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

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting John (lxc at jelmail.com):
> 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 ?

Hm, I see.  Yeah this behavior likely changed with the introduction
of custom template paths.

Perhaps we should allow '-t none' for exactly your use case.

Stéphane?

-serge