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Summary

Adds resilience to KIND cloud-config runcmd commands and pins the Fedora AMI version to prevent transient provisioning failures.

Fixes #919 #949

Changes

1. Add Retry Logic to Transient-Failure-Prone Commands

Wrapped vulnerable runcmd commands with retry loops (up to 3 attempts):

• dnf install: 10s delay between retries
• curl (GitHub kind binary download): 5s delay between retries
• apt-get (IBM Cloud): 10s delay between retries
• kubectl (IBM Cloud): 5s delay between retries

This handles transient failures from:

• Mirror timeouts
• Package manager lock contention
• CDN temporary unavailability
• Network flakiness

2. Wait for NTP Synchronization

Added chronyc waitsync before network-dependent operations.

Prevents TLS certificate validation failures when the system clock is not synchronized. Without NTP sync, HTTPS requests fail if the certificate's "valid from" date is in the future relative to the system clock.

3. Pin Fedora AMI Version

Changed AMI regex from Fedora-Cloud-Base-AmazonEC2.x86_64-4* to Fedora-Cloud-Base-AmazonEC2.x86_64-41.*.

Prevents surprise failures from new Fedora releases that might have:

• Different cloud-init versions
• Changed package dependencies
• Broken cloud-init systemd service setup

Files Changed

File	Changes
pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config	Add NTP sync wait, retry dnf install and curl
pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config	Add NTP sync wait, retry apt-get and curl
pkg/provider/aws/action/kind/constants.go	Pin Fedora AMI to v41

Impact

• Resilience: Transient network failures during provisioning now automatically retry instead of failing the entire stack
• Reliability: NTP sync before network operations prevents clock-related TLS failures
• Predictability: AMI pinning prevents regressions from new Fedora releases
• Performance: Adds ~30–60s to provisioning time due to retries and NTP sync (acceptable for reliability)

Testing

Testing requires provisioning KIND clusters on each cloud provider (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud) and verifying:

1. Normal provisioning succeeds (no regressions)
2. Transient network failures are retried and succeed
3. Cloud-final.service does not report failures
4. The exported kubeconfig connects to a stable cluster

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• pkg/provider/aws/action/kind/constants.go
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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved cluster startup reliability by retrying package installation and downloads, waiting for time synchronization, and checking that core services are ready before proceeding.
  • Fedora AMI selection is now limited to Fedora 41 for both supported architectures.

The change pins AWS Fedora AMI matching to Fedora 41 for x86_64 and arm64. It also updates IBM Cloud and target-service cloud-init commands to wait for NTP, retry package and binary operations, and verify Kubernetes control-plane and API readiness.

Changes: Kind cluster startup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Cloud-init setup and retries pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config, pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config	Both scripts add a best-effort NTP wait and retries for package operations and binary downloads. The IBM Cloud script retries apt updates, Podman installation, kubectl downloads, and kind downloads. The target-service script retries package installation and kind downloads.
Kubernetes readiness checks pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config, pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config	Both scripts wait for the named control-plane pods, a kubelet lease, and the default ServiceAccount. They then require three successful namespace requests. Readiness waits use a 300-second limit.

AWS Fedora AMI selection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Fedora AMI version patterns pkg/provider/aws/action/kind/constants.go	The Fedora AMI patterns now match Fedora 41 for x86_64 and arm64.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Cloud-init runcmd
  participant kubectl
  participant Kubernetes API
  Cloud-init runcmd->>kubectl: Query pod, lease, and ServiceAccount readiness
  kubectl->>Kubernetes API: Request resource state
  Kubernetes API-->>kubectl: Return resource state
  kubectl-->>Cloud-init runcmd: Report readiness
  loop Three namespace checks
    Cloud-init runcmd->>kubectl: Request namespace list
    kubectl->>Kubernetes API: Send namespace request
    Kubernetes API-->>kubectl: Return namespace response
  end

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Merge Risk: High · previous review a81b9

The AWS KIND path likely cannot find a Fedora AMI. The new retry and readiness logic can hide failures, hang, or time out against the wrong kubeconfig file. Fix these before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 2

Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		Issue #919 requires ensuring that all cloud-init services are enabled and checking systemd or journal diagnostics. The changed cloud-config files add NTP waits, retries, and Kubernetes readiness check…	Add an implementation that verifies or enables the required cloud-init services and records relevant systemd or journal diagnostics when provisioning fails. Add automated coverage for the new behavior, or provide reviewable test evidence th…
Out of Scope Changes check		Both cloud-config files add a large control-plane readiness verification block. It waits for control-plane pods, a kubelet lease, a ServiceAccount, and repeated API responses before kubeconfig export.…	Remove the #947 readiness implementation from this pull request, or link and explicitly include the corresponding requirement if this work must remain.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main changes: improved KIND command resilience and Fedora AMI pinning.
Description check		The description directly explains the retry logic, NTP synchronization, Fedora AMI pinning, readiness checks, and intended reliability improvements.
Docstring Coverage		No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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Explanation

Issue #919 requires ensuring that all cloud-init services are enabled and checking systemd or journal diagnostics. The changed cloud-config files add NTP waits, retries, and Kubernetes readiness checks, but they do not enable or verify cloud-init services and do not collect or inspect systemd/journal evidence. The PR description also reports no completed provisioning validation.

Resolution

Add an implementation that verifies or enables the required cloud-init services and records relevant systemd or journal diagnostics when provisioning fails. Add automated coverage for the new behavior, or provide reviewable test evidence that covers the #919 failure mode.

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Explanation

Both cloud-config files add a large control-plane readiness verification block. It waits for control-plane pods, a kubelet lease, a ServiceAccount, and repeated API responses before kubeconfig export. The commit summary identifies this block as work for #947, but #947 is not a directly linked issue and the current PR description does not include this objective. The block does not enable cloud-init services or inspect systemd/journal diagnostics for #919.

Resolution

Remove the #947 readiness implementation from this pull request, or link and explicitly include the corresponding requirement if this work must remain.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @pkg/provider/aws/action/kind/constants.go:
- Around line 11-12: Update the Fedora 41 patterns in the architecture map used
by GetAMIByName to match AWS AMI names with -41-* for both x86_64 and arm64,
preserving the existing architecture-specific name prefixes.

Review comments at @pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config:
- Around line 52-55: Update the apt-get update retry loop to track whether any
attempt succeeds and, after all three attempts fail, print a clear error and
exit with status 1. This ensures the script does not continue to kind create
cluster after the update fails.
- Line 69: Add curl’s HTTP-failure option to the kubectl and kind download
commands so HTTP errors cause the retry loops to continue instead of marking an
error response as a successful download.
- Around line 98-102: Update the cloud-init script’s elapsed-time calculations
to work under POSIX sh: initialize START using a portable epoch-time source and
replace each use of SECONDS in timeout checks and status messages with the
current epoch time minus START. Preserve the existing MAX_WAIT limits and loop
behavior.
- Line 100: Update the KUBECONFIG path in the readiness block in both
cloud-config files to resolve the kubeconfig file where runcmd writes it, rather
than assuming it is under /root. Keep the readiness checks pointed at that same
file.

Review comments at @pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config:
- Around line 56-59: Update the dnf installation retry loops to record whether
an attempt succeeded and exit with status 1 after all three attempts fail, so
the script does not continue to cluster creation without the required tools.
- Line 89: Update the runcmd kubeconfig producer and readiness check represented
by cmdKubeconfig and cmdCheckCluster to use the same absolute /root/kubeconfig
path as the KUBECONFIG export, so both scripts read and write the same file.

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add -f to the curl downloads so the retries trigger on HTTP errors.

Without -f, curl exits 0 on an HTTP 404/502/503 response and writes the error body to /usr/local/bin/kubectl or /usr/local/bin/kind. The loop then hits break on the first attempt, so the retry never runs for the CDN errors it targets. chmod +x then makes the corrupt file executable, and the failure appears later as an obscure exec error. The target-service template already uses -fSLo.

Proposed fix

-      if bash -c "curl -sSLo /usr/local/bin/kubectl https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -sSL https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/{{ .Arch }}/kubectl && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl"; then break; fi
+      if bash -c "curl -fsSLo /usr/local/bin/kubectl https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -fsSL https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/{{ .Arch }}/kubectl && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl"; then break; fi

-      if curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/kind https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/{{ .KindVersion }}/kind-linux-{{ .Arch }}; then break; fi
+      if curl -fSLo /usr/local/bin/kind https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/download/{{ .KindVersion }}/kind-linux-{{ .Arch }}; then break; fi

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Review comment at @pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config at line 69:
Add curl’s HTTP-failure option to the kubectl and kind download commands so HTTP
errors cause the retry loops to continue instead of marking an error response as
a successful download.

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Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
# Check how cloud-init builds the runcmd script (expects "#!/bin/sh" and raw string append).
pip download cloud-init --no-deps -d /tmp/ci -q 2>/dev/null; cd /tmp/ci && ls
rg -n "def shellify" -A 25 --glob '*.py' . 2>/dev/null | head -50

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Script executed:

set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- diff ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=30 abf093983aacc3b47824f5985cb8e704caf52078 a81b9188512eba8911493d4126ae965414543c48 -- pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config
printf '%s\n' '--- target file lines 1-190 ---'
nl -ba pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config | sed -n '1,190p'
printf '%s\n' '--- related cloud-config references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*' -e 'pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config' -e 'cloud-config' -e 'image' pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- shellify or runcmd references in repository ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*' -e 'shellify' -e 'runcmd' . || test "$?" -eq 1

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Length of output: 16368

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Script executed:

set -eu
url1='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/cloud-init/main/cloudinit/config/cc_runcmd.py'
url2='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/cloud-init/main/cloudinit/util.py'
printf '%s\n' '--- cc_runcmd.py ---'
curl -fsSL "$url1" | nl -ba | sed -n '1,180p'
printf '%s\n' '--- util.py shellify definition ---'
curl -fsSL "$url2" | nl -ba | sed -n '/def shellify/,/^def /p' | sed -n '1,100p'

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Use a POSIX-compatible elapsed-time calculation.

cloud-init generates one /bin/sh script for runcmd. The embedded #!/bin/bash line does not change the interpreter. The IBM Cloud image is Ubuntu 24.04, where /bin/sh is dash. dash does not maintain $SECONDS, so the elapsed time remains zero and these loops can run indefinitely.

Suggested fix

-    START=$SECONDS
+    START=$(date +%s)
...
-      ELAPSED=$((SECONDS - START))
+      ELAPSED=$(( $(date +%s) - START ))
...
-        echo "All control-plane pods are Ready ($((SECONDS - START))s)"
+        echo "All control-plane pods are Ready ($(( $(date +%s) - START ))s)"
...
-      ELAPSED=$((SECONDS - START))
+      ELAPSED=$(( $(date +%s) - START ))
...
-        echo "Kubelet lease exists ($((SECONDS - START))s)"
+        echo "Kubelet lease exists ($(( $(date +%s) - START ))s)"
...
-      ELAPSED=$((SECONDS - START))
+      ELAPSED=$(( $(date +%s) - START ))
...
-        echo "Default ServiceAccount exists ($((SECONDS - START))s)"
+        echo "Default ServiceAccount exists ($(( $(date +%s) - START ))s)"
...
-    echo "Control-plane fully stable ($((SECONDS - START))s)"
+    echo "Control-plane fully stable ($(( $(date +%s) - START ))s)"

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Review comment at @pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config around lines
98 - 102:
Update the cloud-init script’s elapsed-time calculations to work under POSIX sh:
initialize START using a portable epoch-time source and replace each use of
SECONDS in timeout checks and status messages with the current epoch time minus
START. Preserve the existing MAX_WAIT limits and loop behavior.

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Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- changed file at reviewed head ---'
git show a81b9188512eba8911493d4126ae965414543c48:pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config | nl -ba | sed -n '1,130p'
printf '%s\n' '--- diff for changed file ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=30 abf093983aacc3b47824f5985cb8e704caf52078 a81b9188512eba8911493d4126ae965414543c48 -- pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config
printf '%s\n' '--- related cloud-config files and cwd/path references ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'cloud-config*' -e 'kubeconfig' -e 'runcmd' -e 'working_dir' -e 'cd ' .
printf '%s\n' '--- repository references to the target cloud-config ---'
rg -n -F --glob '!vendor/**' -e 'pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config' -e 'cloud-config' pkg/target/service/kind

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set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- cloud-init references and execution-directory settings ---'
rg -n -i --glob '!vendor/**' --glob '!**/.git/**' -e 'cloud-init' -e 'cloud.?final' -e 'working.?directory' -e 'working_dir' -e 'runcmd' -e 'scripts-user' -e 'kubeconfig' .
printf '%s\n' '--- target file tail and generated-template consumers ---'
git show a81b9188512eba8911493d4126ae965414543c48:pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config | nl -ba | sed -n '125,165p'
git show a81b9188512eba8911493d4126ae965414543c48:pkg/provider/ibmcloud/action/kind/cloud-config | nl -ba | sed -n '75,170p'
printf '%s\n' '--- dependency and image configuration relevant to cloud-init ---'
rg -n -i --glob 'go.mod' --glob 'go.sum' --glob 'Dockerfile*' --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.yml' --glob '*.md' -e 'cloud.?init' -e 'fedora' -e 'rhel' -e 'ami' -e 'image' .

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Script executed:

set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- locally available cloud-init implementation metadata ---'
command -v cloud-init || true
python3 - <<'PY'
import pathlib
for root in (pathlib.Path('/usr/lib/python3'), pathlib.Path('/usr/local/lib/python3'), pathlib.Path('/usr/share')):
    if root.exists():
        for p in root.rglob('*cloud*init*'):
            print(p)
PY
printf '%s\n' '--- upstream cloud-init runcmd runner and service unit ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request
urls = [
    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/cloud-init/main/cloudinit/config/cc_runcmd.py',
    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/cloud-init/main/cloudinit/config/cc_scripts_user.py',
    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/cloud-init/main/systemd/cloud-final.service',
]
for url in urls:
    print('URL:', url)
    try:
        text = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=10).read().decode()
    except Exception as exc:
        print('FETCH_ERROR:', type(exc).__name__, str(exc))
        continue
    for i, line in enumerate(text.splitlines(), 1):
        if ('runparts' in line or 'subp.' in line or 'WorkingDirectory' in line
                or 'ExecStart' in line or 'scripts-user' in line
                or 'runcmd' in line):
            print(f'{i}: {line}')
PY

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set -u
python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request
urls = [
    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/cloud-init/main/cloudinit/subp.py',
    'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/cloud-init/main/systemd/cloud-final.service',
]
for url in urls:
    print('URL:', url)
    try:
        text = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=10).read().decode()
    except Exception as exc:
        print('FETCH_ERROR:', type(exc).__name__, str(exc))
        continue
    lines = text.splitlines()
    for i, line in enumerate(lines, 1):
        if ('def runparts' in line or 'def subp' in line or 'cwd=' in line
                or 'WorkingDirectory' in line or 'ExecStart' in line
                or 'runparts' in line):
            start = max(1, i - 3)
            end = min(len(lines), i + 8)
            print(f'--- {url}:{start}-{end} ---')
            for n in range(start, end + 1):
                print(f'{n}: {lines[n-1]}')
PY

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python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request
url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canonical/cloud-init/main/cloudinit/subp.py'
text = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=10).read().decode()
lines = text.splitlines()
for n in range(350, 390):
    print(f'{n}: {lines[n-1]}')
PY

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python3 - <<'PY'
import urllib.request
url = 'https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.exec.html'
print('URL:', url)
try:
    text = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=10).read().decode(errors='replace')
except Exception as exc:
    print('FETCH_ERROR:', type(exc).__name__, str(exc))
else:
    for needle in ('WorkingDirectory=', 'If not set', 'root directory'):
        pos = text.find(needle)
        if pos >= 0:
            start = max(0, pos - 300)
            end = min(len(text), pos + 900)
            print(text[start:end])
PY

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Use the same absolute path for the kubeconfig producer and consumer.

The runcmd script writes the kubeconfig with a relative path, but the readiness script reads /root/kubeconfig. Cloud-init inherits the system service working directory, which defaults to /, not /root. The readiness checks can therefore fail until the 300-second timeout.

🐛 Suggested fix

-  - cmdKubeconfig="kind get kubeconfig --name kind-mapt > kubeconfig"
-  - cmdCheckCluster="kubectl --request-timeout=3s --insecure-skip-tls-verify --kubeconfig kubeconfig get node >/dev/null 2>&1"
+  - cmdKubeconfig="kind get kubeconfig --name kind-mapt > /root/kubeconfig"
+  - cmdCheckCluster="kubectl --request-timeout=3s --insecure-skip-tls-verify --kubeconfig /root/kubeconfig get node >/dev/null 2>&1"

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Review comment at @pkg/target/service/kind/cloud-config at line 89:
Update the runcmd kubeconfig producer and readiness check represented by
cmdKubeconfig and cmdCheckCluster to use the same absolute /root/kubeconfig path
as the KUBECONFIG export, so both scripts read and write the same file.

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