--- title: Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 21 Nov 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-21-nov-2017?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [David Britton](https://canonical.com/blog/author/davidpbritton "More about David Britton") 21 November 2017 # Ubuntu Server Development Summary – 21 Nov 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: cloud-init IPv6 Support for EC2 Chad Smith, a cloud-init team member, wrote up a post on the [automatic configuration of IPv6](https://blackboxsw.github.io/category/cloud-init.html) on EC2 instances. He details the steps required to add in the support and some additional improvements that could be made. ## cloud-init * Released stable release update (SRU) of 17.1-27-geb292c18 (LP: #1721847) * Cleanup dhclient background process after EC2 network discovery. * ntp: fix configuration template rendering for openSUSE and SLES (Robert Schweikert) LP: #1726572 * fix manually running cloud-init after upgrade (LP: #1732917) ## Bug Work and Triage * 284 in the [backlog](https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+subscribedbugs), 172 bugs reviewed * [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). ### Uploads to the Development Release (Bionic) ``` amavisd-new, 1:2.11.0-1ubuntu1, paelzer cloud-init, 17.1-41-g76243487-0ubuntu1, smoser docker.io, 17.03.2-0ubuntu1, mwhudson exim4, 4.89-9ubuntu1, paelzer golang-context, 1.1-2ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-dbus, 4.1.0-1, None golang-github-mattn-go-colorable, 0.0.6-2, None golang-github-mattn-go-runewidth, 0.0.2+git20170510.3.97311d9-1ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-github-olekukonko-tablewriter, 0.0~git20170719.0.be5337e-1ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-github-pborman-uuid, 0.0+git20150824.0.cccd189-1ubuntu10, mwhudson golang-gocapability-dev, 0.0~git20160928.0.e7cb7fa-1ubuntu3, mwhudson golang-golang-x-net-dev, 1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-1ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-gopkg-flosch-pongo2.v3, 3.0+git20141028.0.5e81b81-0ubuntu10, mwhudson golang-gopkg-lxc-go-lxc.v2, 0.0~git20161126.1.82a07a6-0ubuntu8, mwhudson golang-gopkg-tomb.v2, 0.0~git20161208.0.d5d1b58-1ubuntu3, mwhudson golang-goprotobuf, 0.0~git20170808.0.1909bc2-1ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-petname, 2.8-0ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-x-text, 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2, mwhudson golang-x-text, 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2, mwhudson irqbalance, 1.2.0-0.2, None ldns, 1.7.0-3ubuntu1, timo-jyrinki libmemcached, 1.0.18-4.2, None lxd, 2.20-0ubuntu4, stgraber lxd, 2.20-0ubuntu3, stgraber lxd, 2.20-0ubuntu2, stgraber lxd, 2.20-0ubuntu1, stgraber maas, 2.3.0-6434-gd354690-0ubuntu1, andreserl nut, 2.7.4-5.1ubuntu2, paelzer procmail, 3.22-26, None qemu, 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu5, paelzer ruby2.3, 2.3.5-1ubuntu4, doko ruby2.3, 2.3.5-1ubuntu3, doko ruby2.3, 2.3.5-1ubuntu2, doko ruby2.3, 2.3.5-1ubuntu1, doko ruby2.3, 2.3.5-1, None sssd, 1.15.3-3ubuntu1, paelzer sysstat, 11.6.0-1ubuntu1, paelzer tgt, 1:1.0.72-1ubuntu1, paelzer Total: 38 ``` ### Uploads to Supported Releases (Trusty, Xenial, Zesty, Artful) ``` bind9, zesty, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu5.3, paelzer bind9, xenial, 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.9, paelzer cloud-init, xenial, 17.1-27-geb292c18-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, smoser cloud-init, zesty, 17.1-27-geb292c18-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, smoser cloud-init, artful, 17.1-27-geb292c18-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, smoser docker.io, xenial, 17.03.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1, mwhudson docker.io, zesty, 17.03.2-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, mwhudson docker.io, artful, 17.03.2-0ubuntu1~17.10.1, mwhudson docker.io, xenial, 1.13.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2, mwhudson docker.io, zesty, 1.13.1-0ubuntu1~17.04.1, mwhudson juju-core, xenial, 2.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3, mwhudson juju-core, zesty, 2.2.6-0ubuntu0.17.04.3, mwhudson juju-core, xenial, 2.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, mwhudson juju-core, zesty, 2.2.6-0ubuntu0.17.04.2, mwhudson libvirt-python, xenial, 1.3.1-1ubuntu1.1, paelzer lxd, xenial, 2.20-0ubuntu4~16.04.1, stgraber lxd, zesty, 2.20-0ubuntu4~17.04.1, stgraber lxd, artful, 2.20-0ubuntu4~17.10.1, stgraber procmail, artful, 3.22-25ubuntu0.17.10.1, mdeslaur procmail, zesty, 3.22-25ubuntu0.17.04.1, mdeslaur procmail, xenial, 3.22-25ubuntu0.16.04.1, mdeslaur procmail, trusty, 3.22-21ubuntu0.2, mdeslaur qemu, artful, 1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1, paelzer qemu, zesty, 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.8, dannf samba, artful, 2:4.6.7+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1, mdeslaur samba, zesty, 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.8, mdeslaur samba, xenial, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.12, mdeslaur samba, trusty, 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.13, mdeslaur sssd, xenial, 1.13.4-1ubuntu1.9, paelzer strongswan, artful, 5.5.1-4ubuntu2.1, paelzer websockify, xenial, 0.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, corey.bryant Total: 31 ``` ## 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) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. 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