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Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up # 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: KVM Integration test backend Cloud-init recently added changes to our integration testing backend to support KVM images in addition to LXC. This will allow us to exercise more complex network and storage scenarios to ensure proper behavior in complex environments. ## cloud-init and curtin ### cloud-init * integration tests: Enable NoCloud KVM platform as a test suite. Launches KVM via a wrapper around qemu-system and sets a custom SSH port for communication with the test images. * chef users can now pin a desired omibus\_version in **#cloud-config** they wish to install with chef: omnibus\_version: X.Y.Z * Add **cloud-init collect-logs** comandline utility to tar and gzip cloud-init logs needed to file bugs * Apport integration so *ubuntu-bug* cloud-init works on Artful (to be SRU’d) * Fix [Bug #1715690](https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1715690) and [Bug #1715738](https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1715738) – Cloud-init config modules are now skipped if distribution doesn’t match module’s supported distros. Modules can be forced to run setting ‘unverified\_module’. * [LP: #1675063](https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1675063) VMWare datasource now reacts to user network customization and renders network configuration version 1 from the datasource. * [LP: #1717147](https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1717147) Fix a CentOS 7 regression which ignored dhclient lease files beginning with dhclient-. Datasource now handles ‘dhclient-‘ and ‘dhclient.’ prefix. * [LP: #1717611](https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1717611) walinuxagent sometimes fails to deliver certificates during service upgrade. Cloud-init now waits 15 mins instead of 1 for the wireservice to become healthy. * [LP: #1717598](https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1717598) Fix GCE cloud instance user-data processing. ### curtin * bzr r.526 – Ensure iscsi service handles shutdown properly. The following iscsi configurations are validated as passing shutdown (plain, lvm over iscsi, and raid over iscsi) ## Bug Work and Triage * 147 bugs reviewed, 7 accepted, 272 in the [backlog](https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs) * [Notes on daily bug triage](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/KnowledgeBase#Bug_Triage) ## IRC Meetings * [Server IRC Log](https://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2017/ubuntu-meeting.2017-09-19-16.01.html) * [Agenda and notes](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting) * [Cloud-init bi-weekly IRC Log](https://cloud-init.github.io/status-2017-09-18.html) ## 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). ### SRU bug closure highlights * [LP: #1713990](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virt-manager/+bug/1713990) – virt-install failes on s38-x with options –location and –extra-args * [LP: #1393842](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393842) – Cannot createa default RHEL7 vm in virt-manager * [LP: #1099947](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393842) – nut-server fails to execute udeva for UPS solutions due to permissions issues. ### Uploads to the Development Release (Artful) ``` apache2, 2.4.27-2ubuntu3, mdeslaur cloud-init, 0.7.9-283-g7eb3460b-0ubuntu1, smoser cloud-init, 0.7.9-281-g10f067d8-0ubuntu1, smoser cloud-init, 0.7.9-280-ge626966e-0ubuntu1, smoser docker.io, 1.13.1-0ubuntu3, vorlon dpdk, 17.05.2-0ubuntu1, paelzer groovy, 2.4.8-2, None haproxy, 1.7.9-1ubuntu1, chiluk lxc, 2.1.0-0ubuntu1, stgraber maas, 2.3.0~alpha3-6250-g58f83f3-0ubuntu1, andreserl nagios-nrpe, 3.2.0-4ubuntu2, brian-murray ndg-httpsclient, 0.4.3-1, None nmap, 7.60-1ubuntu1, doko simplestreams, 0.1.0~bzr450-0ubuntu1, smoser sysstat, 11.5.7-1ubuntu1, paelzer tomcat8, 8.5.16-1, None walinuxagent, 2.2.17-0ubuntu1, sil2100 Total: 17 ``` ### Uploads to Supported Releases (Trusty, Xenial, Yakkety, Zesty) ``` apache2, zesty, 2.4.25-3ubuntu2.3, mdeslaur apache2, xenial, 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.5, mdeslaur apache2, trusty, 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.18, mdeslaur bind9, zesty, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu5.2, mdeslaur bind9, xenial, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.8, mdeslaur bind9, trusty, 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.16, mdeslaur cloud-init, xenial, 0.7.9-233-ge586fe35-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, smoser cloud-init, zesty, 0.7.9-233-ge586fe35-0ubuntu1~17.04.2, smoser cloud-init, zesty, 0.7.9-233-ge586fe35-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser cloud-init, xenial, 0.7.9-233-ge586fe35-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser libvirt, trusty, 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.22, paelzer nut, xenial, 2.7.2-4ubuntu1.2, paelzer nut, trusty, 2.7.1-1ubuntu1.2, paelzer qemu, zesty, 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.4, mdeslaur qemu, xenial, 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.15, mdeslaur qemu, trusty, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.35, mdeslaur walinuxagent, trusty, 2.2.17-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, sil2100 walinuxagent, xenial, 2.2.17-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, sil2100 walinuxagent, zesty, 2.2.17-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, sil2100 walinuxagent, trusty, 2.2.17-0ubuntu1~14.04.1, sil2100 walinuxagent, xenial, 2.2.17-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, sil2100 walinuxagent, zesty, 2.2.17-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, sil2100 Total: 22 ``` ## 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) #### Related posts --- [Rhys Knipe](https://canonical.com/blog/author/rhysknipe) 7 July 2026 ### [Ubuntu Server: a platform made for enterprise scale](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-server-a-platform-made-for-enterprise-scale) Cloud and Infrastructure Ubuntu tech blog A platform is an environment that allows software to run smoothly across the infrastructure, runtime, and application layers. 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