MainInclusionEc2-Init
Main Inclusion Report for ec2-init
Requirements
Availability: ec2-init is available for amd64, i386 (python)
Rationale:
ec2-init is being developed by the ubuntu team to provide hooks during boot up to do ec2 (and UEC) specific things. One such example is to re-generate ssh keys on each new instance. Another piece of functionality is running/consuming 'user data' input that is provided to the instance via the user who started it. This package is a core piece of functionality of the ec2 and UEC images that we produce. The upstream is https://launchpad.net/ec2-init.
Security:
CVE entries: None
Secunia history: None
Any binaries running as root or suid/sgid ? The ec2-init init script runs as root during the boot process. Additionally, the user who started the instance can optionally pass scripts (via --user-data) that are run at this time (as root). There are no daemons in the package.
Network activity: does it open any port ? No ports are listened on. It does do http requests to the ec2 metadata service (http://169.254.169.254). Does it handle incoming network data ? No.
Does it directly (not through a library) process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data ? ec2-init parses user data via the python libraries. It handles multi-part input via python email library and xml input via python xml.dom.minidom
Any source code review performed ? I (ScottMoser) have been working with the ec2-init code some. Soren is the Primary developer. No explicit source code review has taken place.
Quality assurance:
In what situations does the package not work out of the box without configuration ? If the package is installed on non-ec2 or uec, it will cause long timeouts on boot.
Does the package ask any debconf questions higher than priority 'medium' ? No.
Debian bugs: Not packaged
Maintenance in Debian Not packaged
Upstream is frenetic/vigorous/calm/dead ? Upstream is not terribly active. The package is reasonably mature.
Upstream bug tracker: bug 431255 is intended to be addressed shortly.
Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware and if so how exotic is it ? It runs on ec2 or UEC guests. No direct interaction with hardware.
Is there a test suite in the upstream source or packaging ? No. Is it enabled to run in the build ? Not Applicable
UI standards:
User-visible strings are internationalized using standard gettext system ?. No internationalized text is used. However, the only user-visible strings are during boot (init output).
Package with translatable strings builds a PO template during package build ? Not Applicable
End-user applications ship a desktop file ? Not Applicable
Standards compliance:
FHS, Debian Policy compliance ? Yes.
Packaging system (debhelper/cdbs/dbs) ? cdbs. Patch system ? quilt (currently no patches). Any packaging oddities ? No.
Dependencies:
python-configobj (Universe: MIR)
python-cheetah (Universe: MIR)
python-boto (Universe: MIR)
Maintenance:
How much maintenance is this package likely to need ? The ubuntu package maintainence needs of ec2-init are not significant. However, the upstream is Ubuntu, and that will/does require resources.
Who is responsible for monitoring the quality of this package and fixing its bugs ? SorenHanson and ScottMoser, and the ec2-on-ubuntu team. Are they Ubuntu or Debian developers ? Ubuntu.
Who is the package bug contact in Ubuntu? Scott Moser, Soren Hanson, Eric Hammond
Background information:
- The general purpose and context of the package should be clear from the package's debian/control file.
What do upstream call this software ? ec2-init. Has it had different names in the past ? No
Internationalization:
Are graphical applications translatable? Do they support gettext? Not Applicable
Reviewers
MIR bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/434693
The author of this report should put their name here; reviewers will add comments etc. too
MainInclusionEc2-Init (last edited 2009-09-22 14:57:22 by d14-69-66-169)