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  1. OpenShift Virtualization
  2. CNV-18365

[2087177] Restart of VM Pod causes SSH keys to be regenerated within VM

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    • CNV Virtualization Sprint 220, CNV Virtualization Sprint 221, CNV Virtualization Sprint 222, CNV Virtualization Sprint 223
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    Description

      Description of problem:
      If the pod hosting a VM is killed, when the pod is recreated and the VM restarted, the SSH keys have been changed thereby triggering a known_hosts mismatch error to a user logging in.

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
      OCP 4.10.12 (SNO); CNV 4.10.0

      How reproducible:
      Reliably

      Steps to Reproduce:
      1. Create RHEL VM from template
      2. Log in to VM and accept host key... note creation dates of host keys in `/etc/ssh`
      3. Stop and Start (or Restart) the VM from the Actions drop-down on the VM Details screen.
      4. Log in and see known_hosts error
      5. Delete known_hosts key and log in and see SSH keys with later creation dates

      Actual results:
      SSH keys are regenerated when VM is restarted from the UI and known_hosts error results. This could potentially result in increased concern from the owner of a VM that crashes unexpectedly.

      Expected results:
      After VM reboots, user can log in the same SSH keys still exist.

      Additional info:
      If the VM is rebooted from "inside the VM" with `reboot` command, this problem does not exist. Only when restarted from the OCP console. It appears to be because restarting from the OCP console recreates the pod which changes the instance_id in cloud-init which triggers cloud-init to re-run its init processes.

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            acardace@redhat.com Antonio Cardace
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