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GCP does include this version image, The problem is that I can build this image but not monitor it. Currently if I want to use a monitored LTS release of Ubuntu I need to use a two year old build.

Chris

Business-critical need to upgrade my micro VM before moving to production env., on GCP's 'Increase Perf.' recommendation. The need for detailed monitoring is severe at the moment, and I've already do-release-upgrade'd my Ubuntu to bionic.

Customer would like to have Stackdriver support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
GCP does include this Ubuntu version image, but users cannot monitor it with Stackdriver.

The workaround for us was to use DataDog.  The integration with GCP is impressive and the functionality is excellent, not sure we'll go back to Stackdriver.

Is there an estimate on when this will be implemented?

Come on, we need stackdriver on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS please!

Any update here?

It's a P3, don't expect a fix any time soon.  I initially reported this problem and have since pretty much given up on StackDriver support for 18.04. There are other tools that do the job better.

Yes, we do need stackdriver for Ubuntu 18.04...

i would like to try stackdriver, but i already updated my machines to 18.04

We have had to use Ubuntu 16.04 for our new deployments until an updated agent is released as we are already heavily invested in Stackdriver. This is rather frustrating that our new deployments are restricted by Stackdriver.

We are interested in the service but if it doesn't support Ubuntu 18 , we will have to find another solution.

"GCP does include this Ubuntu version image, but users cannot monitor it with Stackdriver."

This is the thuggest thing I've seen from Google in a long time - considering the footage Stackdriver gets in the GCP console Navigation menu.

I understand that if the Priority is P2, there is a workaround.  What is this workaround?

I'd like to add to this request that Google release StackDriver support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (Shouldn't you guys be aware of LTS releases and have a StackDriver deb ready for when they're released to the public?)

We really need this too and now we're looking for alternatives.

DataDog has worked out really well for us. Having raised this ticket originally, I really don't think I'd go back to StackDriver now.

Still without a ETA?

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Anything is going to happen here?

Reason to dump stackdriver...

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+1...  WTH, this is a stupid situation.  Wow.

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I've packed it to docker container and it works flawlessly on Ubuntu 18.04 (also in kubernetes). That was based on https://hub.docker.com/r/wikiwi/stackdriver-agent/ initially, but I wanted something totally simple what would just work in my case, so it's here: https://github.com/poeyashi/stackdriver-agent .

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Ubuntu 18.04 is the only linux image with ShieldVM features that's not a container-optimized image. It's very disappointing to find out that we can't use it with Stackdriver. Since there isn't any indication that this will be resolved before Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is out we will have to go to the competition for our monitoring needs.

Why is the only blocker for this issue private? Is this ever going to be worked on?

+1, unbelievable situation

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There is already the first point release for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (18.04.1) and still no support for Stackdriver monitoring :(

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I'd like this feature too please.

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+1 The weird thing is Ubutu 18.04 LTS image is offered by GCP in GCE instance creation!

+1 At least direct us to a tutorial on how to build monitoring agent from source so that we can set it up ourselves. P2 issues are supposed to have workarounds right? Your workaround is to use a different monitoring service?

(WRONG:) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is now listed as supported OS for the Stackdriver logging client.

(WRONG:) https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent/

(WRONG:)I have not tried it yet.

This was wrong. There is a difference between Monitoring agent and Logging agent. The Monitoring agent is still not supported on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

I can confirm that Stackdriver Logging agent does indeed support Ubuntu 18.04 LTS but the Monitoring agent is still not supported.

STACKDRIVER MONITORING AGENT
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Nov 30 13:34:41 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: ==============================================================================
Nov 30 13:34:41 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Starting installation of stackdriver-agent
Nov 30 13:34:41 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: ==============================================================================
Nov 30 13:34:41 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Installing agent for Debian or Ubuntu.
Nov 30 13:34:41 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Warning: apt-key output should not be parsed (stdout is not a terminal)
Nov 30 13:34:41 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: OK
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: E: The repository 'http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt google-cloud-monitoring-bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Could not update apt repositories.
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Please check your network connectivity and
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: make sure you are running a supported Ubuntu/Debian distribution.
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: See https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/agent/#supported_operating_systems for a list of supported platforms.

STACKDRIVER LOGGING AGENT
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Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Installing StackDriver logging.
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: ==============================================================================
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Starting installation of google-fluentd
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: ==============================================================================
Nov 30 13:35:28 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Installing agents for Debian or Ubuntu.
Nov 30 13:35:30 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Warning: apt-key output should not be parsed (stdout is not a terminal)
Nov 30 13:35:30 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: OK
Nov 30 13:36:03 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Selecting previously unselected package google-fluentd.
Nov 30 13:36:03 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: (Reading database ... #015(Reading database ... 5%#015(Reading database ... 10%#015(Reading database ... 15%#015(Reading database ... 20%#015(Reading database ... 25%#015(Reading database ... 30%#015(Reading database ... 35%#015(Reading database ... 40%#015(Reading database ... 45%#015(Reading database ... 50%#015(Reading database ... 55%#015(Reading database ... 60%#015(Reading database ... 65%#015(Reading database ... 70%#015(Reading database ... 75%#015(Reading database ... 80%#015(Reading database ... 85%#015(Reading database ... 90%#015(Reading database ... 95%#015(Reading database ... 100%#015(Reading database ... 60686 files and directories currently installed.)
Nov 30 13:36:03 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Preparing to unpack .../google-fluentd_1.6.1-1_amd64.deb ...
Nov 30 13:36:03 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Unpacking google-fluentd (1.6.1-1) ...
Nov 30 13:36:45 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Selecting previously unselected package google-fluentd-catch-all-config.
Nov 30 13:36:45 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Preparing to unpack .../google-fluentd-catch-all-config_0.7_all.deb ...
Nov 30 13:36:45 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Unpacking google-fluentd-catch-all-config (0.7) ...
Nov 30 13:36:45 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Setting up google-fluentd (1.6.1-1) ...
Nov 30 13:36:45 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Adding system user `google-fluentd' (UID 112) ...
Nov 30 13:36:45 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Adding new group `google-fluentd' (GID 116) ...
Nov 30 13:36:46 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Adding new user `google-fluentd' (UID 112) with group `google-fluentd' ...
Nov 30 13:36:46 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Not creating home directory `/home/google-fluentd'.
Nov 30 13:36:46 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Installing default conffile /etc/google-fluentd/google-fluentd.conf ...
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: ==============================================================================
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Installation of google-fluentd complete.
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Logs from this machine should be visible in the log viewer at:
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url:   https://console.cloud.google.com/logs/viewer?project=my-project&resource=gce_instance/instance_id/354278548907250
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: A test message has been sent to syslog to help verify proper operation.
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: Please consult the documentation for troubleshooting advice:
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url:   https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/agent
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: You can monitor the logging agent's logfile at:
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url:   /var/log/google-fluentd/google-fluentd.log
Nov 30 13:37:31 ubuntu-1804 startup-script: INFO startup-script-url: ==============================================================================

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Please add this feature for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It is really required.

Same here, running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, failed with

E: Unable to locate package stackdriver-agent