SOLVED! >From /usr/share/doc/cloud-init-0.6.3/ChangeLog : "read /etc/ssh/sshd_config for AuthorizedKeysFile rather than assuming ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (LP: #731849)" The problem is that this change in cloud-init does not properly handle relative paths, which are documented in the sshd_config manpage as being relative to the user's home directory. So the quick fix was to change /etc/ssh/sshd_config from: AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys to: AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorized_keys The more correct fix is in cloud-init, probably something like: --- a/cloudinit/SshUtil.py 2012-03-31 09:28:42.598996936 -0400 +++ b/cloudinit/SshUtil.py 2012-03-31 09:40:47.758829938 -0400 @@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ akeys = ssh_cfg.get("AuthorizedKeysFile", "%h/.ssh/authorized_keys") akeys = akeys.replace("%h", pwent.pw_dir) akeys = akeys.replace("%u", user) + if not akeys.startswith('/'): + akeys = os.path.join(pwent.pw_dir, akeys) authorized_keys = akeys except Exception: authorized_keys = '%s/.ssh/authorized_keys' % pwent.pw_dir How do you want to handle this? Should I go ahead and file both RHBZ and LP issues for it? --Andy On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Andy Grimm <agrimm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Further attempting to localize the problem, I found a pickled form of > the metadata in /var/lib/cloud/instances/i-325d4c56/obj.pkl which > included the public ssh key, so it's definitely getting the data from > the metadata service. > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Andy Grimm <agrimm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Tim Flink <tflink@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:54:47 -0400 >>> Andy Grimm <agrimm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Of those differences, I suspect that lack of a zeroconf route >>>> (169.254.0.0/16) is probably preventing access to the metadata >>>> service. Further, I believe the reason is related to the addition of >>>> NetworkManager in the F17 AMI (because the zeroconf route is typically >>>> added via the ifcfg-eth script, which NM does not run). Before I go >>>> hacking further, is there a particular reason that we switched to >>>> using NetworkManager in the F17 AMI? >>> >>> NM was added to core as a fix for a F17 bug where the network wouldn't >>> come up by default in a minimal install: >>> - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=693602 >>> >>> The decision was made to add NM to core because it doesn't add many >>> extra packages and as NM adds more and more features, it doesn't make >>> much sense to keep hacking the old network service in for minimal >>> installs. The full details of "why" are in the bug, if you're >>> interested. >> >> Ok, I've been on the CC list for that bug for a long time, but I >> missed that they actually made a decision. I'll just bite my tongue >> on that one; at least it's not completely broken anymore. >> >>> maxamillion did a good job of summing up some of the you can do about >>> removing/replacing NM for a regular system in his blog post: >>> http://pseudogen.blogspot.com/2012/03/networkmanager-is-in-core-but-dont-fret.html >> >> Thanks for that link! >> >>>> Would removing it be the wrong solution, and if so, is there a quick >>>> way to ensure that NM initializes a zeroconf route? >>> >>> That is certainly possible, the network service still works. It just >>> made more sense to use NM for non-cloud minimal installs. >>> >>> I'll leave the discussion of the best way to deal with NM/network to >>> people who are far more qualified than I am. Just figured I would add >>> in the answer to "why did this change?" >> >> As it turns out, I just booted an Ubuntu Oneiric instance, and it does >> not have a zeroconf route, but is still able to access the metadata >> service, so it looks like this was a red herring. Back to the drawing >> board. >> >> --Andy >> >>> Tim >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cloud mailing list >>> cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud >>> _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud