Unable to parse directory volume name with pct create

[zenny]

Hi,

Tried to create a lxc container over command line:

# pct create 108 local:vztmpl/debian-9.0-standard_9.7-1_amd64.tar.gz --hostname server1.name.dom --cpulimit 1 --cpuunits 1024 --memory 512 --swap 1024 --ostype debian --onboot 1 --net0 name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,gw=192.168.63.1,ip=192.168.63.108/24 --rootfs local:vm-108-disk-1.raw,size=12G --password
Enter password: 
Retype password: 
unable to parse directory volume name 'vm-108-disk-1.raw'
[Exit 255]

Same error when trying with 'vm-108-disk-1' and 'vm-108-disk-0'.

PVE is installed to a remote server with LVM (therefore no way to upgrade to v5) without much complexity as evident from:

# cat /etc/pve/storage.cfg
dir: local
        path /var/lib/vz
        content iso,backup,rootdir,images,vztmpl
        maxfiles 0
        shared 0

Could not figure out any relevant thread in the forum. Thanks in advance for any pointer.

Cheers,
/z

 

[sb-jw]

--rootfs local:vm-108-disk-1.raw,size=12G

That's wrong, it should be something like this:

--storage local --rootfs size=12G

Take a look at PVE API Documentation: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/index.html

 

[zenny]

@sb-jw: Thanks for the pointer.

Appending the part with:

--storage local --rootfs volume=vm-108-disk-1.raw,size=12G

as well as with:

--storage local --rootfs volume=vm-108-disk-1,size=12G

fails to create the container with the following error:

unable to parse volume ID 'vm-108-disk-1.raw'
unable to parse volume ID 'vm-108-disk-1'

to comply with what pct manpage states:

-rootfs [volume=]<volume> [,acl=<1|0>] [,quota=<1|0>] [,ro=<1|0>] [,shared=<1|0>] [,size=<DiskSize>]
Use volume as container root.

Cheers,
/z

 

[dcsapak]

if you want to create a new volume, the syntax is

--rootfs STORAGE:SIZE

the syntax is a little hard to see, but it is in the documentation https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container

The special option syntax STORAGE_ID:SIZE_IN_GB for storage backed mount point volumes will automatically allocate a volume of the specified size on the specified storage. E.g., calling pct set 100 -mp0 thin1:10,mp=/path/in/container will allocate a 10GB volume on the storage thin1 and replace the volume ID place holder 10 with the allocated volume ID.

 

[sb-jw]

Instead of "--storage local --rootfs volume=vm-108-disk-1,size=12G" you should use: "--rootfs volume=ceph-customer:12". "ceph-customer" is my Storage and "12" is the Size.

root@prox1:~# pct create 999108 nfs-frontend01-media-templates:vztmpl/debian-9.0-standard_9.7-1_amd64.tar.gz --hostname server1.name.dom --cpulimit 1 --cpuunits 1024 --memory 512 --swap 1024 --ostype debian --onboot 1 --net0 name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,gw=192.168.63.1,ip=192.168.63.108/24 --rootfs volume=ceph-customer:12 --password
Enter new password: *******
Retype new password: *******
/dev/rbd0
mke2fs 1.43.4 (31-Jan-2017)
Discarding device blocks: done
Creating filesystem with 3145728 4k blocks and 786432 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 85a8338b-a14f-459c-93d8-5a672b456eb7
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
Multiple mount protection is enabled with update interval 5 seconds.
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

extracting archive '/mnt/pve/nfs-frontend01-media-templates/template/cache/debian-9.0-standard_9.7-1_amd64.tar.gz'
Total bytes read: 544542720 (520MiB, 67MiB/s)
Detected container architecture: amd64
Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_dsa_key' - this may take some time ...
done: SHA256:iBgQucn1J3rdwCNX6lz8hrSqzlc4izjZyHRCUQB6w8A root@server1
Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_ed25519_key' - this may take some time ...
done: SHA256:Ojox0XqLUJlKuHP0xA8wQX4MfLrcLtIZ95J4e/44r7Y root@server1
Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_ecdsa_key' - this may take some time ...
done: SHA256:Bs/WME634y7+TrVK11mCthpwNZrR+lkB4XyVnkDXb88 root@server1
Creating SSH host key 'ssh_host_rsa_key' - this may take some time ...
done: SHA256:OQMQSrG4n90HzDCS3KYcvC//d8SLtuuXmnwGzsKp9a0 root@server1

 

[zenny]

if you want to create a new volume, the syntax is

--rootfs STORAGE:SIZE

@dcsapak, thanks for your input.

the syntax is a little hard to see, but it is in the documentation https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container

In my OP (https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/unable-to-parse-directory-volume-name-with-pct-create.55373/), I guess I specified exactly the same to get the errror:

--rootfs local:vm-108-disk-1.raw,size=12G

Also tried with:

--storage local --rootfs local:volume=vm-108-disk-1,size=12G

but got:

rootfs: invalid format - format error
rootfs.local:volume: property is not defined in schema and the schema does not allow additional properties
rootfs.volume: property is missing and it is not optional

That made me to post here in the first count! Parsing errors. What exactly should be the name of the volumes? Just confused.

Cheers

 

[fabian]

In my OP (https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/unable-to-parse-directory-volume-name-with-pct-create.55373/), I guess I specified exactly the same to get the errror:

--rootfs local:vm-108-disk-1.raw,size=12G

Also tried with:

--storage local --rootfs local:volume=vm-108-disk-1,size=12G

but got:



That made me to post here in the first count! Parsing errors. What exactly should be the name of the volumes? Just confused.

Cheers

the volumes are generated for you - you just need to pass in the size, e.g.:

--rootfs local:12

for a 12G rootfs on the storage called 'local'

 

[zenny]

@fabian , Thanks for the nifty pointer.

But there appears to be a size mismatch, created 12G:

# pct config 108
arch: amd64
hostname: hdi.loc
memory: 1024
net0: name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,gw=192.168.63.1,hwaddr=42:E4:13:94:32:93,ip=192.168.63.108/24,type=veth
onboot: 0
ostype: ubuntu
rootfs: local:108/vm-108-disk-1.raw,size=12G
swap: 2048

And inside the container, it only shows 4G:

# ip addr show | grep inet
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet 192.168.63.108/24 brd 192.168.63.255 scope global eth0
# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/loop2      3.9G  2.3G  1.4G  62% /
none            492K     0  492K   0% /dev
tmpfs          1000M     0 1000M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs          1000M  284K 1000M   1% /run
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs          1000M     0 1000M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           200M     0  200M   0% /run/user/0
tmpfs           200M     0  200M   0% /run/user/118

Hmmm...

 

[fabian]

the "size" parameter in the mpX/rootfs property string is informational only - changing it won't change the size of the volume, you need to use the "resize" API for that..