Bug 969487 – the openstack cloud image should print boot messages also on ttyS0

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Bug 969487 - the openstack cloud image should print boot messages also on ttyS0

Summary:	the openstack cloud image should print boot messages also on ttyS0

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	guest-images (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.4
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	high Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Joey Boggs
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Keywords:	ZStream

Duplicates:	1024389 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:	1001730
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Reported:	2013-05-31 10:15 EDT by Giulio Fidente
Modified:	2014-03-11 10:40 EDT (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)

See Also:	1075125
Fixed In Version:	rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131101.2.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	* The Red Hat Enterprise Linux guest image did not make use of the ttyS0 serial port by default, so tools that monitor the serial console log did not capture any information. This update adds a console log feature to the boot loader, and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux guest image will now print boot messages on the ttyS0 serial port and the standard console.
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Last Closed:	2013-11-21 19:21:28 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1735	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	rhel-guest-image bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 17:04:16 EST

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Description Giulio Fidente 2013-05-31 10:15:08 EDT

Description of problem:
openstack provides a "nova console-log" command which captures the messages sent to ttyS0; rhel images don't make use of ttyS0 by default so the console log seems to be empty


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhel-server-x86_64-kvm-6.4_20130130.0-4.qcow2


Steps to Reproduce:
1. launch a rhel instance
2. check the console log

Comment 12 Joey Boggs 2013-10-29 21:42:54 EDT

*** Bug 1024389 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 14 Wei Shi 2013-11-02 01:35:02 EDT

Hi Joey,
  After you apply this patch, i can use virsh console to connect to our applance, but this is still something abnormal.

  The getty prompt appears earlier than the other bootup messages, if i type username at this time, i'll give me the bash session, but after all services is booted, there will have another getty prompt, which will interrupt with the earlier one, which make everything messed up.

  The way to workaround such problem is interact with getty prompt after all services launched.

Bringing up interface eth0:  
Determining IP information for eth0...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)
Kernel 2.6.32-428.el6.x86_64 on an x86_64

localhost.localdomain login:  done.
                                                           [  OK  ]
Starting system logger:                                    [  OK  ]
Starting rpcbind:                                          [  OK  ]


.....
.....
.....

Starting atd:                                              [  OK  ]
Starting rhsmcertd...                                      [  OK  ]


Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)
Kernel 2.6.32-428.el6.x86_64 on an x86_64

virtlab-66-84-199.englab.nay.redhat.com login: root

Comment 16 Wei Shi 2013-11-03 07:49:38 EST

Verified:
  rhel-guest-image-6-6.5-20131101.2.el6

  We can watch the system booting messages through 'virsh console' and login to the appliance after getty apears and interact with the shell.

Starting crond:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting atd:                                              [  OK  ]
Starting rhsmcertd...                                      [  OK  ]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)
Kernel 2.6.32-428.el6.x86_64 on an x86_64

virtlab-66-84-199.englab.nay.redhat.com login: root
Last login: Sun Nov  3 20:38:04 on ttyS0

-bash-4.1# 
-bash-4.1# 
-bash-4.1# 
-bash-4.1# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg
-bash-4.1#

Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 19:21:28 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1735.html

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