Unable to create lxc instances with ubuntu-cloud template for release other than precise

Note that first the ubuntu-cloud template needs to be fixed to not always use precise :) I'm going to fix that in the next upload.

The other problem is that the -root images apparently are only created for precise. I'm assigning this to smoser to get his input on whether that will change. If not, then we'll have to go back to creating our own rootfs from the imgs.

i think that you should probably do logic like this:
 * try to get -rootfs.tar.gz
   * if that fails and release >= precise
      fail
   * else, repack your own

Sorry, I had thought the -rootfs.tar.gz's existed for all releases.

I'll implement the conditional repacking logic.

If you're touching this, please fix use of 'daily' in the ubuntu-cloudimg-query string. you really should default that to 'released'. The daily images have little or no validation done to them. use 'released'. Optionally allow a '--stream=daily' flag.

also, you should not assume that the password on the image is 'ubuntu', but rather set it with 'chpasswd'.

Also, you might find some fun when dealing with older cloud-init
a.) some of your cloud-config settings might not take
b.) nocloud-net and /var/lib/cloud/data/seed is probably not available in lucid.

This bug was fixed in the package lxc - 0.7.5-3ubuntu38

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lxc (0.7.5-3ubuntu38) precise; urgency=low

  * 0058-fixup-ubuntu-cloud:
    - fix typo in check for $debug (LP: #955935)
    - Download specified release, not always precise
    - If cloudimg rootfs.tar.gz does not exist, create one from the base
      cloudimg tar.gz. (LP: #955938)
    - Explicitly set ubuntu user's password.
    - Switch from daily to released stream (per smoser's suggestion).
 -- Serge Hallyn <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:57:10 -0500