--- title: Ubuntu Server development summary – 11 September 2018 description: '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: […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-server-development-summary-11-september-2018?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Chad Smith](https://canonical.com/blog/author/chad-smith "More about Chad Smith") 11 September 2018 # Ubuntu Server development summary – 11 September 2018 [Server](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/server) [Ubuntu Server](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu-server) [weekly](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/weekly) --- Share the article 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](https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server). ## Spotlight: cloud-init user-data templates Cloud-init version 18.3.39 adds jinja template support for user-data scripts and cloud config. As part of this feature, any cloud metadata crawled by cloud-init is presented as template variables. Any cloud-provided metadata such as ip addresses, hostname, region, availability\_zone can be referenced in user-data cloud config or scripts without having to crawl and parse metadata in separate tooling. Since cloud-init generalizes some of this instance metadata across all clouds, it now allows user-data to be more flexible when deploying to different cloud platforms. See [Using instance metadata](https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/datasources.html#instance-metadata) for more information. ## cloud-init Below are commits landed in upstream cloud-init project since the last dev-summary * user-data: jinja template to render instance-data.json in cloud-config ([LP: #1791781](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1791781)) * config: disable ssh access to a configured user account * tests: print failed testname instead of docstring upon failure * tests: Disallow use of util.subp except for where needed. * sysconfig: refactor sysconfig to accept distro specific templates paths * gce: Backport GCE datasource functionality from Xenial to Trusty [Shane Peters] * released to Ubuntu Cosmic: cloud-init v.18.3.38 ## Contact the Ubuntu Server team * Chat on #ubuntu-server on Freenode * Email the [ubuntu-server mailing list](https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server) * Find us on the [Ubuntu Community Hub – server channel](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/server) ## Bug Work and Triage * 273 bugs in the [backlog](https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs) * [Notes on daily bug triage](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/KnowledgeBase#Bug_Triage) ## 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](https://merges.ubuntu.com/main.html). For a full list of recent merges with change logs please see the Ubuntu Server [report](http://reqorts.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/ubuntu-server/merges.html). ### Proposed Uploads to the Supported Releases Please consider testing the following by [enabling proposed](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed), checking packages for update regressions, and making sure to mark affected bugs [verified as fixed](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Verification). Total: 4 * [`libvirt, bionic, 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.5, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/4.0.0-1ubuntu8.5) * [`nginx, bionic, 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1, andreserl`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1) * [`openssh, xenial, 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.5, kstenerud`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.5) * [`openvpn, bionic, 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.1, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/2.4.4-2ubuntu1.1) ### Uploads Released to the Supported Releases Total: 7 * [`libtirpc, bionic, 0.2.5-1.2ubuntu0.1, leosilvab`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtirpc/0.2.5-1.2ubuntu0.1) * [`libtirpc, xenial, 0.2.5-1ubuntu0.1, leosilvab`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtirpc/0.2.5-1ubuntu0.1) * [`libtirpc, trusty, 0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1, leosilvab`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtirpc/0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1) * [`maas, bionic, 2.4.2-7034-g2f5deb8b8-0ubuntu1, andreserl`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maas/2.4.2-7034-g2f5deb8b8-0ubuntu1) * [`postfix, bionic, 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1, kstenerud`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1) * [`qemu, bionic, 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.5, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.5) * [`unbound, bionic, 1.6.7-1ubuntu2.2, paelzer`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.6.7-1ubuntu2.2) ### Uploads to the Development Release Total: 20 * [`bind9, 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu2, kstenerud`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu2) * [`cloud-init, 18.3-39-g757247f9-0ubuntu1, raharper`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.3-39-g757247f9-0ubuntu1) * [`cloud-init, 18.3-38-gd47d404e-0ubuntu1, raharper`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.3-38-gd47d404e-0ubuntu1) * [`cloud-init, 18.3-35-g3f6d0972-0ubuntu1, chad.smith`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/18.3-35-g3f6d0972-0ubuntu1) * [`cloud-utils, 0.30-0ubuntu9, smoser`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/0.30-0ubuntu9) * [`cloud-utils, 0.30-0ubuntu8, smoser`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/0.30-0ubuntu8) * [`cloud-utils, 0.30-0ubuntu7, smoser`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/0.30-0ubuntu7) * [`cloud-utils, 0.30-0ubuntu6, smoser`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-utils/0.30-0ubuntu6) * [`facter, 3.11.0-1build2, doko`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/facter/3.11.0-1build2) * [`ipxe, 1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu4, juliank`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipxe/1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu4) * [`ipxe, 1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu3, juliank`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipxe/1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d-0ubuntu3) * [`ldap-auth-client, 0.5.4, jdstrand`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ldap-auth-client/0.5.4) * [`libtirpc, 0.2.5-1.2ubuntu1, leosilvab`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtirpc/0.2.5-1.2ubuntu1) * [`logwatch, 7.4.3+git20161207-2ubuntu2, kstenerud`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/logwatch/7.4.3+git20161207-2ubuntu2) * [`mysql-5.7, 5.7.23-1, pkg-mysql-maint`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/5.7.23-1) * [`nghttp2, 1.32.1-1, tomasz-s`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nghttp2/1.32.1-1) * [`nginx, 1.15.3-0ubuntu1, teward`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.15.3-0ubuntu1) * [`python-cffi, 1.11.5-2ubuntu2, adconrad`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-cffi/1.11.5-2ubuntu2) * [`python-cffi, 1.11.5-2ubuntu1, adconrad`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-cffi/1.11.5-2ubuntu1) * [`spice, 0.14.0-1ubuntu4, leosilvab`](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spice/0.14.0-1ubuntu4) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. 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