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

[sriram patil]

Hi,

There was no problem with apt but, I had issue using debootstrap. Had to
set up the proxy settings in /etc/wgetrc. All fine now.

Thanks for the help. :)


On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com>
wrote:

> 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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