Hello Ubuntu Server

The purpose of this communication is to provide a status update and
highlights for any interesting subjects from the Ubuntu Server Team. If
you would like to reach the server team, you can find us at
the #ubuntu-server channel on Freenode. Alternatively, you can sign up
and use the Ubuntu Server Team mailing list.

Spotlight: Using cloud-init with multipass

Multipass
is a quick and easy way to launch VMs running Ubuntu. While still in
beta, Multipass now supports launching VMs with YAML cloud-config.
Josh recently wrote up how to use cloud-init with multipass
with a few more details.

cloud-init

• Released version 18.2 and uploaded to Ubuntu Bionic
• 18.2 is now in proposed for Artful and Xenial
• IBMCloud: Add initial IBM Cloud datasource.
• Identify IBMCloud (Softlayer) via cloud-id
• Enable/disable, drive ua tool via a cloud-config module
• Netplan reflect DNS entries on each interface when global-dns is
  specified
• cc_resizefs will no longer attempt zfs resize on systems without
  /dev/zfs or zfsutils
• Hetzner: Exit early if dmi system-manufacturer is not HetznerCloud
• Add missing package dependency on isc-dhcp-client to trunk ubuntu
  packaging (LP: #1759307)
• FreeBSD: resizefs module now able to handle zfs/zpool from Dominic
  Schlegel (LP: #1721243)
• Support for properly identifying OpenTelekomCloud as an OpenStack
  datasource from Kurt Garloff (LP: #1756471)
• Reduce azure retry timeouts when polling imds during pre-provisioning
  from Douglas Jordan (LP: #1752977)
• Revert readurl’s exception_cb behavior datasource from Kurt Garloff
  (LP: #1702160,
  LP: #1298921)
• doc: Fix links in OpenStack datasource documentation. Dominic Schlegel
  (LP: #1721660)

curtin

• Released version 18.1 and uploaded to Ubuntu Bionic
• Generalized new-upstream-release scripts for cloud-init and curtin to
  redact changelogs of release branches
• zfs was set to use version 28

git-ubuntu

• 50% of main source packages are now imported and set as the default
  Git repository in Launchpad for those source packages
• Work continues to import packages to achive 100% of main source
  packages

Bug Work and Triage

• 273 in the backlog, 174 bugs reviewed
• Notes on daily bug triage

Contact the Ubuntu Server team

• Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode
• Email the ubuntu-server mailing list

Ubuntu Server Packages

Below is a summary of uploads to the development and supported
releases. Current status of the Debian to Ubuntu merges is tracked on
the Merge-o-Matic page. For a
full list of recent merges with change logs please see the Ubuntu
Server report.

Proposed Uploads to the Supported Releases

Please consider testing the following by enabling proposed, checking packages for update regressions, and making sure to mark affected bugs verified as fixed.

Total: 3

• apache2, xenial, 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.6, paelzer
• cloud-init, xenial, 18.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, chad.smith
• cloud-init, artful, 18.2-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, chad.smith

Uploads Released to the Supported Releases

Total: 4

• dovecot, artful, 1:2.2.27-3ubuntu1.4, xnox
• sharutils, artful, 1:4.15.2-2ubuntu0.1, leosilvab
• sharutils, xenial, 1:4.15.2-1ubuntu0.1, leosilvab
• sharutils, trusty, 1:4.14-1ubuntu1.1, leosilvab

Uploads to the Development Release

Total: 55

• antlr3, 3.5.2-9, pkg-java-maintainers
• apache2, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4, inaddy
• augeas, 1.10.1-2, bengen
• bind9, 1:9.11.2.P1-1ubuntu5, ahasenack
• bundler, 1.16.1-1, pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers
• cglib, 3.2.6-2, pkg-java-maintainers
• chrony, 3.2-4ubuntu2, paelzer
• cloud-init, 18.2-0ubuntu1, chad.smith
• cloud-init, 18.1-35-ge0f644b7-0ubuntu2, smoser
• cloud-init, 18.1-35-ge0f644b7-0ubuntu1, chad.smith
• cloud-init, 18.1-26-g685f9901-0ubuntu1, chad.smith
• curtin, 18.1-1-g45564eef-0ubuntu1, chad.smith
• curtin, 17.1-51-gbd40234f-0ubuntu1, raharper
• dnsmasq, 2.79-1, simon-thekelleys
• docker.io, 17.03.2-0ubuntu5, tyhicks
• excalibur-logkit, 2.0-12, pkg-java-maintainers
• facter, 3.10.0-4, pkg-puppet-devel
• geronimo-interceptor-3.0-spec, 1.0.1-4fakesync, doko
• libslf4j-java, 1.7.25-3, pkg-java-maintainers
• libvirt, 4.0.0-1ubuntu7, paelzer
• libvirt, 4.0.0-1ubuntu6, paelzer
• lxc, 3.0.0-0ubuntu2, stgraber
• lxc, 3.0.0-0ubuntu1, stgraber
• lxc, 3.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu1, stgraber
• lxc, 3.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu1, stgraber
• lxcfs, 3.0.0-0ubuntu1, stgraber
• lxd, 3.0.0-0ubuntu1, stgraber
• lxd, 3.0.0~beta7-0ubuntu1, stgraber
• lxd, 3.0.0~beta6-0ubuntu1, stgraber
• maas, 2.4.0~beta1-6799-g391e5f16d-0ubuntu1, andreserl
• mdbtools, 0.7.1-6, jmv-deb
• munin, 2.0.37-1, team+munin
• popt, 1.16-11, mjeanson-h
• puppet, 5.4.0-2ubuntu1, doko
• python-django, 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1, mdeslaur
• python-gflags, 1.5.1-5, None
• python-termstyle, 0.1.10-2, openstack-devel
• python-xstatic, 1.0.0-6, openstack-devel
• qemu, 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu5, paelzer
• quagga, 1.2.4-1, idunno
• rake, 12.3.1-1, pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers
• rdma-core, 17.1-1, benjamin-drung
• ruby-defaults, 1:2.5.1, terceiro
• ruby-molinillo, 0.6.4-1, pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers
• ruby2.5, 2.5.1-1ubuntu1, doko
• sharutils, 1:4.15.2-3, sanvila
• sphinxcontrib-httpdomain, 1.5.0-2, openstack-devel
• sssd, 1.16.0-5ubuntu2, ahasenack
• strongswan, 5.6.2-1ubuntu2, paelzer
• tomcat8, 8.5.29-1, pkg-java-maintainers
• ubuntu-advantage-tools, 16, ahasenack
• ubuntu-advantage-tools, 15, ahasenack
• unixodbc, 2.3.4-1.1ubuntu3, mdeslaur
• unixodbc, 2.3.4-1.1ubuntu2, mdeslaur
• walinuxagent, 2.2.21+really2.2.20-0ubuntu3, daniel-thewatkins