How to create a container from command-line (pct create) ?

[francoisd]

Hi,

I'm blocking on this. Why does it not create the volume ?

root@pve1:~# pct create 117 /mnt/pve/cephfs/template/cache/jammy-minimal-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.xz --hostname gal1 --memory 1024 --net0 name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,gw=192.168.10.1,ip=192.168.10.71/24,tag=10,type=veth --storage localblock --rootfs volume=localblock:vm-117-disk-0,mountoptions=noatime,size=8G --unprivileged 1 --pool Containers
unable to create CT 117 - no such logical volume pve/vm-117-disk-0

Of course, the volume does not exist, since I gave a size for it to be created ?!

My storage:

root@pve1:~# pvesm status | grep -E '^(Name|localblock)'
Name                   Type     Status           Total            Used       Available        %
localblock          lvmthin     active       146800640        69965185        76835454   47.66%

 

[bbgeek17]

If this is a new container then volume "pve/vm-117-disk-0" does not exist yet
You just need: --rootfs localblock:8

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[francoisd]

Great, thanks. I works.

Working command line:

pct create 117 /mnt/pve/cephfs/template/cache/jammy-minimal-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.xz --hostname gal1 --memory 1024 --net0 name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,gw=192.168.10.1,ip=192.168.10.71/24,tag=10,type=veth --storage localb
lock --rootfs localblock:8 --unprivileged 1 --pool Containers --ignore-unpack-errors --ssh-public-keys /root/.ssh/authorized_keys --ostype ubuntu --password="$ROOTPASS" --start 1

(Trying the future ubuntu-server 22.04)