Re: [lxc-users] Maybe dir storage can be a good choice for me?

2020-09-04 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I've also used dir storage for all lxc containers On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 5:36 PM Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 10:45:19PM +, Carl Lei wrote: > > Hello, > > I’m planning to provide interactive development environment for our data > analysts. Containers will be created

Re: [lxc-users] Running unprotected system container

2020-06-22 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I understand his point, he knows what a container is, and wants to use a container for this. Being told he should use a VM instead is not helping him towards the goal. Just my $.02 J On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:35 AM Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Koehler! > > > Ok you are not helpful, not

Re: [lxc-users] not allowed to change kernel parameters inside container

2019-05-28 Thread jjs - mainphrame
All the harsh criticism aside, the driving concern in business is getting it done. Many successful products have been kludges, which fulfilled a need. Jake On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 7:00 AM Scott Lopez wrote: > So? Doesn't matter if you're programming a switch or a heart monitor. > Learn how to

Re: [lxc-users] not allowed to change kernel parameters inside container

2019-05-25 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Given the developers stance, perhaps a temporary workaround is in order, e.g. ssh-key root login to physical host e.g. "ssh sysctl key=value..." Jake On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 9:25 AM Saint Michael wrote: > I am trying to use sysctl -p inside an LXC container and it says > read only file system

Re: [lxc-users] [Solved] Re: How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-22 Thread jjs - mainphrame
and get an informative result. Jake On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 10:21 AM, David Favor <da...@davidfavor.com> wrote: > jjs - mainphrame wrote: > >> Thanks for the additional info and pointers. >> >> BTW I'd noticed that the ip command showed the extraneous IP missed by >>

Re: [lxc-users] [Solved] Re: How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-22 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Mark, Good data point. Noted. Jake On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Mark Constable wrote: > On 22/4/18 3:21 am, David Favor wrote: > > Removing Netplan will work temporarily, until all the old networking > > plumbing is completely removed. Better to start moving to Netplan >

Re: [lxc-users] [Solved] Re: How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-20 Thread jjs - mainphrame
? Jake On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 8:13 AM, David Favor <da...@davidfavor.com> wrote: > jjs - mainphrame wrote: > >> Thanks for the insights. The netplan and cloud packages look like >> something which might be indeed useful in uses cases other than mine. >> In re

Re: [lxc-users] [Solved] Re: How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-16 Thread jjs - mainphrame
<da...@davidfavor.com> wrote: > jjs - mainphrame wrote: > >> Confirmed, removing netplan solves the problem. >> >> Thanks for the hint. >> >> Jake >> >> On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 10:39 AM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com >> <

[lxc-users] [Solved] Re: How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-14 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Confirmed, removing netplan solves the problem. Thanks for the hint. Jake On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 10:39 AM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: > Thanks for the clue. Looking into this. > > Jake > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Sergiusz Pawlowicz < &

Re: [lxc-users] How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-14 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Thanks for the clue. Looking into this. Jake On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Sergiusz Pawlowicz < sergi...@pawlowicz.name> wrote: > it's not a bug, it is a feature > > man netplan > ___ > lxc-users mailing list > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org

Re: [lxc-users] How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-14 Thread jjs - mainphrame
) | | PERSISTENT | 0 | | | | 192.168.111.241 (eth0) | || | +-+-++--++---+ Jake On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 1:16 PM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: >

Re: [lxc-users] How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-10 Thread jjs - mainphrame
P addresses. > Have you configured a bridge or a macvlan? > > Simos > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 11:16 PM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> > wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > Running lxd-3.0.0 on ubuntu 18.04 beta > > > > I've set up a coupl

[lxc-users] How to get rid of pesky extra dhcp IP

2018-04-07 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Greetings, Running lxd-3.0.0 on ubuntu 18.04 beta I've set up a couple of new 16.04 cts and they act as I expect. I set up an 18.04 ct and a persistent unwanted dhcp IP appears in the lxc list: root@ronnie:~# lxc list

Re: [lxc-users] spacewalk in lxc?

2017-12-19 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Thank you for the confirmation. I will give it a go in lxc Jake On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Lai Wei-Hwa <wh...@robco.com> wrote: > I've done it with LXD/LXC and no issues thus far though I have not added > any clients yet. > > On Dec 19, 2017 1:45 PM, jjs - mainphrame &l

[lxc-users] spacewalk in lxc?

2017-12-19 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Greetings, Has anyone had any success setting up a spacewalk server in an lxc container? I'd like to set up spacewalk for my centos hosts, and would prefer to run it in a container. I suspect it could be made to work, but curious if any special workarounds are needed. Jake

Re: [lxc-users] TTY issue

2017-11-19 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Curious - BTW there are 3 completely different protocols, all referred to as "sftp" - hopefully they're using the one that listens on port 22. J On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Saint Michael wrote: > Last wee they upgraded to SFTP > It is one of those Federal Agencies that

Re: [lxc-users] container's network behavior when host loses connectivity

2017-03-25 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I don't know if this is your problem, but I was having a similar issue, with openvz containers. Whenever there was a momentary connectivity glitch on the host, the containers would lose connectivity. The culprit turned out to be Network-Manager. I removed Network-Manager and there has not been a

Re: [lxc-users] not able to run glxdemo from inside lxc container

2016-11-02 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Thank you for the follow-up - this is a good reference. Jake On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 10:53 AM, manik sheeri wrote: > I was able to resolve this issue. > > I had to add nvidia device nodes in the lxc container config file. > > lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 195:* rwm >

Re: [lxc-users] Unprivileged container woes: unable to install packages

2016-08-22 Thread jjs - mainphrame
lugin for yum, or because > oracle has rebuild their httpd rpm to disable filecap? > > -- > Fajar > > > >> Op 21 aug. 2016 19:11 schreef "jjs - mainphrame" <j...@mainphrame.com>: >> >> Running postfix in and of itself did not appear to be problematic

Re: [lxc-users] Unprivileged container woes: unable to install packages

2016-08-21 Thread jjs - mainphrame
he issues, running a Mailserver as an unpriviledged LXC? > I do the same.. and it seems to work without problems.. I just made the > Mailports forward to the LXC with iptables.. > > Just curriously, > -Ingo > > Am 20.08.2016 um 20:52 schrieb jjs - mainphrame: > > Greetings, &

[lxc-users] Unprivileged container woes: unable to install packages

2016-08-18 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Greetings, I had decided to build an lxd version of an lxc server which had been running reliably for some time. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be running quite as smoothly. is some sort of special permissions hacking required? Here is one example of a problem in the new lxd container, which

Re: [lxc-users] How to configure lxd to comply with commands

2016-08-17 Thread jjs - mainphrame
to monitor the announcements for good news on the live migration front. Regards, Jake On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 3:29 PM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: > Thanks Stephane - > > Yes, I'd definitely intended to do live migration. I could swear that > exact functionalit

Re: [lxc-users] How to configure lxd to comply with commands

2016-08-17 Thread jjs - mainphrame
er. > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 03:11:38PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: > > Aw, shucks, it was looking like it might work - but no joy. > > > > root@olympia:~# lxc config set core.https_address 192.168.111.193:8443 > > root@olympia:~# lxc move kangal lxd1: > &g

Re: [lxc-users] How to configure lxd to comply with commands

2016-08-17 Thread jjs - mainphrame
figuration found. Aug 17 14:49:57 ronnie NetworkManager[2696]: [1471470597.0303] device (vethIA06PF): driver 'veth' does not support carrier detection. Aug 17 14:49:57 ronnie NetworkManager[2696]: [1471470597.0351] devices removed (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/vethIA06PF, iface: vethIA06P

Re: [lxc-users] How to configure lxd to comply with commands

2016-08-17 Thread jjs - mainphrame
LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT > > > > Regards, > > > > Jake > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Stéphane Graber <stgra...@ubuntu.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 01:14:43PM -0700,

Re: [lxc-users] How to configure lxd to comply with commands

2016-08-17 Thread jjs - mainphrame
016 at 01:14:43PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I'm running lxd version 2.0.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2 > > > > I'm trying to get lxd to correctly execute a move of a container from one > > lxd host to another. I have two ubuntu 16.04 hosts

[lxc-users] How to configure lxd to comply with commands

2016-08-17 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Greetings, I'm running lxd version 2.0.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2 I'm trying to get lxd to correctly execute a move of a container from one lxd host to another. I have two ubuntu 16.04 hosts, ronnie (designated as lxd1) and olympia (designated as lxd2): root@olympia:~# lxc remote list

Re: [lxc-users] Can a container modify the host rtc?

2016-07-26 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Interesting - we've had OVZ containers running as ntp servers, being granted the ability to set the RTC via the CAP_SYS_TIME capability. (never more than one per physical host though) Jake On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Stewart Brodie wrote: > Paul Giordano

Re: [lxc-users] Live migration mkdtemp failure

2016-06-22 Thread jjs - mainphrame
22, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Tycho Andersen < tycho.ander...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 09:27:21AM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: > > That particular error was resolved, but the lxc live migration doesn't > work > > for a different reason now. We now get an err

Re: [lxc-users] Live migration mkdtemp failure

2016-06-21 Thread jjs - mainphrame
migration on all of our Openvz 7 containers works reliably) Jake On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 4:19 AM, McDonagh, Ed <ed.mcdon...@rmh.nhs.uk> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 09:30:19AM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:18 AM,

Re: [lxc-users] lxc move fails

2016-06-01 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I've been hoping for a return of live migration functionality as well. I tried after today's lxc upgrades, but no joy: root@olympia:~# lxc move kangal lxd1: error: Error transferring container data: checkpoint failed: (00.614250) Error (files-reg.c:683): Can't dump ghost file

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-04-25 Thread jjs - mainphrame
n, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:47:31PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: >> Greetings - >> >> As the 16.04 release date draws near, there have been ongoing daily >> updates but on my (ext4 based) xenial systems, migration of any lxd >> containers, stopped or running, hangs

Re: [lxc-users] OT: Btrfs or ZFS

2016-04-20 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I can tell you that when I tried btrfs in good faith, I was faced with bugs that kept lxc from working correctly. Simply moving /var to ext4 fixed everything. I haven't tried zfs yet, but it ought to be very well supported for lxc. Jake On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:50 PM, 술욱

Re: [lxc-users] LXC 2.0 and Centos 7

2016-04-20 Thread jjs - mainphrame
From everything I've seen, it would be an uphill battle. IMHO, just as Ubuntu is the optimal distro for lxc/lxd, Centos 7 goes with openvz, and works really well with it. Jake On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Saint Michael wrote: > I have been scratching my head on how to

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-04-18 Thread jjs - mainphrame
of the one suggestion to format /var/lib as zfs and see what happens, is there anything else I can try? Regards, Jake On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Tycho Andersen <tycho.ander...@canonical.com> wrote: > hi, > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 04:40:43PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: &g

Re: [lxc-users] Running LXC and LXD on the same host

2016-04-11 Thread jjs - mainphrame
, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Bostjan Skufca <bost...@a2o.si> wrote: > On 12 April 2016 at 02:32, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: >> >> I'm running both lxc and lxd containers on the same box. There is no >> conflict, as the commands and data paths ar

Re: [lxc-users] Running LXC and LXD on the same host

2016-04-11 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Ah, wait, I might have misunderstood your question. One can run containers within containers, but I don't know of anyone running an lxc ct inside an lxd ct or vice versa. Jake On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:32 PM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: > I'm running both lx

Re: [lxc-users] Running LXC and LXD on the same host

2016-04-11 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I'm running both lxc and lxd containers on the same box. There is no conflict, as the commands and data paths are different. Jake On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Bostjan Skufca wrote: > Is it possible? > Or is running LXC on host and LXD as one of LXC containers more inclined

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-04-11 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Thanks for the update Tycho - I guess it's time to get serious about zfs ;) Regards, Jake On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Tycho Andersen <tycho.ander...@canonical.com> wrote: > hi, > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 04:40:43PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: >> Ah, never min

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions (Trying criu from github)

2016-04-10 Thread jjs - mainphrame
(03.747348) Unseizing 23836 into 1 (03.747357) Unseizing 23837 into 1 (03.747443) Error (cr-dump.c:1600): Dumping FAILED. I'm happy to supply additional info, or test patches - Regards, Jake On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:40 PM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: > Ah, n

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-04-08 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Ah, never mind - it doesn't appear to be solely a criu issue - even migration of stopped containers hangs forever now. Jake On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:23 PM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: > Ubuntu 16.04, up to date - > > After today's updates, including a kernel upgr

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-04-08 Thread jjs - mainphrame
, but also for the new dhcp issue Regards, Jake On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 11:01 PM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: > (Bump) - > > Any thoughts on what to try for the CT migration and dhcp issues? > Running up to date ubuntu 16.04 beta - > > Regards, > > Jake &

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-04-08 Thread jjs - mainphrame
(Bump) - Any thoughts on what to try for the CT migration and dhcp issues? Running up to date ubuntu 16.04 beta - Regards, Jake On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:18 PM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> wrote: > Greetings - > > I'be not yet been able to reproduce that one shining

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-04-06 Thread jjs - mainphrame
<tycho.ander...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 11:17:26PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: >> Well, I've found some interesting things here today. I created a couple of >> privileged xenial containers, and sure enough, I was able to live migrate >> them b

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-03-30 Thread jjs - mainphrame
at 12:45 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdae...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Greetings, jjs - mainphrame! > > >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 08:47:24PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: > >>> I've looked at ct migration between 2 ubuntu 16.04 hosts today, and > had > >>> s

Re: [lxc-users] recent lxd update broke lxc exec terminal size?

2016-03-30 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Yes, I observed the same thing after today's xenial updates. Among other problems. Jake On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:45 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > After a recent lxd update, doing "lxc exec somecontainer /bin/bash" will > attach to given container's console, but it's size

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-03-29 Thread jjs - mainphrame
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Tycho Andersen < tycho.ander...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 08:47:24PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: > > I've looked at ct migration between 2 ubuntu 16.04 hosts today, and had > > some interesting problems; I find that

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-03-28 Thread jjs - mainphrame
quot;criu check" would die instantly with a segmentation error. After putting /var back on / (ext4) criu check produces the message "Looks good." Jake On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Tycho Andersen < tycho.ander...@canonical.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 0

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-03-27 Thread jjs - mainphrame
You've had some success with live migrations? At any rate, I'm upgrading my ubuntu 15.10 test box to 16.04 so that I'll have 2 of them. I'll give it a whirl. On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 9:20 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha <l...@fajar.net> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 11:31 PM, jjs - main

Re: [lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-03-27 Thread jjs - mainphrame
, please let me know. Regards, Jake On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 3:24 AM, Fajar A. Nugraha <l...@fajar.net> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 8:11 AM, jjs - mainphrame <j...@mainphrame.com> > wrote: > > As a long time fan of openvz, I'm impressed with how far lxc has come

[lxc-users] lxc progress and a few questions

2016-03-26 Thread jjs - mainphrame
As a long time fan of openvz, I'm impressed with how far lxc has come in the past couple of years, and particularly impressed with how well lxd "just works", particularly with the default unprivileged containers. I'm looking to put lxd through it's paces, and set up a couple of dedicated machines

Re: [lxc-users] lxd networking - how to rid containers of lxcbr0

2016-03-22 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Thanks for the feedback - Editing /etc/default/lxc-net in the ct solved the problem. That's one I won't forget. Regards, Jake On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Stéphane Graber <stgra...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 08:08:53PM -0700, jjs - mainphrame wrote: > > I'm

[lxc-users] lxd networking - how to rid containers of lxcbr0

2016-03-22 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I'm starting to do some testing with servers under lxd, and am confounded by the inability to configure networking as desired. Obviously I'm missing some elementary step here. For all my lxc servers, I could edit /var/lib/lxc//config and voila - full control over the network modes and devices per

Re: [lxc-users] Is container GUI an option?

2015-06-29 Thread jjs - mainphrame
x2go has worked well for me, on both openvz containers and lxc containers. Highly recommended. On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Federico Alves vene...@gmail.com wrote: I have to create a large number of virtual machines, but with a GUI (Fedora 22, but I could use any Linux dist). Is there a

Re: [lxc-users] Is container GUI an option?

2015-06-29 Thread jjs - mainphrame
FYI - http://srobb.net/nxreplace.html On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Robert Gierzinger robert.gierzin...@gmx.at wrote: xpra might also be of interest for you. *Gesendet:* Montag, 29. Juni 2015 um 17:10 Uhr *Von:* Federico Alves vene...@gmail.com *An:* LXC users mailing-list

Re: [lxc-users] LXC and LXD support across distributions

2015-05-16 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Excellent information, thanks for that! On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:56 AM, Tobby Banerjee to...@flockport.com wrote: Hi All, This is a period of transition for LXC unprivileged containers, LXD, Systemd and cgroups and its becoming difficult to track all the issues without intense knowledge.

Re: [lxc-users] Compile fails under Fedora

2014-09-21 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Yikes! you're running critical line of business apps on fedora? On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 4:35 PM, CDR vene...@gmail.com wrote: This technology is being used on critical line-of-business applications, at least in my company. I wish that Stepahane or other would follow a more predictable

Re: [lxc-users] Thrilled to announce the the launch of Flockport.com to this list

2014-09-10 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Bravo - as an old openvz/virtuozzo admin, I much prefer containers that can function as full blown linux servers if needed, rather than the single app model of docker, which is wildly popular despite its rather limiting approach. On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Tobby Banerjee to...@flockport.com

Re: [lxc-users] Thrilled to announce the the launch of Flockport.com to this list

2014-09-09 Thread jjs - mainphrame
Bravo - as an old openvz/virtuozzo admin, I much prefer containers that can function as full blown linux servers if needed, rather than the single app model of docker, which is wildly popular despite its rather limiting approach. On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Tobby Banerjee to...@flockport.com

Re: [lxc-users] Question about Ubuntu Server

2014-05-11 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I agree x2go is the easiest and best method to run an X desktop in a Linux container. This is all I had to do to set up a GUI desktop for my lxc and openvz containers: server side (lxc container for you): add-apt-repository ppa:x2go/stable apt-get update apt-get install xfce4

Re: [lxc-users] Question about Ubuntu Server

2014-05-11 Thread jjs - mainphrame
I'm pretty sure non-root users can use virt-manager as long as they are in the kvm group On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:20 PM, CDR vene...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Robert I did it as vnc and it works. But when I start the vncserver as root, I get the classic white/gray screen. I want to be root