[lxc-users] lxc-create for ubuntu container fails in Fedora 20

[Ajith Adapa]

Filled a bug in Fedora Bugzilla @
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115728

Regards,
Ajith

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-07-02 at 10:07 +0530, Ajith Adapa wrote:
>> Hi,
>
>> I am trying to create a ubuntu container in Fedora 20 host and it
>> fails as shown below
>
>> # lxc-create -t ubuntu -n ubuntutest
>> Checking cache download in /var/cache/lxc/precise/rootfs-amd64 ...
>> Installing packages in template: ssh,vim,language-pack-en
>> Downloading ubuntu precise minimal ...
>> which: no qemu-debootstrap in
>> (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin)
>> I: Keyring file not available at
>> /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg; switching to https
>> mirror https://mirrors.kernel.org/debian
>> I: Retrieving Release
>> E: Failed getting release file
>> https://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/precise/Release
>> lxc_container: container creation template for ubuntutest failed
>> lxc_container: Error creating container ubuntutest
>
> I saw that last time I tried to directly create an Ubuntu container on
> Fedora 20 myself.
>
> The problem appears to be that debootstrap, on which the Ubuntu template
> depends, seems to have recently (sometime in the last 3 months or so)
> been broken on Fedora.  I looked at it several weeks ago and it's having
> a problem pulling release information from mirrors.kernel.org even when
> you specify releases that SHOULD work.  The debootstrap process is
> driven by version dependent scripts in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts
> and it's those scripts that are failing to retrieve their respective
> release information and hurling chunks.
>
> I don't know if it's some reorganization up at mirrors.kernel.org or if
> someone broke something in debootstrap but it's not a problem with the
> Ubuntu template.
>
> I haven't tried it yet but I strongly suspect the Debian template will
> be similarly broken.  Someone probably needs to open a bugzilla ticket
> up at the Fedora Project bugzilla.
>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Ajith
>
> Regards,
> Mike
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Regards,
Ajith