[Bug 1684039] [NEW] iBFT network configuration does not correctly populate PROTO=dhcp in /run/net-*.conf which breaks cloud-init

[Trent Lloyd]

Public bug reported:

When booting with iBFT, the network configuration is performed by open-
iscsi as part of initramfs.local-top instead of by klibc-ipconfig.  This
includes populating /run/net-*.conf which is consumed among other
things, by cloud-init.

Currently no attempt to determine PROTO is made, and PROTO=none is hard
coded into the file which cloud-init does not recognise and crashes out.

Further to this, open-iscsi in the current version (xenial through
zesty) does not correctly parse the iBFT origin into the boot protocol
in "iscsistart -f" and always returns "STATIC".  This is fixed upstream.

** Affects: open-iscsi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  iBFT network configuration does not correctly populate PROTO=dhcp in
  /run/net-*.conf which breaks cloud-init

Status in open-iscsi package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When booting with iBFT, the network configuration is performed by
  open-iscsi as part of initramfs.local-top instead of by klibc-
  ipconfig.  This includes populating /run/net-*.conf which is consumed
  among other things, by cloud-init.

  Currently no attempt to determine PROTO is made, and PROTO=none is
  hard coded into the file which cloud-init does not recognise and
  crashes out.

  Further to this, open-iscsi in the current version (xenial through
  zesty) does not correctly parse the iBFT origin into the boot protocol
  in "iscsistart -f" and always returns "STATIC".  This is fixed
  upstream.

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