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[Bug 2001552] [NEW] LXD module requires the non-existing 'lxd' transitional apt-package on Ubuntu 22.04
Public bug reported:
The lxd cloud-init module relies on a package called 'lxd', which was
available in past Ubuntu releases (20.04 and 18.04), but Ubuntu 22.04
has no such package, which makes the cloud-init lxd module fail.
In 20.04 the package was just a transitional package, which simply
installs LXD via snapd. As an easy fix, Ubuntu could of cause just
provide such package again to comply with cloud-init.
However, according to the cloud-init module documentation, Ubuntu is the
only supported platform (limited to 20.04 and 18.04 due to the lack of
the package in 22.04). Hence, a way forward could be to modify the lxd
module to instead rely on installation via snapd as the default, and
implement a fall back to the historic apt packages on the past Ubuntu
releases. This could potentially make the module work on other platforms
that support snapd.
Also, since LXD could be manually installed via the snap module, a quick
fix (that does of cause not provide automatic installation) could be to
simply check if the related binaries is available, and if so simply
avoid requiring installation of any packages.
** Affects: cloud-init
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
LXD module requires the non-existing 'lxd' transitional apt-package on
Ubuntu 22.04
Status in cloud-init:
New
Bug description:
The lxd cloud-init module relies on a package called 'lxd', which was
available in past Ubuntu releases (20.04 and 18.04), but Ubuntu 22.04
has no such package, which makes the cloud-init lxd module fail.
In 20.04 the package was just a transitional package, which simply
installs LXD via snapd. As an easy fix, Ubuntu could of cause just
provide such package again to comply with cloud-init.
However, according to the cloud-init module documentation, Ubuntu is
the only supported platform (limited to 20.04 and 18.04 due to the
lack of the package in 22.04). Hence, a way forward could be to modify
the lxd module to instead rely on installation via snapd as the
default, and implement a fall back to the historic apt packages on the
past Ubuntu releases. This could potentially make the module work on
other platforms that support snapd.
Also, since LXD could be manually installed via the snap module, a
quick fix (that does of cause not provide automatic installation)
could be to simply check if the related binaries is available, and if
so simply avoid requiring installation of any packages.
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