[Lxc-users] [PATCH 1/2] working fedora template

Iliyan Stoyanov ilf at ilf.me
Tue Aug 16 16:20:25 UTC 2011


Hi all,


I pulled the latest version of lxc from git (up to this commit:
e6238180c6963bcdbab42258a0f66b1d498c0e13) and it seems this patch is
already applied, however I seem to have a problem using the lxc-fedora
template to generate Fedora image. Am I completely stupid (or|and) am I
doing something wrong, because I can't seem to generate fedora
environment.

What I always get is an error looking like this:

warning: /var/cache/lxc/fedora/x86_64/15/partial/fedora-release-15.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 069c8460: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
	fedora-release-rawhide = 15-1 is needed by fedora-release-15-1.noarch
fedora/metalink                                          |  20 kB
00:00     
Could not parse metalink
https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=x86_64 error was 
No repomd file
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:
fedora. Please verify its path and try again
Failed to download the rootfs, aborting.
Failed to download 'fedora base'
failed to install fedora


Which seems to be a problem that the template is not fetching another
needed rpm. However I'm not sure I know how to fix that. Any ideas?

--ilf

On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 11:54 +0300, Ramez Hanna wrote:
> >From c117fc7051971a9166cf5ab1f85cb6331b91a78c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: InformatiQ <rhanna at informatiq.org>
> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:15:51 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] working fedora template
> 
> signed-off-by: Ramez Hanna <rhanna at informatiq.org>
> ---
>  templates/lxc-fedora.in |  264 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/templates/lxc-fedora.in b/templates/lxc-fedora.in
> index f4f19c0..e26d73a 100644
> --- a/templates/lxc-fedora.in
> +++ b/templates/lxc-fedora.in
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> 
>  # Authors:
>  # Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at free.fr>
> +# Ramez Hanna <rhanna at informatiq.org>
> 
>  # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>  # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> @@ -24,117 +25,106 @@
>  # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
>  # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
> 
> -DISTRO=fedora-10
> +#Configurations
> +arch=$(arch)
> +cache_base=/var/cache/lxc/fedora/$arch
> +default_path=/var/lib/lxc
> +root_password=rooter
> +lxc_network_type=veth
> +lxc_network_link=virbr0
> +
> +# is this fedora?
> +[ -f /etc/fedora-release ] && is_fedora=true
> 
>  configure_fedora()
>  {
> -    rootfs=$1
> -    hostname=$2
> 
>      # disable selinux in fedora
> -    mkdir -p $rootfs/selinux
> -    echo 0 > $rootfs/selinux/enforce
> +    mkdir -p $rootfs_path/selinux
> +    echo 0 > $rootfs_path/selinux/enforce
> 
>     # configure the network using the dhcp
> -    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/network/interfaces
> -auto lo
> -iface lo inet loopback
> -
> -auto eth0
> -iface eth0 inet dhcp
> +    cat <<EOF > ${rootfs_path}/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> +DEVICE=eth0
> +BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> +ONBOOT=yes
> +HOSTNAME=${UTSNAME}
> +NM_CONTROLLED=no
> +TYPE=Ethernet
> +MTU=${MTU}
>  EOF
> 
>      # set the hostname
> -    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/hostname
> -$hostname
> -EOF
> -    # set minimal hosts
> -    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/hosts
> -127.0.0.1 localhost $hostname
> -EOF
> -
> -    # provide the lxc service
> -    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/init/lxc.conf
> -# fake some events needed for correct startup other services
> -
> -description     "Container Upstart"
> -
> -start on startup
> -
> -script
> -        rm -rf /var/run/*.pid
> -        rm -rf /var/run/network/*
> -        /sbin/initctl emit stopped JOB=udevtrigger --no-wait
> -        /sbin/initctl emit started JOB=udev --no-wait
> -end script
> -EOF
> -
> -    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/etc/init/console.conf
> -# console - getty
> -#
> -# This service maintains a console on tty1 from the point the system is
> -# started until it is shut down again.
> -
> -start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL=[2345]
> -stop on runlevel [!2345]
> -
> -respawn
> -exec /sbin/getty -8 38400 /dev/console
> +    cat <<EOF > ${rootfs_path}/etc/sysconfig/network
> +NETWORKING=yes
> +HOSTNAME=${UTSNAME}
>  EOF
> 
> -    cat <<EOF > $rootfs/lib/init/fstab
> -# /lib/init/fstab: lxc system fstab
> -none            /spu                      spufs
> gid=spu,optional                  0 0
> -none            /tmp                      none            defaults
>                       0 0
> -none            /var/lock                 tmpfs
> nodev,noexec,nosuid,showthrough   0 0
> -none            /lib/init/rw              tmpfs
> mode=0755,nosuid,optional         0 0
> +    # set minimal hosts
> +    cat <<EOF > $rootfs_path/etc/hosts
> +127.0.0.1 localhost $name
>  EOF
> 
> -    # reconfigure some services
> -    if [ -z "$LANG" ]; then
> -	chroot $rootfs locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
> -	chroot $rootfs update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> -    else
> -	chroot $rootfs locale-gen $LANG
> -	chroot $rootfs update-locale LANG=$LANG
> -    fi
> -
> -    # remove pointless services in a container
> -    chroot $rootfs /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f ondemand remove
> -
> -    chroot $rootfs /bin/bash -c 'cd /etc/init; for f in $(ls
> u*.conf); do mv $f $f.orig; done'
> -    chroot $rootfs /bin/bash -c 'cd /etc/init; for f in $(ls
> tty[2-9].conf); do mv $f $f.orig; done'
> -    chroot $rootfs /bin/bash -c 'cd /etc/init; for f in $(ls
> plymouth*.conf); do mv $f $f.orig; done'
> -    chroot $rootfs /bin/bash -c 'cd /etc/init; for f in $(ls
> hwclock*.conf); do mv $f $f.orig; done'
> -    chroot $rootfs /bin/bash -c 'cd /etc/init; for f in $(ls
> module*.conf); do mv $f $f.orig; done'
> -
> -    echo "Please change root-password !"
> -    echo "root:root" | chroot $rootfs chpasswd
> +    sed -i 's|.sbin.start_udev||' ${rootfs_path}/etc/rc.sysinit
> +    sed -i 's|.sbin.start_udev||' ${rootfs_path}/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
> +    chroot ${rootfs_path} chkconfig udev-post off
> +    chroot ${rootfs_path} chkconfig network on
> +
> +    dev_path="${rootfs_path}/dev"
> +    rm -rf $dev_path
> +    mkdir -p $dev_path
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/null c 1 3
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/zero c 1 5
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/random c 1 8
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/urandom c 1 9
> +    mkdir -m 755 ${dev_path}/pts
> +    mkdir -m 1777 ${dev_path}/shm
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/tty c 5 0
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/tty0 c 4 0
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/tty1 c 4 1
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/tty2 c 4 2
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/tty3 c 4 3
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/tty4 c 4 4
> +    mknod -m 600 ${dev_path}/console c 5 1
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/full c 1 7
> +    mknod -m 600 ${dev_path}/initctl p
> +    mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/ptmx c 5 2
> +
> +    echo "setting root passwd to $root_password"
> +    echo "root:$root_password" | chroot $rootfs_path chpasswd
> 
>      return 0
>  }
> 
>  download_fedora()
>  {
> -    cache=$1
> -    arch=$2
> 
>      # check the mini fedora was not already downloaded
> -    mkdir -p "$cache/partial-$arch"
> +    INSTALL_ROOT=$cache/partial
> +    mkdir -p $INSTALL_ROOT
>      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> -	echo "Failed to create '$cache/partial-$arch' directory"
> +	echo "Failed to create '$INSTALL_ROOT' directory"
>  	return 1
>      fi
> 
>      # download a mini fedora into a cache
>      echo "Downloading fedora minimal ..."
> -    febootstrap $DISTRO $cache/partial-$arch
> +    YUM="yum --installroot $INSTALL_ROOT -y --nogpgcheck"
> +    PKG_LIST="yum initscripts passwd rsyslog vim-minimal dhclient
> chkconfig rootfiles policycoreutils"
> +    RELEASE_URL="http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$release/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/fedora-release-$release-1.noarch.rpm"
> +    curl $RELEASE_URL > $INSTALL_ROOT/fedora-release-$release.noarch.rpm
> +
> +    mkdir -p $INSTALL_ROOT/var/lib/rpm
> +    rpm --root $INSTALL_ROOT  --initdb
> +    rpm --root $INSTALL_ROOT -ivh
> $INSTALL_ROOT/fedora-release-$release.noarch.rpm
> +    $YUM install $PKG_LIST
> +
>      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>  	echo "Failed to download the rootfs, aborting."
>  	return 1
>      fi
> 
> -    mv "$1/partial-$arch" "$1/rootfs-$arch"
> +    mv "$INSTALL_ROOT" "$cache/rootfs"
>      echo "Download complete."
> 
>      return 0
> @@ -142,20 +132,23 @@ download_fedora()
> 
>  copy_fedora()
>  {
> -    cache=$1
> -    arch=$2
> -    rootfs=$3
> 
>      # make a local copy of the minifedora
> -    echo -n "Copying rootfs to $rootfs ..."
> -    cp -a $cache/rootfs-$arch $rootfs || return 1
> +    echo -n "Copying rootfs to $rootfs_path ..."
> +    #cp -a $cache/rootfs-$arch $rootfs_path || return 1
> +    # i prefer rsync (no reason really)
> +    mkdir -p $rootfs_path
> +    rsync -a $cache/rootfs/ $rootfs_path/
>      return 0
>  }
> 
> +update_fedora()
> +{
> +    chroot $cache/rootfs yum -y update
> +}
> +
>  install_fedora()
>  {
> -    cache="/var/cache/lxc/fedora"
> -    rootfs=$1
>      mkdir -p /var/lock/subsys/
>      (
>  	flock -n -x 200
> @@ -164,19 +157,25 @@ install_fedora()
>  	    return 1
>  	fi
> 
> -	arch=$(arch)
> -
> -	echo "Checking cache download in $cache/rootfs-$arch ... "
> -	if [ ! -e "$cache/rootfs-$arch" ]; then
> -	    download_fedora $cache $arch
> +	echo "Checking cache download in $cache/rootfs ... "
> +	if [ ! -e "$cache/rootfs" ]; then
> +	    download_fedora
>  	    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>  		echo "Failed to download 'fedora base'"
>  		return 1
>  	    fi
> +        else
> +	    echo "Cache found. Updating..."
> +            update_fedora
> +	    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> +		echo "Failed to update 'fedora base', continuing with last known good cache"
> +            else
> +                echo "Update finished"
> +	    fi
>  	fi
> 
> -	echo "Copy $cache/rootfs-$arch to $rootfs ... "
> -	copy_fedora $cache $arch $rootfs
> +	echo "Copy $cache/rootfs to $rootfs_path ... "
> +	copy_fedora
>  	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>  	    echo "Failed to copy rootfs"
>  	    return 1
> @@ -191,20 +190,21 @@ install_fedora()
> 
>  copy_configuration()
>  {
> -    path=$1
> -    rootfs=$2
> -    name=$3
> 
> -    cat <<EOF >> $path/config
> +    mkdir -p $config_path
> +    cat <<EOF >> $config_path/config
>  lxc.utsname = $name
> -
>  lxc.tty = 4
>  lxc.pts = 1024
> -lxc.rootfs = $rootfs
> -lxc.mount  = $path/fstab
> -
> -lxc.console = /dev/console
> -
> +lxc.rootfs = $rootfs_path
> +lxc.mount  = $config_path/fstab
> +#networking
> +lxc.network.type = $lxc_network_type
> +lxc.network.flags = up
> +lxc.network.link = $lxc_network_link
> +lxc.network.name = eth0
> +lxc.network.mtu = 1500
> +#cgroups
>  lxc.cgroup.devices.deny = a
>  # /dev/null and zero
>  lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:3 rwm
> @@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 5:2 rwm
>  lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 254:0 rwm
>  EOF
> 
> -    cat <<EOF > $path/fstab
> -proc            $rootfs/proc         proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
> -devpts          $rootfs/dev/pts      devpts defaults 0 0
> -sysfs           $rootfs/sys          sysfs defaults  0 0
> +    cat <<EOF > $config_path/fstab
> +proc            $rootfs_path/proc         proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
> +devpts          $rootfs_path/dev/pts      devpts defaults 0 0
> +sysfs           $rootfs_path/sys          sysfs defaults  0 0
>  EOF
> 
>      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> @@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ EOF
> 
>  clean()
>  {
> -    cache="/var/cache/lxc/fedora"
> 
>      if [ ! -e $cache ]; then
>  	exit 0
> @@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ clean()
>  	    exit 1
>  	fi
> 
> -	echo -n "Purging the download cache..."
> +	echo -n "Purging the download cache for Fedora-$release..."
>  	rm --preserve-root --one-file-system -rf $cache && echo "Done." || exit 1
>  	exit 0
> 
> @@ -263,12 +262,23 @@ clean()
>  usage()
>  {
>      cat <<EOF
> -$1 -h|--help -p|--path=<path> --clean
> +usage:
> +    $1 -n|--name=<container_name>
> +        [-p|--path=<path>] [-c|--clean]
> [-R|--release=<Fedora_release>] [-A|--arch=<arch of the container>]
> +        [-h|--help]
> +Mandatory args:
> +  -n,--name         container name, used to as an identifier for that
> container from now on
> +Optional args:
> +  -p,--path         path to where the container rootfs will be
> created, defaults to /var/lib/lxc. The container config will go under
> /var/lib/lxc in and case
> +  -c,--clean        clean the cache
> +  -R,--release      Fedora release for the new container. if the host
> is Fedora, then it will defaultto the host's release.
> +  -A,--arch         NOT USED YET. Define what arch the container will
> be [i686,x86_64]
> +  -h,--help         print this help
>  EOF
>      return 0
>  }
> 
> -options=$(getopt -o hp:n:c -l help,path:,name:,clean -- "$@")
> +options=$(getopt -o hp:n:cR: -l help,path:,name:,clean,release: -- "$@")
>  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>      usage $(basename $0)
>      exit 1
> @@ -282,6 +292,7 @@ do
>  	-p|--path)      path=$2; shift 2;;
>  	-n|--name)      name=$2; shift 2;;
>  	-c|--clean)     clean=$2; shift 2;;
> +        -R|--release)   release=$2; shift 2;;
>  	--)             shift 1; break ;;
>          *)              break ;;
>      esac
> @@ -292,15 +303,23 @@ if [ ! -z "$clean" -a -z "$path" ]; then
>      exit 0
>  fi
> 
> -type febootstrap
> +type yum >/dev/null 2>&1
>  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> -    echo "'febootstrap' command is missing"
> +    echo "'yum' command is missing"
>      exit 1
>  fi
> 
>  if [ -z "$path" ]; then
> -    echo "'path' parameter is required"
> -    exit 1
> +    path=$default_path
> +fi
> +
> +if [ -z "$release" ]; then
> +    if [ "$is_fedora" ]; then
> +        release=$(cat /etc/fedora-release |awk '/^Fedora/ {print $3}')
> +    else
> +        echo "This is not a fedora host and release missing, use
> -R|--release to specify release"
> +        exit 1
> +    fi
>  fi
> 
>  if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
> @@ -308,21 +327,28 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
>      exit 1
>  fi
> 
> -rootfs=$path/rootfs
> +rootfs_path=$path/$name/rootfs
> +config_path=$default_path/$name
> +cache=$cache_base/$release
> +
> +if [ -f $config_path/config ]; then
> +    echo "A container with that name exists, chose a different name"
> +    exit 1
> +fi
> 
> -install_fedora $rootfs
> +install_fedora
>  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>      echo "failed to install fedora"
>      exit 1
>  fi
> 
> -configure_fedora $rootfs $name
> +configure_fedora
>  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>      echo "failed to configure fedora for a container"
>      exit 1
>  fi
> 
> -copy_configuration $path $rootfs $name
> +copy_configuration
>  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
>      echo "failed write configuration file"
>      exit 1
> @@ -332,3 +358,5 @@ if [ ! -z $clean ]; then
>      clean || exit 1
>      exit 0
>  fi
> +echo "container rootfs and config created"
> +echo "container is configured for lxc.network.type=veth and
> lxc.network.link=virbr0 (which is default if you have libvirt runnig)"






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