That seems to work! I still get the message: error: Unable to talk to LXD: Get http://unix.socket/1.0: dial unix /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/unix.socket: connect: no such file or directory
But if I run it again, it inits. Thanks, Ron. Thanks! Lai ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Kelley" <rkelley...@gmail.com> To: "lxc-users" <lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 6:26:30 PM Subject: Re: [lxc-users] Using a mounted drive to handle storage pool Perhaps you should use “bind” mount instead of symbolic links here? mount -o bind /storage/lxd /var/snap/lxd You probably also need to make sure survives a reboot. -Ron > On Nov 21, 2017, at 5:47 PM, Lai Wei-Hwa <wh...@robco.com> wrote: > > In the following scenario, I: > > $ sudo mount /dev/sdb /storage > > Then, when I do: > > $ sudo ln -s /storage/lxd lxd > $ snap install lxd > $ sudo lxd init > error: Unable to talk to LXD: Get http://unix.socket/1.0: dial unix > /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/unix.socket: connect: no such file or directory > > > > Thanks! > Lai > > From: "Lai Wei-Hwa" <wh...@robco.com> > To: "lxc-users" <lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 1:37:18 PM > Subject: [lxc-users] Using a mounted drive to handle storage pool > > I've currently migrated LXD from canonical PPA to Snap. > > I have 2 RAIDS: > • /dev/sda - ext4 (this is root device) > • /dev/sdb - brtfs (where I want my pool to be with the containers and > snapshots) > How/where should I mount my btrfs device? What's the best practice in having > the pool be in a non-root device? > > There are a few approaches I can see > • mount /dev/sdb to /var/snap/lxd (or /var/lib/lxd - if you're using > PPA) ... then: lxd init > • mount /dev/sdb to /storage and: ln -s /storage/lxd /var/snap/lxd ... > then: lxd init > • lxd init and choose existing block device /dev/sdb > Whats the best practice and why? > > Also, I'd love it if LXD could make this a little easier and let users more > easily define where the storage pool will be located. > > Best Regards, > > Lai > > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users _______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users _______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users
