[SOLVED] LXC mountpoint breaks container

[PeterMarcusH.]

LXC container instantly shutsdown when mount point is created. I have a folder i'd like to share to a privaliged container from the host.

Folder placement on lxc container id like files to be placed: /root/mnt
Folder placement on host to mount: /mnt/sdb

command used: pct set 114 -mp0 mp=/mnt/sdb,/root/mnt

 

[oguz]

hi,

can you post a debug log by running lxc-start -n 114 -l DEBUG -o /tmp/lxc.log and attach the log file here?

also please post the container configuration from pct config 114 and your pveversion -v output.

 

[PeterMarcusH.]

Running: lxc-start -n 114 -l DEBUG -o /tmp/lxc.log

root@SERVER:~# lxc-start -n 114 -l DEBUG -o /tmp/lxc.log
lxc-start: 114: lxccontainer.c: wait_on_daemonized_start: 843 No such file or directory - Failed to receive the container state
lxc-start: 114: tools/lxc_start.c: main: 308 The container failed to start
lxc-start: 114: tools/lxc_start.c: main: 311 To get more details, run the container in foreground mode
lxc-start: 114: tools/lxc_start.c: main: 314 Additional information can be obtained by setting the --logfile and --logpriority options

Container config:

root@SERVER:~# pct config 114
arch: amd64
cores: 32
hostname: Plex-igpu
memory: 50000
mp0: mp=/mnt/sdb,/root/mnt
net0: name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,hwaddr=62:59:51:51:A0:CD,ip=dhcp,ip6=dhcp,type=veth
ostype: ubuntu
rootfs: local-lvm:vm-114-disk-0,size=50G
swap: 1000
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow: c 226:0 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow: c 226:128 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow: c 4:7 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow: c 29:0 rwm
lxc.mount.entry: /dev/dri/card0 dev/dri/card0 none bind,optional,create=file
lxc.mount.entry: /dev/dri/renderD128 dev/dri/renderD128 none bind,optional,create=file
lxc.mount.entry: /dev/tty7 dev/tty7 none bind,optional,create=file
lxc.mount.entry: /dev/fb0 dev/fb0 none bind,optional,create=file

pveversion:

root@SERVER:~# pveversion -v
proxmox-ve: 6.2-1 (running kernel: 5.4.34-1-pve)
pve-manager: 6.2-4 (running version: 6.2-4/9824574a)
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.2-1
pve-kernel-helper: 6.2-1
pve-kernel-5.4.34-1-pve: 5.4.34-2
ceph-fuse: 12.2.11+dfsg1-2.1+b1
corosync: 3.0.3-pve1
criu: 3.11-3
glusterfs-client: 5.5-3
ifupdown: 0.8.35+pve1
ksm-control-daemon: 1.3-1
libjs-extjs: 6.0.1-10
libknet1: 1.15-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.0.3
libpve-access-control: 6.1-1
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.0-3
libpve-common-perl: 6.1-2
libpve-guest-common-perl: 3.0-10
libpve-http-server-perl: 3.0-5
libpve-storage-perl: 6.1-7
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.2-4~pve6+1
lvm2: 2.03.02-pve4
lxc-pve: 4.0.2-1
lxcfs: 4.0.3-pve2
novnc-pve: 1.1.0-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 2.2-1
pve-cluster: 6.1-8
pve-container: 3.1-5
pve-docs: 6.2-4
pve-edk2-firmware: 2.20200229-1
pve-firewall: 4.1-2
pve-firmware: 3.1-1
pve-ha-manager: 3.0-9
pve-i18n: 2.1-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 5.0.0-2
pve-xtermjs: 4.3.0-1
qemu-server: 6.2-2
smartmontools: 7.1-pve2
spiceterm: 3.1-1
vncterm: 1.6-1
zfsutils-linux: 0.8.3-pve1

 

[oguz]

can you attach the /tmp/lxc.log logfile here?

 

[PeterMarcusH.]

can you attach the /tmp/lxc.log logfile here?

I did didnt i?

lxc-start: 114: lxccontainer.c: wait_on_daemonized_start: 843 No such file or directory - Failed to receive the container state
lxc-start: 114: tools/lxc_start.c: main: 308 The container failed to start
lxc-start: 114: tools/lxc_start.c: main: 311 To get more details, run the container in foreground mode
lxc-start: 114: tools/lxc_start.c: main: 314 Additional information can be obtained by setting the --logfile and --logpriority options

 

[oguz]

no - that's the output of the command, but it creates a log file in /tmp/lxc.log as well (which is the debug log, -o flag specifies the location).

please attach this file here. alternatively run cat /tmp/lxc.log and paste it here

 

[PeterMarcusH.]

Here it is

 

[oguz]

thank you. here i see in the logfile:

lxc-start 114 20201116105340.291 DEBUG    conf - conf.c:run_buffer:312 - Script exec /usr/share/lxc/hooks/lxc-pve-prestart-hook 114 lxc pre-start produced output: directory '/root/mnt' does not exist
lxc-start 114 20201116105340.302 ERROR    conf - conf.c:run_buffer:323 - Script exited with status 2
lxc-start 114 20201116105340.302 ERROR    start - start.c:lxc_init:804 - Failed to run lxc.hook.pre-start for container "114"
lxc-start 114 20201116105340.302 ERROR    start - start.c:__lxc_start:1903 - Failed to initialize container "114"

can you try the following:

pct mount 114
mkdir /var/lib/lxc/114/rootfs/root/mnt
pct unmount 114
pct start 114

and see if the container starts?

 

[PeterMarcusH.]

For the following line mkdir /var/lib/lxc/114/rootfs/root/mnt, i dont have the folder root, should i just create one?

 

[PeterMarcusH.]

Ah sorry, first need to mount. Mb

 

[PeterMarcusH.]

Something just seems off. When the folder is mounted i cant mount the container with pct mount 114. When then deleteing the original mount and then mounting via. pct mount 114 i cant run mkdir /var/lib/lxc/114/rootfs/root/mnt since the folder already exists.

 

[oguz]

if you've created the folder /root/mnt in the container can you try re-adding the mp0? does it start then?

 

[PeterMarcusH.]

Found the error. This command pct set 114 -mp0 mp=/mnt/sdb,/root/mnt Takes as the first mp /mnt/sdb the lxc file placement, and the second /mnt/sdb the host folder. These where switched.

The original posted, which is wrong: pct set 114 -mp0 mp=/mnt/sdb,/root/mnt
The new, which works: pct set 114 -mp0 mp=/root/mnt/sdb,/mnt/sdb

 

[PeterMarcusH.]

Thank you for helping me debug

 

[oguz]

Found the error. This command pct set 114 -mp0 mp=/mnt/sdb,/root/mnt Takes as the first mp /mnt/sdb the lxc file placement, and the second /mnt/sdb the host folder. These where switched.

i was wondering this as well, glad the issue is solved!

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