[lxc-users] lxc.hook.start not working?

[Fajar A. Nugraha]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Tamas Papp <tompos at martos.bme.hu> wrote:
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> On March 3, 2015 12:03:06 AM Anjali Kulkarni <anjali at juniper.net> wrote:
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>> I tried to add a lxc.hook.start, and pointing to a simple script.
>> However, on trying to start the container I get this error:
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>> lxc-start -n c8
>> lxc-start: invalid sequence number 1. expected 4
>> lxc-start: failed to spawn Œc8'
>> lxc-start: Device or resource busy - cgroup_rmdir: failed to delete
>> /cgroup/lxc/c8
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>> This is all I added in the config:
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>> lxc.hook.start = /var/lib/lxc/c8/rootfs/home/ubuntu/tmp.sh
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>> Also, the tmp.sh is definitely there in container rootfs, so why does not
>> not work?
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> It has not yo be under the rootfs, but anywhere.
> The right keyword is lxc.hook.pre-start or something else based on your
> needs. Check the manual for the options.


man lxc.container.conf

       lxc.hook.start
              A hook to be run in the container's namespace
immediately before executing the container's init. This requires the
program to be available in the  con‐
              tainer.


@Anjali: assuming your file is executable, try

lxc.hook.start = /home/ubuntu/tmp.sh

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Fajar