Re: [qubes-users] Having trouble configuring VMs with Salt / qubesctl
On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 6:08:09 PM UTC-5, john.david.r.smith wrote:
> On 07/02/17 00:01, Joe Ruether wrote:
> > Hello! I am using Qubes 3.2 and I am attempting to automate the
> > configuration of my VMs using the Salt / qubesctl management stack.
> >
> > I am very new to salt, but I have been experimenting and I think I
> > understand how it works. I have written some state files to configure dom0
> > and I haven't had any problems with those.
> >
> > The problem I am running into is that whenever I try to do anything at all
> > with a VM, it seems that the qubesctl process just hangs. I've let it run
> > overnight just to see, and it definitely isn't doing anything. I also don't
> > know how to make it more verbose so I can debug the issue.
> >
> > Here are the contents of my top file, /srv/salt/custom/setup.top:
> >
> > base:
> > dom0:
> > - custom.template.fedora-24
> >
> > fedora-24:
> > - custom.up-to-date
> >
> > ---
> >
> > The goal I am trying to accomplish is to install the fedora-24 template,
> > then update the packages on it. Here is my custom.template.fedora-24.sls:
> >
> > #!pyobjects
> > Pkg.installed("qubes-template-fedora-24")
> > Qvm.prefs("fedora-24", label="black", netvm="sys-firewall")
> >
> > ---
> >
> > And here is my custom.up-to-date.sls:
> >
> > #!pyobjects
> >
> > system = grains("id")
> > #Pkg.uptodate(system, refresh=True)
> > Test.nop(system)
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Notice how I commented out the uptodate function and replaced it with a
> > nop, with the intention of just getting it to return true.
> > When I run the following command, dom0 successfully installs and configures
> > the fedora-24 template, and the fedora-24 template is started, but after
> > that, it freezes:
> >
> > qubesctl --all state.highstate
> >
> > CTRL-C doesn't give me back a prompt, instead I get errors regarding pool
> > workers. I end up using CTRL-Z and issuing a "killall -9 qubesctl" to make
> > it stop.
> >
> > I don't know how to get more information on the VM to discover what is
> > going wrong. I have (manually) fully updated dom0 and restarted the
> > physical computer. Any tips would be much appreciated. Thank you!
> >
> i never had this kind of problem and can't really help you with your
> sls-files, since i am only used to the yaml + jinja form.
> but you could take a look at the documentation for debugging salt:
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/salt/#debugging
I figured out my issue, at some point during my experiments I switched the
default template to debian-8. It took me a while to find the disp-mgmt-* VMs,
they were hidden and it wasn't clear that they were being used. Apparently, I
was hitting this bug because I haven't updated my debian-8 template yet (I was
going to update it with salt! chicken-and-egg problem...)
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/
Anyway, it looks like I am good to go for now, thanks!
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Re: [qubes-users] Having trouble configuring VMs with Salt / qubesctl
On 07/02/17 00:01, Joe Ruether wrote:
Hello! I am using Qubes 3.2 and I am attempting to automate the configuration
of my VMs using the Salt / qubesctl management stack.
I am very new to salt, but I have been experimenting and I think I understand
how it works. I have written some state files to configure dom0 and I haven't
had any problems with those.
The problem I am running into is that whenever I try to do anything at all with
a VM, it seems that the qubesctl process just hangs. I've let it run overnight
just to see, and it definitely isn't doing anything. I also don't know how to
make it more verbose so I can debug the issue.
Here are the contents of my top file, /srv/salt/custom/setup.top:
base:
dom0:
- custom.template.fedora-24
fedora-24:
- custom.up-to-date
---
The goal I am trying to accomplish is to install the fedora-24 template, then
update the packages on it. Here is my custom.template.fedora-24.sls:
#!pyobjects
Pkg.installed("qubes-template-fedora-24")
Qvm.prefs("fedora-24", label="black", netvm="sys-firewall")
---
And here is my custom.up-to-date.sls:
#!pyobjects
system = grains("id")
#Pkg.uptodate(system, refresh=True)
Test.nop(system)
---
Notice how I commented out the uptodate function and replaced it with a nop,
with the intention of just getting it to return true.
When I run the following command, dom0 successfully installs and configures the
fedora-24 template, and the fedora-24 template is started, but after that, it
freezes:
qubesctl --all state.highstate
CTRL-C doesn't give me back a prompt, instead I get errors regarding pool workers. I end
up using CTRL-Z and issuing a "killall -9 qubesctl" to make it stop.
I don't know how to get more information on the VM to discover what is going
wrong. I have (manually) fully updated dom0 and restarted the physical
computer. Any tips would be much appreciated. Thank you!
i never had this kind of problem and can't really help you with your sls-files,
since i am only used to the yaml + jinja form.
but you could take a look at the documentation for debugging salt:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/salt/#debugging
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[qubes-users] Having trouble configuring VMs with Salt / qubesctl
Hello! I am using Qubes 3.2 and I am attempting to automate the configuration
of my VMs using the Salt / qubesctl management stack.
I am very new to salt, but I have been experimenting and I think I understand
how it works. I have written some state files to configure dom0 and I haven't
had any problems with those.
The problem I am running into is that whenever I try to do anything at all with
a VM, it seems that the qubesctl process just hangs. I've let it run overnight
just to see, and it definitely isn't doing anything. I also don't know how to
make it more verbose so I can debug the issue.
Here are the contents of my top file, /srv/salt/custom/setup.top:
base:
dom0:
- custom.template.fedora-24
fedora-24:
- custom.up-to-date
---
The goal I am trying to accomplish is to install the fedora-24 template, then
update the packages on it. Here is my custom.template.fedora-24.sls:
#!pyobjects
Pkg.installed("qubes-template-fedora-24")
Qvm.prefs("fedora-24", label="black", netvm="sys-firewall")
---
And here is my custom.up-to-date.sls:
#!pyobjects
system = grains("id")
#Pkg.uptodate(system, refresh=True)
Test.nop(system)
---
Notice how I commented out the uptodate function and replaced it with a nop,
with the intention of just getting it to return true.
When I run the following command, dom0 successfully installs and configures the
fedora-24 template, and the fedora-24 template is started, but after that, it
freezes:
qubesctl --all state.highstate
CTRL-C doesn't give me back a prompt, instead I get errors regarding pool
workers. I end up using CTRL-Z and issuing a "killall -9 qubesctl" to make it
stop.
I don't know how to get more information on the VM to discover what is going
wrong. I have (manually) fully updated dom0 and restarted the physical
computer. Any tips would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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