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

[Ajith Adapa]

Updated the bug report with debootstrap instead of lxc.

Regards,
Ajith

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 6:54 AM, Fajar A. Nugraha <list at fajar.net> wrote:
> You should probably file it under debootstrap instead of lxc.
>
> On ubuntu 14.04 (debootstrap 1.0.59ubuntu0.1), all ubuntu releases (e.g.
> "precise") script under /usr/share/debootsrap is a symlink to "gutsy", which
> has this
>
> case $ARCH in
>   amd64|i386)
>         default_mirror http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>         ;;
>   sparc)
>         case $SUITE in
>           gutsy)
>         default_mirror http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
>         ;;
>           *)
>         default_mirror http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
>         ;;
>         esac
>         ;;
>   *)
>         default_mirror http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
>         ;;
> esac
>
>
> My guess is under fedora the links somehow got broken (e.g. points to a
> debian release, like "stable"), or something else changed that caused the
> lines above got removed.
>
> --
> Fajar
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Ajith Adapa <ajith.adapa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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>> Ajith
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Regards,
Ajith