<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I've updated the custom image we use for precise instances. Here's some info about the new image:<br><br></div><div>1. It updates the salt configuration that was used in the old image, making it easier for us to migrate to eqiad and makes instance creation more reliable.<br>
</div><div>2. It adds the ubuntu-standard package, which provides a number of packages missing from the old image.<br></div><div>3. It ensures a newly installed instance has a relatively small number of outdated packages.<br>
</div>4. It adds a firstboot script, which takes what was previously being done with a cloud-init script and moves it into the image. This will make it easier to allow direct access to the APIs in the future and also makes it easier for us to move to eqiad.<br>
<br></div>If you run into any issues building images using the precise image, let me know.<br><br></div>- Ryan<br></div>