putting VM/LXC root disks on NAS

[proxwolfe]

Hi,

I understand that I can have a VM's root disk on a NAS but not an LXC's.

Why is that, is that absolute or might there be a way to also put an LXC's root disk on a NAS after all and, if not, are there plans to make this possible in the future?

I run everything I can in an LXC and only those guests that don't like that in a VM. So putting the VMs' root disks on a NAS but not the LXCs' doesn't help me. It's all or nothing.

Thanks

 

[dcsapak]

why should you not be able to put an lxc rootfs on a nas? you can put container volumes on any storage that supports the content type 'rootdir', check the docs which storage types support that

 

[proxwolfe]

Sorry, I wasn’t clear: I have put an lxc‘s root disk on my NAS. So, you are right that I „can“.

The container just doesn‘t start. So being able to do it, is of limited use…

When trying to resolve the issue, I came across some other forum posts with similar starting problems where they were told that you can only have a VM‘s root disk on a NAS but not an lxc‘s. (I can later google that issue again to find the threads.)

 

[dcsapak]

The container just doesn‘t start. So being able to do it, is of limited use…

ok could you provide the error logs for it:

pct start CTID --debug