[lxc-users] lxc-create not working behind proxy

[Michael H. Warfield]

Hey Tamas!

On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 16:59 +0200, Tamas Papp wrote:
> Try this one:
> Export http_proxy="http://proxy:port/"
> If debootstrap uses it, then it should work.

> Also don't forget to apply apt settings in container.

Not having tried this myself, that comment just suddenly raised a
question in my mind.  Does this create an chicken and egg situation?  I
know debootstrap will use it to try and build the container but does the
template then make any attempts to use the apt settings in the container
during the creation process before they can be tweaked?  Seems like that
could create a problem where we're chrooting into a container rootfs.
I'm now wondering if the Fedora and CentOS templates I maintain could
have a problem there.  I may have to set up a proxy to test against,
myself, for yum.

Regards,
Mike

> On October 9, 2014 4:47:34 PM sriram patil <spsrirampatil at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > I am using lxc-create on the latest version of Linux Mint. Following
> > is the error message
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > sudo lxc-create -n ubuntu01 -t ubuntu
> > Checking cache download in /var/cache/lxc/precise/rootfs-amd64 ... 
> > Installing packages in template: ssh,vim,language-pack-en
> > Downloading ubuntu precise minimal ...
> > I: Retrieving Release 
> > E: Failed getting release file
> > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release
> > lxc_container: container creation template for ubuntu01 failed
> > lxc_container: Error creating container ubuntu01
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I am working behind a proxy server. All my proxy settings are fine.
> > I have aslo added the proxy details in `/etc/apt/apt.conf` using
> > `Acquire::http:Proxy="<proxy and port>";` (+https and ftp). But, it
> > did not work.
> > 
> > 
> > I tried changing mirror in `/etc/default/lxc` file as well. Changing
> > the MIRROR field to `http://host-ip:3142/...`. But no success.
> > 
> > 
> > Where does lxc-create read the proxy settings from? Where should I
> > do the configuration? Am I missing something here? Port number 22 is
> > blocked by my proxy server. Does not affect?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Sriram
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