[20:47] <ananke> hmm, so looks like latest kali, based on debian testing, has a new cloud-init which fails with a config that has worked without issues for a long time. cloud-init status now returns non-zero exit code on a deprecation warning: https://dpaste.com/HF7X2NXTR.txt 
[20:47] <ananke> "Unsupported configuration: boot stage called by PID [587] outside of systemd is deprecated in 24.3 and scheduled to be removed in 29.3. Triggering cloud-init boot stages outside of intial system boot is not a fully supported operation which can lead to incomplete or incorrect configuration. As such, cloud-init is deprecating this feature in the future. "
[20:49] <ananke> I've been trying to search for info on what exactly is the root cause, but haven't been able to find much. I don't suppose anybody has a suggestion on what I should be looking at?
[20:55] <minimal> anake: find out how your PACKER config is calling cloud-init?
[20:55] <minimal> ananke: ^^^
[20:56] <minimal> I'm guessing that Packer is booting a disk image with cloud-init already installed and enabled and so cloud-init runs when Packer boots that VM and then later your Packer script/config is running parts of cloud-init again, so resulting in the above message
[21:02] <ananke> minimal: that part hasn't changed, it's literally a simple 'cloud-init status --wait --long'
[21:05] <ananke> our image build process hasn't changed, but cloud-init has. the process is fairly simple: boot ec2, feed initial cloud-init, wait until cloud-init status reports ok, reboot, run cloud-init status again [then do more]. 
[21:07] <ananke> the failure in question takes place after package updates take place during first boot, and once the system is rebooted cloud-init status fails
[21:16] <ananke> ahh, found something: https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/5726
[21:16] -ubottu:#cloud-init- Issue 5726 in canonical/cloud-init "Manual invocation of cloud-init with `--file` option should not be deprecated" [Closed]
[21:56] <falcojr> ananke: that deprecation has been reverted in 24.4: https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/5770
[21:56] -ubottu:#cloud-init- Pull 5770 in canonical/cloud-init "fix: avoid deprecation logs for calling cli stages" [Merged]