TASK ERROR: command 'systemctl start lxc@299' failed: exit code 1

TechLineX

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I actually get this error:
Code:
Job for lxc@299.service failed. See 'systemctl status lxc@299.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
TASK ERROR: command 'systemctl start lxc@299' failed: exit code 1

Code:
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.586 INFO     lxc_start_ui - tools/lxc_start.c:main:280 - using rcfile /var/lib/lxc/299/config
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_lsm - lsm/lsm.c:lsm_init:48 - LSM security driver AppArmor
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:435 - processing: .reject_force_umount  # comment this to allow umount -f;  not recommended.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:610 - Adding native rule for reject_force_umount action 0(kill).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:do_resolve_add_rule:276 - Setting Seccomp rule to reject force umounts.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:614 - Adding compat rule for reject_force_umount action 0(kill).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:do_resolve_add_rule:276 - Setting Seccomp rule to reject force umounts.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:do_resolve_add_rule:276 - Setting Seccomp rule to reject force umounts.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:435 - processing: .[all].
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:435 - processing: .kexec_load errno 1.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:610 - Adding native rule for kexec_load action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:614 - Adding compat rule for kexec_load action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:435 - processing: .open_by_handle_at errno 1.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:610 - Adding native rule for open_by_handle_at action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:614 - Adding compat rule for open_by_handle_at action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:435 - processing: .init_module errno 1.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:610 - Adding native rule for init_module action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:614 - Adding compat rule for init_module action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:435 - processing: .finit_module errno 1.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:610 - Adding native rule for finit_module action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:614 - Adding compat rule for finit_module action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:435 - processing: .delete_module errno 1.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:610 - Adding native rule for delete_module action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:614 - Adding compat rule for delete_module action 327681(errno).
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_seccomp - seccomp.c:parse_config_v2:624 - Merging in the compat Seccomp ctx into the main one.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203329.587 INFO     lxc_conf - conf.c:run_script_argv:457 - Executing script "/usr/share/lxc/hooks/lxc-pve-prestart-hook" for container "299", config section "lxc".
      lxc-start 299 20180219203330.523 DEBUG    lxc_conf - conf.c:run_buffer:429 - Script /usr/share/lxc/hooks/lxc-pve-prestart-hook 299 lxc pre-start with output: file '/etc/hosts' too long - aborting
.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203330.524 DEBUG    lxc_conf - conf.c:run_buffer:429 - Script /usr/share/lxc/hooks/lxc-pve-prestart-hook 299 lxc pre-start with output: error in setup task PVE::LXC::Setup::pre_start_hook
.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203330.535 ERROR    lxc_conf - conf.c:run_buffer:438 - Script exited with status 1.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203330.535 ERROR    lxc_start - start.c:lxc_init:651 - Failed to run lxc.hook.pre-start for container "299".
      lxc-start 299 20180219203330.535 ERROR    lxc_start - start.c:__lxc_start:1444 - Failed to initialize container "299".
      lxc-start 299 20180219203330.535 ERROR    lxc_start_ui - tools/lxc_start.c:main:371 - The container failed to start.
      lxc-start 299 20180219203330.535 ERROR    lxc_start_ui - tools/lxc_start.c:main:375 - Additional information can be obtained by setting the --logfile and --logpriority options.

Code:
pveversion -v
proxmox-ve: 5.1-35 (running kernel: 4.13.13-4-pve)
pve-manager: 5.1-41 (running version: 5.1-41/0b958203)
pve-kernel-4.4.83-1-pve: 4.4.83-96
pve-kernel-4.4.76-1-pve: 4.4.76-94
pve-kernel-4.13.13-4-pve: 4.13.13-35
pve-kernel-4.4.6-1-pve: 4.4.6-48
pve-kernel-4.4.35-1-pve: 4.4.35-77
pve-kernel-4.4.44-1-pve: 4.4.44-84
pve-kernel-4.13.13-3-pve: 4.13.13-34
pve-kernel-4.4.67-1-pve: 4.4.67-92
libpve-http-server-perl: 2.0-8
lvm2: 2.02.168-pve6
corosync: 2.4.2-pve3
libqb0: 1.0.1-1
pve-cluster: 5.0-19
qemu-server: 5.0-18
pve-firmware: 2.0-3
libpve-common-perl: 5.0-25
libpve-guest-common-perl: 2.0-14
libpve-access-control: 5.0-7
libpve-storage-perl: 5.0-17
pve-libspice-server1: 0.12.8-3
vncterm: 1.5-3
pve-docs: 5.1-15
pve-qemu-kvm: 2.9.1-5
pve-container: 2.0-18
pve-firewall: 3.0-5
pve-ha-manager: 2.0-4
ksm-control-daemon: 1.2-2
glusterfs-client: 3.8.8-1
lxc-pve: 2.1.1-2
lxcfs: 2.0.8-1
criu: 2.11.1-1~bpo90
novnc-pve: 0.6-4
smartmontools: 6.5+svn4324-1
zfsutils-linux: 0.7.3-pve1~bpo9

I could use the container until I migrated it to an proxmox 4.x - Cluster-Member. Now I can't start it again. Not at the 4.x & 5.x

Best regards
 
lxc-start 299 20180219203330.523 DEBUG lxc_conf - conf.c:run_buffer:429 - Script /usr/share/lxc/hooks/lxc-pve-prestart-hook 299 lxc pre-start with output: file '/etc/hosts' too long - aborting
is your (or the containers) /etc/hosts bigger than 32k ?
 
Sorry for the late reply. The hosts-file isn't bigger than 32k.

I got this problem in a few containers.

Best regards
 

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