1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cloud-init.py b/cloud-init.py
index c92f07cd..68cc30bc 100755
--- a/cloud-init.py
+++ b/cloud-init.py
@@ -21,11 +21,24 @@ import sys
 
 import cloudinit
 import cloudinit.util as util
+import time
 
 def warn(str):
     sys.stderr.write(str)
 
 def main():
+    now = time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")
+    try:
+       uptimef=open("/proc/uptime")
+       uptime=uptimef.read().split(" ")[0]
+       uptimef.close()
+    except IOError as e:
+       warn("unable to open /proc/uptime\n")
+       uptime = "na"
+
+    sys.stderr.write("cloud-init running: %s. up %s seconds\n" % (now, uptime))
+    sys.stderr.flush()
+
     # cache is not instance specific, so it has to be purged
     cloudinit.purge_cache()
 
@@ -35,7 +48,7 @@ def main():
         cloud.get_data_source()
     except Exception as e:
         print e
-        sys.stderr.write("Failed to get instance data")
+        sys.stderr.write("Failed to get instance data\n")
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # store the metadata