>>> juju bootstrap
>>>>>>  - [encountered errors here]
>>>>>> cat .juju/environments.yaml
>>>>>> juju --verbose bootstrap
>>>>>> juju bootstrap
>>>>>> sudo cat /var/log/maas/maas.log
>>>>>> sudo cat /var/log/apache2/access.log
>>>>>> sudo cat /var/log/apache2/error.log
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just created a 4th node and 5th nodes and each said "Commissioning"
>>>>>> in the GUI before I booted them. They booted normally, generating a
>>>>>
>>>>> How are you creating the nodes? Are you creating a new VM and then
>>>>> adding them through the MAAS UI? Or you create the VM, pxe boot it and
>>>>> let MAAS enlist them automatically?
>>>>
>>>> I haven't figured out how to set it to auto-create nodes yet, so I'm
>>>> just entering the MAC addresses into the MAAS web interface. Full
>>>> automation is the end-goal though :)
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> SSH host key and reported:
>>>>>> cloud-init boot finished at Thu... Up 23.35 seconds.
>>>>>> Followed shortly by:
>>>>>> Skipping profile in /etc/aparmor.d/disable: usr.sbin.rsyslogd
>>>>>> landscape-client is not configured...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you ssh into the instance?
>>>>
>>>> No:
>>>> $ ssh 172.23.1.5
>>>> Permission denied (publickey).
>>>> $
>>>>
>>>> I couldn't ssh into it anyway could I? I don't know the
>>>> username/password that the nodes use.
>>>
>>> Yes, you can only ssh into the node using public key authentication. I
>>> don't think there's a user/pass set
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What does ssh -vvv <ip-of-a-node> reports?
>>>>
>>>> http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/937427/
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The Nodes screen indicated these new nodes were "Commissioning" until
>>>>>> I clicked home and back into Nodes. Then they indicated "Ready." I did
>>>>>> not see the word "Declared."
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you run:
>>>>>
>>>>> sudo maas shell
>>>>> from maasserver.models import Node
>>>>> [node.owner for node in Node.objects.all()]
>>>>>
>>>>> and paste back the result?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo maas shell
>>>> Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 12:29:04)
>>>> [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
>>>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> (InteractiveConsole)
>>>>>>> from maasserver.models import Node
>>>>>>> [node.owner for node in Node.objects.all()]
>>>> [<User: mike>, <User: mike>, <User: mike>, <User: mike>, <User: mike>]
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Diogo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Diogo Matsubara
>>>>>> <matsubara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Michael Hughes <itismike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>> maas.log ==> http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/937067/
>>>>>>>> access.log ==> http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/937084/
>>>>>>>> error.log ==> http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/937268/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't think I'm doing anything special. Maybe I'll try reinstalling
>>>>>>>> the base OS again and start from the beginning.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please don't reinstall. I think I've run into the same bug as you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you add a ssh key for the admin user?
>>>>>>> Could you check in any node edit page if the node has a owner assigned?
>>>>>>> You said that they are skipping the commissioning state and going
>>>>>>> directly from Declared to Ready? Is this still happening?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you and sorry for all this inconvenience.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Diogo Matsubara
>>>>>>>> <matsubara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Michael Hughes <itismike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Diogo! I added the reference to the Ephemeral bug to the troubleshooter.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Verbose provides a few more lines at the bottom:
>>>>>>>>>> ~$ juju --verbose bootstrap
>>>>>>>>>> 2012-04-19 10:43:15,254 DEBUG Initializing juju bootstrap runtime
>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>>>>> Failure: juju.errors.ProviderInteractionError: Unexpected TimeoutError
>>>>>>>>>> interacting with provider: User timeout caused connection failure.
>>>>>>>>>> 2012-04-19 10:43:45,297 ERROR Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>>>>> Failure: juju.errors.ProviderInteractionError: Unexpected TimeoutError
>>>>>>>>>> interacting with provider: User timeout caused connection failure.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Unexpected TimeoutError interacting with provider: User timeout caused
>>>>>>>>>> connection failure.
>>>>>>>>>> 2012-04-19 10:43:45,299 ERROR Unexpected TimeoutError interacting with
>>>>>>>>>> provider: User timeout caused connection failure.
>>>>>>>>>> ~$
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When you bootstrap, do you see anything in the maas.log? How about
>>>>>>>>> apache's access.log and error.log?
>>>>>>>>> /var/log/maas/maas.log
>>>>>>>>> /var/log/apache2/access.log
>>>>>>>>> /var/log/apache2/error.log
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Could you paste those logs on pastebin.ubuntu.com?
>>>>>>>>> I'm asking the juju developers what causes this kinds of errors and
>>>>>>>>> will get back to you.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Diogo Matsubara
>>>>>>>>>> <matsubara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, forgot to say, feel free to update
>>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS/Troubleshooting with any
>>>>>>>>>>> further debugging tips you have.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Diogo
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Diogo Matsubara
>>>>>>>>>>> <matsubara@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi MIchael,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Michael Hughes <itismike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jeroen. Thanks for the idea but I don't believe I've done anything
>>>>>>>>>>>>> fancy in my setup that would require manipulating the database by
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hand. My MAAS server has two NICs: one public which connects to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Internet and one private. Each node has a single NIC which is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> connected to that private NIC via a switch. Isn't this a pretty
>>>>>>>>>>>>> standard setup for a group of machines with a dedicated DHCP server
>>>>>>>>>>>>> like MAAS employs?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Further, while I was not able to reconfigure the gateway address for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the nodes by running dpkg-reconfigure maas-dhcp, I performed a full
>>>>>>>>>>>>> reinstall (using the steps below) the proper gateway settings
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (172.x.x.x) stuck just fine. Nodes now boot and appear to install a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> base system.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is still no 'Accept and Commission' button in the GUI for me,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> but the nodes now report as "Ready" rather than "Commissioning."  My
>>>>>>>>>>>>> next challenge is that Juju isn't bootstrapping but since I've made
>>>>>>>>>>>>> some progress with MAAS I figured I'd spell out what has worked for me
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to this point:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Environment: 64-bit Virtualbox running on Windows 7 host
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • 4 64-bit guest VMs consisting of:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>     - 1 MAAS server with two NICs - one bridged to the Internet, one
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Internal Network (intnet)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>     - 3 nodes each with one NIC set to Internal Network (intnet)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Installed yesterday's daily build of precise-server-amd64.iso
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (18-Apr-2012 06:40) onto the MAAS server following this wiki:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Overrode the default gateway address for nodes and plugged in my
>>>>>>>>>>>>> private IP address (172.x.x.x) [BTW, the language at this step is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> worded to suggest leaving the guessed IP address as-is, which was
>>>>>>>>>>>>> incorrect for my vanilla(?) setup. Perhaps this needs tweaking. Just
>>>>>>>>>>>>> remove the language and describe the gateway a little better ("path to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> your MAAS server" rather than "path to the Internet",) and let the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> admin figure out which IP is appropriate)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Copied down the MAAS management URL when provided
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Bring the system up-to-date with sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Edit /etc/network/interfaces to add an IP address for my internal
>>>>>>>>>>>>> network; ifup eth1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Return to the wiki to complete the createsuperuser and import-isos steps
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Follow the steps in comment #2 of this bug to bring ephemerals
>>>>>>>>>>>>> current: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maas/+bug/981845
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Return to the wiki to add nodes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> At this point, I started the nodes and the nodes boot well past the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> previous stoppage. An auto-login processes, SSH keys are generated,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and the tty output on the nodes stops with 'landscape-client is not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> configured, please run landscape-config.'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The GUI reports that all nodes are "Ready," though none are ready for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> deployment:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> "3 nodes in this MAAS
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 nodes reserved for named deployment.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 retired nodes not represented."
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ready means they're ready for deployment. I think the message 0 nodes
>>>>>>>>>>>> reserved for named deployment is confusing you here. (This has been
>>>>>>>>>>>> fixed recently: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/979902)
>>>>>>>>>>>> Named deployment is when you want to deploy to a specific node, using
>>>>>>>>>>>> its hostname as a constraint.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Something like `juju deploy --constraints
>>>>>>>>>>>> "maas-name=node-00e081ddd11b.local" mysql`
>>>>>>>>>>>> More info about juju constraints can be found here:
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://juju.ubuntu.com/docs/constraints.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Clicking "Start node" in the node editing screen shows "Node Started"
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in the notification area, yet no changes are observed on the node's
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tty.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you configure virsh as the power type for your nodes? I think that
>>>>>>>>>>>> needs to be set before you can start a node.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  • Continue to the juju wiki. However, since I'm using 12.04 I did not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> add the PPA as indicated in the 'Before you get going' section.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Running juju on the command-line of the MAAS server returns this error:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ==
>>>>>>>>>>>>> $ juju bootstrap
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2012-04-18 18:23:50,052 INFO Bootstrapping environment 'maas' (origin:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> distro type: maas)...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unhandled Error
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/juju/control/__init__.py",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 188, in main
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    options.command(options)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/juju/control/command.py",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 44, in __call__
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    reactor.run()
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/base.py",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 1169, in run
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    self.mainLoop()
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/base.py",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 1178, in mainLoop
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    self.runUntilCurrent()
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- <exception caught here> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/base.py",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 800, in runUntilCurrent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    call.func(*call.args, **call.kw)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/tcp.py",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 362, in resolveAddress
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    self._setRealAddress(self.addr[0])
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/tcp.py",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 369, in _setRealAddress
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    self.doConnect()
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/tcp.py",
>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 395, in doConnect
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    connectResult = self.socket.connect_ex(self.realAddress)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>    return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> exceptions.TypeError: an integer is required
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unexpected TimeoutError interacting with provider: User timeout caused
>>>>>>>>>>>>> connection failure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2012-04-18 18:24:20,090 ERROR Unexpected TimeoutError interacting with
>>>>>>>>>>>>> provider: User timeout caused connection failure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> $
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ==
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've attempted both with and without the juju PPA but it still
>>>>>>>>>>>>> produces the same results.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Does juju --verbose bootstrap gives you any more info?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I hope this feedback is helpful and am excited to continue working on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> this in anticipation of the 12.04 release!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It is very useful, please keep it coming! :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Diogo
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Mike
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Jeroen Vermeulen <jtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2012-04-19 01:30, Michael Hughes wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe I'm using am incompatible base OS. What are others testing MAAS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In the development team we all run 12.04.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looks like you to change the maas_url setting to adapt to your setup. This
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> setting tells nodes where they can reach the MAAS service.  The URL's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hostname part defaults to the IP address of whatever interface your server
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> uses for its default route, but it sounds like that's not going to be right
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for your network.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't think we have the UI for such settings accessible yet.  But you can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> change the setting directly in the database:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    INSERT INTO maasserver_config (name, value)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    VALUES ('maas_url', 'http://<ip>/MAAS/');
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The <ip> is the address by which the nodes can reach the server.  The
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> “MAAS/” path is as what you'd use to get to the MAAS user interface (we use
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just “/” on development setups).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeroen
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Diogo M. Matsubara
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Diogo M. Matsubara
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Diogo M. Matsubara
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Diogo M. Matsubara
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Diogo M. Matsubara
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Diogo M. Matsubara
>
>
>
> --
> Diogo M. Matsubara


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