[Lxc-users] [systemd-devel] Unable to run systemd in an LXC / cgroup container.

[John]

On 05/12/12 21:59, Serge Hallyn wrote:
>
> You have to specify a template, i.e. '-t debian'.
>

Oh. I wasn't using a template.

Up to now, I have an existing root fileyststem, say 
/srv/lxc/mycontainer.x86_64 that is pointed to by my configuration file, 
say mycontainer.conf, by its lxc.rootfs entry. I have seen lxc-create as 
merely inserting the config from mycontainer.conf into 
/var/lib/lxc/mycontainer/config and nothing more.

I haven't used a template script to create a container because I've got 
my own that I have been using ever since I first started using lxc 
(there were no templates back then, well not for arch anyway!).

I've always done a destroy/create to update the LXC configuration for a 
container. This now seems to be the wrong way given destroy removes the 
rootfs and create expects a template. What's the new way ?

I've looked at the man page for lxc-create but am none the wiser. How do 
I now create a container (or just update the config) for an existing 
root filesystem ?

Thanks,
John