nova metadata services returning inconsistent/wrong results
Issue
- The metadata service is occasionally returning the wrong information to an instance.
[root@example]$ curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id
i-000001a2
[root@example]$ curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id
i-00000035
$ nova show example
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| OS-DCF:diskConfig | MANUAL |
| OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone | nova |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host | example.local |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname | example.local |
| OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name | instance-00000035 |
| OS-EXT-STS:power_state | 1 |
| OS-EXT-STS:task_state | - |
| OS-EXT-STS:vm_state | active |
| OS-SRV-USG:launched_at | 2014-06-03T03:12:38.000000 |
| OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at | - |
| accessIPv4 | |
| accessIPv6 | |
| config_drive | |
| created | 2014-06-03T03:12:29Z |
| flavor | m1.medium (3) |
| hostId | 102a3f73c32c60368cfbbf6d785600a9048c88c3e0e78e1dad4eb4d6 |
| id | 917166b5-61f6-42aa-b001-cdb77777a3bd |
| image | RHEL6_x86 (8900cc5f-3849-4a3c-a362-39216c99a567) |
| key_name | matt01 |
| metadata | {} |
| example-net02 network | 192.168.98.2, 2.2.2.2 |
| name | example |
| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | [] |
| progress | 0 |
| security_groups | default |
| status | ACTIVE |
| tenant_id | 77999e9f222142409c681203bef90f38 |
| updated | 2014-06-18T15:55:33Z |
| user_id | 66841b17147348f2a8d1a3a7036ceb71 |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Openstack Platform 4.0
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