@@ -1898,7 +1898,10 @@ fi

 if is_service_enabled mysql && is_service_enabled nova; then

     # (re)create nova database

     mysql -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -e 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS nova;'

-    mysql -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -e 'CREATE DATABASE nova;'

+    # Explicitly use latin1: to avoid lp#829209, nova expects the database to

+    # use latin1 by default, and then upgrades the database to utf8 (see the

+    # 082_essex.py in nova)

+    mysql -u$MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD -e 'CREATE DATABASE nova CHARACTER SET latin1;'

     # (re)create nova database

     $NOVA_DIR/bin/nova-manage db sync