[lxc-users] Help with debci/lxc for local autopkgtest testing

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Ross Gammon!

> Hi,

> I am new to the list, as am having problems that are probably caused by
> some old lxc containers that I can't seem to get rid of.

> I would like to use the pkg-ruby/meta scripts to run the autopkgtests in
> my Debian packages locally, on my Ubuntu bionic machine. But I seem to
> have got myself in a mess with previous attempts to set up debci.

> The setup script is here:

> https://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/meta/blob/master/setup

> It sets up some lxc parameters, and then runs: $ sudo auto-apt-proxy
> debci setup

> I get:

> Starting testbed setup: Thu Nov 15 17:10:18 CET 2018
> Error creating container autopkgtest-sid-amd64
> Failed to load config for adt-sid-amd64
> Failed to load config for autopkgtest-lxc-jnxotl
> Failed to load config for autopkgtest-lxc-pclpbt
> Failed to load config for autopkgtest-lxc-qhzbek
> Failed to load config for autopkgtest-sid
> Failed to load config for adt-sid-amd64
> Failed to load config for autopkgtest-lxc-jnxotl
> Failed to load config for autopkgtest-lxc-pclpbt
> Failed to load config for autopkgtest-lxc-qhzbek
> Failed to load config for autopkgtest-sid

> The problem has been there for a while, but I thought I would try and
> track down the issue today. Today, I followed the documentation
> https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/getting-started/ and everything is
> working fine for general lxc usage.

> But none of the lxc commands can find the above containers or
> delete/destroy them though. I can see the named containers with:

> $ sudo ls /var/lib/lxc/
> adt-sid-amd64        autopkgtest-lxc-pclpbt    autopkgtest-sid
> autopkgtest-lxc-jnxotl    autopkgtest-lxc-qhzbek

> How can I delete them? Alternatively, does anyone know another way to
> create a suitable container called autopkgtest-sid-amd64 in Ubuntu?

First, make distinction between LXC and LXD.
LXC provide containers per se, and a minimal interface to manage them in the
form of separate "lxc-something" tools.
LXD provide a much better managements and clusterization interface in the form
of a single "lxc" tool.

Now, I think your issue is that your containers are using old config syntax.
You can either rm -rf them and try again, or manually edit each config to
match relevant configuration options to new keys.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, November 15, 2018 23:43:12

Sorry for my terrible english...