--- title: Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 12 Dec 2017 description: '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 […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-server-development-summary-12-dec-2017?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [David Britton](https://canonical.com/blog/author/davidpbritton "More about David Britton") 12 December 2017 # Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 12 Dec 2017 [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 # 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](https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server). ## Spotlight: Ubuntu Bionic: Netplan Josh on the Canonical Server team took a look at [Netplan on Ubuntu Bionic](https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/12/01/ubuntu-bionic-netplan/). He shows some initial use cases and provides examples of some configurations. ## cloud-init * Added ‘status’ subcommand to report whether cloud-init is ‘running’, ‘done’ or ‘error’. Also a tool for scripts to block on cloud-init completion with cloud-init status –wait * Added ‘clean’ subcommand as a developer tool to easily remove cloud-init artifacts and re-run cloud-init on reboot. * Cloud-init datasources now store standardized instance metadata in /run/cloud-init/instance-data.json which can be referenced by scripts to get instance-related variables such as region, availability-zone, instance-id and more. * Update pylint to 1.7.4 and run on tests and tools dirs * EC2 uses instance-identity doc from metadata to obtain instance-id and region [Andrew Jorgensen] * SUSE: remove delta in systemd local template for SUSE [Robert Schweikert] * VMware: Support for user provided pre and post-customization scripts [Maitreyee Saikia] * Fix ds-identify warning on VMWare platform by correctly identifying the OVF datasource. ds-identify identifies OVF when an iso9660 filesystem exists on cdrom containing ovf.env content (LP: #1731868) ## Bug Work and Triage * 291 in the [backlog](https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs), 112 bugs reviewed * [Notes on daily bug triage](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/KnowledgeBase#Bug_Triage) ## 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) ## 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). ### Uploads to the Supported Releases ``` apache2, 2.4.29-1ubuntu2, paelzer asterisk, 1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu2, doko asterisk, 1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu1, costamagnagianfranco cloud-init, 17.1-58-g703241a3-0ubuntu1, smoser cloud-init, 17.1-53-ga5dc0f42-0ubuntu1, smoser cloud-init, 17.1-51-g05b2308a-0ubuntu1, smoser curtin, 17.0~bzr552-0ubuntu1, smoser iproute2, 4.14.1-0ubuntu2, paelzer iproute2, 4.14.1-0ubuntu1, paelzer python-ldappool, 2.1.0-0ubuntu1, corey.bryant samba, 2:4.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1, mdeslaur sosreport, 3.5-1ubuntu1, sil2100 sysstat, 11.6.0-1ubuntu2, paelzer uvtool, 0~git136-0ubuntu1, racb Total: 14 ``` ### Uploads to the Development Release ``` iproute2, artful, 4.9.0-1ubuntu2.1, paelzer iproute2, zesty, 4.9.0-1ubuntu1.1, paelzer iproute2, xenial, 4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.3, paelzer iproute2, trusty, 3.12.0-2ubuntu1.2, paelzer iproute2, trusty, 3.12.0-2ubuntu1.1, nacc iscsitarget, trusty, 1.4.20.3+svn499-0ubuntu2.4, cascardo lxd, xenial, 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4, stgraber lxd, xenial, 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4, stgraber lxd, xenial, 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.3, stgraber lxd, xenial, 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, stgraber qemu, artful, 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1, paelzer rsync, artful, 3.1.2-2ubuntu0.1, leosilvab rsync, zesty, 3.1.2-1ubuntu0.1, leosilvab rsync, xenial, 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.1, leosilvab rsync, trusty, 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.3, leosilvab sysstat, xenial, 11.2.0-1ubuntu0.2, slashd sysstat, zesty, 11.4.3-1ubuntu1, slashd sysstat, artful, 11.5.7-1ubuntu2, slashd Total: 18 ``` ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. 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