[lxc-devel] [PATCH 5/5] Add distro config file /etc/lxc/lxc.conf

Serge Hallyn serge.hallyn at canonical.com
Mon Oct 15 17:42:57 UTC 2012


Quoting Dwight Engen (dwight.engen at oracle.com):
> This allows a distro to put the distro specific default network
> configuration (for example bridge device, link type), or other lxc
> configuration in the case that -f is not passed by the user to
> lxc-create, in which case lxc-create will use the distro conf file as
> the basis for the containers config.

I think this is great.  Note though that debian does not have an lxcbr0,
only Ubuntu does.

This is getting "out there", but I wonder if, for the unknown os case,
it would be reliable to look at the default nic, and check if it is a
bridge, and use that bridge if so.

> Signed-off-by: Dwight Engen <dwight.engen at oracle.com>
> ---
>  Makefile.am             |    2 +-
>  config/Makefile.am      |    9 +++++++++
>  config/lxc.conf.debian  |    3 +++
>  config/lxc.conf.libvirt |    3 +++
>  config/lxc.conf.unknown |    1 +
>  configure.ac            |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lxc.spec.in             |    1 +
>  src/lxc/lxc-create.in   |   23 +++++++++--------------
>  8 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 config/lxc.conf.debian
>  create mode 100644 config/lxc.conf.libvirt
>  create mode 100644 config/lxc.conf.unknown
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
> index c66ecc6..2f7606f 100644
> --- a/Makefile.am
> +++ b/Makefile.am
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
>  
>  ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I config
>  
> -SUBDIRS = src templates doc
> +SUBDIRS = config src templates doc
>  DIST_SUBDIRS = config src templates doc
>  EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh lxc.spec CONTRIBUTING MAINTAINERS ChangeLog
>  
> diff --git a/config/Makefile.am b/config/Makefile.am
> index 783ba73..6c39d3c 100644
> --- a/config/Makefile.am
> +++ b/config/Makefile.am
> @@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
> +configdir = $(sysconfdir)/lxc
> +config_DATA = lxc.conf
> +conffile = @LXC_CONFFILE@
> +
> +EXTRA_DIST = lxc.conf.debian lxc.conf.libvirt lxc.conf.unknown
> +
> +lxc.conf:
> +	cp $(conffile) $@
> +
>  distclean:
>  	@$(RM) -f compile config.guess config.sub depcomp install-sh ltmain.sh missing Makefile.in Makefile
> diff --git a/config/lxc.conf.debian b/config/lxc.conf.debian
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..d2ac167
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/config/lxc.conf.debian
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +lxc.network.type=veth
> +lxc.network.link=lxcbr0
> +lxc.network.flags=up
> diff --git a/config/lxc.conf.libvirt b/config/lxc.conf.libvirt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..7128619
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/config/lxc.conf.libvirt
> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> +lxc.network.type=veth
> +lxc.network.link=virbr0
> +lxc.network.flags=up
> diff --git a/config/lxc.conf.unknown b/config/lxc.conf.unknown
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..16fa9d6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/config/lxc.conf.unknown
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +lxc.network.type=empty
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index b9a0d65..9f1e669 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -12,10 +12,34 @@ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
>  AC_GNU_SOURCE
>  AC_CHECK_PROG(SETCAP, setcap, yes, no, $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/sbin)
>  
> +# Make sure to test for fedora first since it has both fedora-release
> +# and redhat-release
>  if test -f /etc/debian_version; then
>      osname="debian"
> +elif test -f /etc/oracle-release; then
> +    osname="oracle"
> +elif test -f /etc/fedora-release; then
> +    osname="fedora"
> +elif test -f /etc/redhat-release; then
> +    osname="redhat"
>  fi
> +
>  AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_DEBIAN], [test x"$osname" == xdebian])
> +AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_ORACLE], [test x"$osname" == xoracle])
> +AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_FEDORA], [test x"$osname" == xfedora])
> +AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_REDHAT], [test x"$osname" == xredhat])
> +
> +case $osname in
> +	debian)
> +		conffile=lxc.conf.debian
> +		;;
> +	oracle|redhat|fedora)
> +		conffile=lxc.conf.libvirt
> +		;;
> +	*)
> +		conffile=lxc.conf.unknown
> +		;;
> +esac
>  
>  AC_ARG_ENABLE([rpath],
>  	[AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-rpath], [do not set rpath in executables])],
> @@ -111,6 +135,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([rootfs-path],
>  		[lxc rootfs mount point]
>  	)], [], [with_rootfs_path=['${libdir}/lxc/rootfs']])
>  
> +AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_CONFFILE, $conffile)
>  AS_AC_EXPAND(LXC_GENERATE_DATE, "$(date)")
>  AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCPATH, "${with_config_path}")
>  AS_AC_EXPAND(LXCROOTFSMOUNT, "${with_rootfs_path}")
> diff --git a/lxc.spec.in b/lxc.spec.in
> index e14eff6..24d3ded 100644
> --- a/lxc.spec.in
> +++ b/lxc.spec.in
> @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
>  %{_mandir}/*
>  %{_datadir}/doc/*
>  %{_datadir}/lxc/*
> +%{_sysconfdir}/lxc/*
>  
>  %files libs
>  %defattr(-,root,root)
> diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc-create.in b/src/lxc/lxc-create.in
> index 79c67d6..949edbe 100644
> --- a/src/lxc/lxc-create.in
> +++ b/src/lxc/lxc-create.in
> @@ -260,16 +260,18 @@ trap cleanup HUP INT TERM
>  mkdir -p $lxc_path/$lxc_name
>  
>  if [ -z "$lxc_config" ]; then
> -    touch $lxc_path/$lxc_name/config
> -else
> -    if [ ! -r "$lxc_config" ]; then
> -	echo "$(basename $0): '$lxc_config' configuration file not found" >&2
> -	exit 1
> -    fi
> +    lxc_config="@SYSCONFDIR@/lxc/lxc.conf"
> +    echo
> +    echo "$(basename $0): No config file specified, using the default config $lxc_config"
> +fi
>  
> -    cp $lxc_config $lxc_path/$lxc_name/config
> +if [ ! -r "$lxc_config" ]; then
> +    echo "$(basename $0): '$lxc_config' configuration file not found" >&2
> +    exit 1
>  fi
>  
> +cp $lxc_config $lxc_path/$lxc_name/config
> +
>  if [ -n "$custom_rootfs" ]; then
>  	if grep -q "lxc.rootfs" $lxc_path/$lxc_name/config ; then
>  		echo "configuration file already specifies a lxc.rootfs"
> @@ -295,13 +297,6 @@ if [ ! -z $lxc_template ]; then
>          cleanup
>      fi
>  
> -    if [ -z "$lxc_config" ]; then
> -	echo "Note: Usually the template option is called with a configuration"
> -	echo "file option too, mostly to configure the network."
> -	echo "For more information look at lxc.conf (5)"
> -	echo
> -    fi
> -
>      ${templatedir}/lxc-$lxc_template --path=$lxc_path/$lxc_name --name=$lxc_name $*
>      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>          echo "$(basename $0): failed to execute template '$lxc_template'" >&2
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 




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