[Lxc-users] possible to create/run lxc containers inside an lxc container?

Ramez Hanna rhanna at informatiq.org
Tue Oct 4 14:23:11 UTC 2011


On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Jesse Andrews <anotherjesse at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I try to create a container inside a container I get an error:
>
> root at OUTER $ lxc-create -n INNER -f net.conf -t natty
> debootstrap is /usr/sbin/debootstrap
> Checking cache download in /var/cache/lxc/natty/rootfs-amd64 ...
> Downloading ubuntu natty minimal ...
>          [...snip...]
> I: Extracting xz-utils...
> I: Extracting zlib1g...
> Failed to download the rootfs, aborting.
apparently the error is about "downloading" nothing yet about nested containers
check if the networking nside the container is configured and working
or simply copy a container inside and start it to see if nesting works or not

> Failed to download 'ubuntu natty base'
> failed to install ubuntu natty
> failed to execute template 'natty'
>
> Any way to nest containers?
>
> Thanks,
> Jesse
>
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