[PKG-Openstack-devel] Bug#789960: Bug#789960: openstack-debian-images: machine-id files are included in resulting images

[Thomas Goirand]

On 06/25/2015 07:38 PM, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
> Package: openstack-debian-images
> Version: 1.4
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I noticed that in the resulting images, files /etc/machine-id and /var/lib/dbus
> /machine-id are included. So by default all machines booted from these images
> get the same machine ID, or
> 
> # cat /etc/machine-id /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
> cdb7f92199c748a7a20d33ab52974cbb
> cdb7f92199c748a7a20d33ab52974cbb
> 
> in case of Debian 8.1.0 images. I propose removing those files during image
> creation. I am not yet sure how happy a system is running without these files,
> i.e. if re-creating them during first boot (and at which stage) is optional or
> required.
> 
> I am looking forward to your feedback.
> 
> Best, S

Hi,

IMO, that's the kind of things which should be handled by cloud-init, as
it's possible to clone a VM, and boot another instance of it. So even if
we remove the machine-id from the image, the problem could still be there.

Your thoughts?

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)