[Lxc-users] problem starting a container

Serge Hallyn serge.hallyn at canonical.com
Fri Apr 20 15:33:23 UTC 2012


Quoting Daniel Stefaniuk (daniel.stefaniuk at gmail.com):
> Thanks for your responses.
> 
> I created "ubuntu" containers using the script "lxc-ubuntu" provided with
> the source code version 0.8.0-rc1. I think the problem was related to some
> upstart jobs. "lxc-debian" script works just fine,
> creating usable container. I started to create containers manually. Thanks
> for the links.
> 
> I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS amd64 server (custom kernel 3.3.2) for the host and
> containers. I managed to successfully login into a container using
> lxc-console. I'm on the stage of setting up network access...
> 
> Sorry to say that, I came across a lot of scripts and manuals but non of
> them works out of the box for me (hard-coded paths!? or bits of code
> working only in customized environments). It is very difficult to get it
> working without a really good understanding what you're doing.
> 
> Is there any plan to improve the documentation or perhaps create one?

The ubuntu server guide for 12.04 will have pretty extensive docs.  You
can preview them in the source tree - bzr branch lp:serverguide (look at
./serverguide/C/virtualization.xml).  Eventually it'll be at
https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/C/index.html .

-serge




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