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This bug was fixed in the package cloud-init - 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.4

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cloud-init (0.7.5-0ubuntu1.4) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Ben Howard ]
  * d/patches/lp-1383794-gce-short_name.patch: Use short hostname for GCE
    (LP: #1383794).

  [ Wayne Witzel III ]
  * d/patches/lp-1404311-gce-data_encoding.patch: Enable user-data encoding
    support for GCE (LP: #1404311).

  [ Daniel Watkins ]
  * d/patches/lp-1422919-azure-g5_ephemeral.patch: Properly format G5 series
    cloud instances (LP: #1422919).
 -- Ben Howard <ben.howard@xxxxxxxxxx>   Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:56:16 -0700

** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu Trusty)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  [SRU] GCE datasource should use the short hostname

Status in Init scripts for use on cloud images:
  Fix Committed
Status in cloud-init package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in cloud-init source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in cloud-init source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in cloud-init source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [IMPACT] Since GCE FQDN are usually longer than 64-characters, several
  hi-profile tools like Java and Hadoop may break.

  [FIX] Per GCE's recommendation, Linux instances should use the short
  hostname over the FQDN. This change sets the system hostname to the
  short name.

  [VERIFICATION]
  1. Install new cloud-init from proposed
  2. Re-run cloud-config:
     * 14.04/14.10: cloud-init single -n set_hostname --frequency=always
     * 12.04: cloud-init-cfg set_hostname always
  3. Check to make sure that the short name is used for /etc/hostname

  [RISK] This is a very low risk change. The actual change is a single
  line, and has test cases for 14.04 and 14.10. Further, since this
  change is only in the GCE datasource, it only affects GCE instances.

  [ORIGINAL REPORT]
  The GCE datasource uses the long hostname. Hostnames longer than 64 characters can break several tools.

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