[Python-apps-team] Bug#710510: ec2-run-user-data run too early in boot process compared to ubuntu.

[Paul Tonelli]

Package: cloud-init
Version: 0.7.1-3

When booting on ubuntu, cloud-init scripts are started later than in debian, once most other services are already started.
On debian, the only requirement is :

# Required-Start: ec2-get-credentials

This makes ec2-run-user-data run with the same requirements as ec2-get-credentials, which only requires :

# Required-Start: $network

Many scripts written as user-data for ubuntu fail in debian, as services like $syslog, $remote-fs are not yet available.

It might be a good idea to run the ec2-run-user-data later in the boot process by adding dependancies like $syslog and $remote-fs.

Paul Tonelli