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

[Stéphane Graber]

On 12/06/2012 02:45 PM, John wrote:
> On 06/12/12 17:10, Serge Hallyn wrote:
>> 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
>>
> Or perhaps, allow leaving off the -t unless you want to work with a
> template ?
> (kind of like it's been to date). Would that not work ?


Yeah, that makes sense, I'll fix it.

Basically allow for "-t none" and have it default to that when not
specified, that should essentially revert to the previous behaviour.

-- 
Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
http://www.ubuntu.com

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