[lxc-users] lxc file push garbling existing file

Wed Apr 6 20:26:10 UTC 2016

Nope, no need to stop the containers.

Old package versions may shut them all down before doing the upgrade but
that's not necessary at all and newer packages no longer do that.

On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 03:22:34PM -0500, Craig Tataryn wrote:
> I forgot to ask. When upgrading LXD is there any need to stop the
> containers before doing so?
> 
> Craig.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Craig Tataryn <craiger at tataryn.net> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the background. My vote is to rename the LXD command-line tools
> > project to: LXE ;)
> >
> > Craig.
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Stéphane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The lxc and lxd binaries come from LXD which is currently at rc8.
> >>
> >> The lxc-* binaries are for the "old" user experience which is LXC
> >> itself, that's what we just released as 2.0 earlier today.
> >>
> >>
> >> LXD changelog: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/news/
> >> LXC changelog: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/news/
> >>
> >> Yes, the naming of the "lxc" command is very confusing, we are well aware.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 02:25:11PM -0500, Craig Tataryn wrote:
> >> > I just saw that 2.0 was released! Congrats! You guys have quick release
> >> > cycles, I don't consider 6 months that long ago!
> >> >
> >> > Q1. Just out of curiosity how does the version displayed using the
> >> >  '--version' switch coincide with the releases on the news page? [1]
> >> >
> >> > Also, I find this very interesting... prior to running `apt-get update`
> >> I
> >> > did an `apt-cache policy lxd` and I saw:
> >> >
> >> > Candidate: 2.0.0~rc15-0~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1
> >> >
> >> > Then I ran `apt-get update` followed by `apt-cache policy lxd` and I now
> >> > see:
> >> >
> >> > Candidate: 2.0.0~rc8-0~ubuntu5~ubuntu14.04.1~ppa1
> >> >
> >> > Q2. rc15 > rc8 no? Why would that be?
> >> >
> >> > P.S. I love this project and I'm by no means a DevOps but I've managed
> >> to
> >> > build myself a sweet Build/Deploy System and a Server container for my
> >> app
> >> > all by using LXD on a cheap VPS. I struggled with Docker for a day, then
> >> > found this post [2], and never looked back.
> >> >
> >> > Craig.
> >> >
> >> > [1] - https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/news/
> >> > [2] - https://www.flockport.com/lxc-vs-docker/
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Stéphane Graber <stgraber at ubuntu.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > On Wed, Apr 06, 2016 at 09:55:08AM -0500, Craig Tataryn wrote:
> >> > > > I've setup an automated deploy script that does the following:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > * Uploads (via scp) a file to a host
> >> > > > * Executes (via ssh) the `lxc file push` command to a container on
> >> that
> >> > > host
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Every once in a while the file that is pushed to the container
> >> winds up
> >> > > > being garbled somehow.  I've experienced this for both text and
> >> binary
> >> > > > files.  When I crack open the text file typically it appears that
> >> the
> >> > > last
> >> > > > line of the file duplicates some partial remnants of the previous
> >> file
> >> > > that
> >> > > > was overwritten.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > My current work around is to issue an `lxc exec -- rm -f <existing
> >> file>`
> >> > > > before doing the push.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Before I go through a lot of trial-and-error I was wondering if
> >> anyone
> >> > > > knows if this is a known issue, or have otherwise experienced this
> >> for
> >> > > > themselves?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Versions:
> >> > > > LXC: 0.19
> >> > > > LXD: 0.19
> >> > > > LXCFS: 0.10
> >> > >
> >> > > Please upgrade to something a bit more recent, that's all been fixed
> >> > > months ago :)
> >> > >
> >> > > 0.19 is from September 2015, we are now at 2.0.0 rc8.
> >> > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Thanks,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Craig.
> >> > >
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> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Stéphane Graber
> >> > > Ubuntu developer
> >> > > http://www.ubuntu.com
> >> > >
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> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Craig Tataryn
> >> > blog: http://tataryn.net
> >> > podcast: http://www.basementcoders.com/
> >> > irc: ThaDon on freenode #basementcoders
> >> > twitter: @craiger
> >>
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> >>
> >> --
> >> Stéphane Graber
> >> Ubuntu developer
> >> http://www.ubuntu.com
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Craig Tataryn
> > blog: http://tataryn.net
> > podcast: http://www.basementcoders.com/
> > irc: ThaDon on freenode #basementcoders
> > twitter: @craiger
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Craig Tataryn
> blog: http://tataryn.net
> podcast: http://www.basementcoders.com/
> irc: ThaDon on freenode #basementcoders
> twitter: @craiger

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