Hello,
when trying to create new LXD instance as a virtual machine, the
creation fails with following message:
~# lxc init images:alpine/3.17 alpine-test --vm
Creating alpine-test
Error: Failed instance creation: Failed creating instance record:
Instance type "virtual-machine" is not supported on this server: QEMU
failed to run feature checks
And in the logs these two messages sheds a bit more light to it:
level=error msg="Unable to run feature checks during QEMU
initialization: QEMU premature exit: exit status 1 (qemu: could not
load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd')"
level=warning msg="Instance type not operational" driver=qemu
err="QEMU failed to run feature checks" type=virtual-machine
I went to check sources (see [1], function checkFeatures(hostArch int,
qemuPath string)) and they seems to run qemu-system-x86_64 like this:
~# qemu-system-x86_64 -S -nographic -nodefaults -no-user-config
-machine q35 -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd
qemu: could not load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd'
Is this Alpine's bug? Or LXD upstream bug? I'm trying to run it on
"Alpine Linux v3.17".
Best Regards,
Martin
[1] - https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_qemu.go
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Martin Rusko | martin.rusko@gmail.com | +46 768 598091 | +421 903 246 698
On Thu Jan 19, 2023 at 7:11 PM CET, Martin Rusko wrote:
> Hello,>> when trying to create new LXD instance as a virtual machine, the> creation fails with following message:>> ~# lxc init images:alpine/3.17 alpine-test --vm> Creating alpine-test> Error: Failed instance creation: Failed creating instance record:> Instance type "virtual-machine" is not supported on this server: QEMU> failed to run feature checks>> And in the logs these two messages sheds a bit more light to it:>> level=error msg="Unable to run feature checks during QEMU> initialization: QEMU premature exit: exit status 1 (qemu: could not> load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd')"> level=warning msg="Instance type not operational" driver=qemu> err="QEMU failed to run feature checks" type=virtual-machine>> I went to check sources (see [1], function checkFeatures(hostArch int,> qemuPath string)) and they seems to run qemu-system-x86_64 like this:>> ~# qemu-system-x86_64 -S -nographic -nodefaults -no-user-config> -machine q35 -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd> qemu: could not load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd'
this file exists in:
https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/contents?file=OVMF_CODE.fd&path=&name=&branch=edge
the ovmf package.
(and if it was another path, reading the code, LXD_OVMF_PATH lets you specify
the directory, in case you sourced your own ovmf firmware.)
>> Is this Alpine's bug? Or LXD upstream bug? I'm trying to run it on> "Alpine Linux v3.17".>> Best Regards,> Martin>> [1] - https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_qemu.go> --> Martin Rusko | martin.rusko@gmail.com | +46 768 598091 | +421 903 246 698
I can add that replacing /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd file form ovmf
package with the file from ubuntu/22.04 makes the "feature check" to
succeed. The size is quite different 3.5M (Alpine) vs 1.9M (Ubuntu).
I'll try to see why that is.
/Martin
On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 7:11 PM Martin Rusko <martin.rusko@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,>> when trying to create new LXD instance as a virtual machine, the> creation fails with following message:>> ~# lxc init images:alpine/3.17 alpine-test --vm> Creating alpine-test> Error: Failed instance creation: Failed creating instance record:> Instance type "virtual-machine" is not supported on this server: QEMU> failed to run feature checks>> And in the logs these two messages sheds a bit more light to it:>> level=error msg="Unable to run feature checks during QEMU> initialization: QEMU premature exit: exit status 1 (qemu: could not> load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd')"> level=warning msg="Instance type not operational" driver=qemu> err="QEMU failed to run feature checks" type=virtual-machine>> I went to check sources (see [1], function checkFeatures(hostArch int,> qemuPath string)) and they seems to run qemu-system-x86_64 like this:>> ~# qemu-system-x86_64 -S -nographic -nodefaults -no-user-config> -machine q35 -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd> qemu: could not load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd'>> Is this Alpine's bug? Or LXD upstream bug? I'm trying to run it on> "Alpine Linux v3.17".>> Best Regards,> Martin>> [1] - https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_qemu.go> --> Martin Rusko | martin.rusko@gmail.com | +46 768 598091 | +421 903 246 698
On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 3:48 AM alice <alice@ayaya.dev> wrote:
>> On Thu Jan 19, 2023 at 7:11 PM CET, Martin Rusko wrote:> > Hello,> >> > when trying to create new LXD instance as a virtual machine, the> > creation fails with following message:> >> > ~# lxc init images:alpine/3.17 alpine-test --vm> > Creating alpine-test> > Error: Failed instance creation: Failed creating instance record:> > Instance type "virtual-machine" is not supported on this server: QEMU> > failed to run feature checks> >> > And in the logs these two messages sheds a bit more light to it:> >> > level=error msg="Unable to run feature checks during QEMU> > initialization: QEMU premature exit: exit status 1 (qemu: could not> > load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd')"> > level=warning msg="Instance type not operational" driver=qemu> > err="QEMU failed to run feature checks" type=virtual-machine> >> > I went to check sources (see [1], function checkFeatures(hostArch int,> > qemuPath string)) and they seems to run qemu-system-x86_64 like this:> >> > ~# qemu-system-x86_64 -S -nographic -nodefaults -no-user-config> > -machine q35 -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd> > qemu: could not load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd'>> this file exists in:> https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/contents?file=OVMF_CODE.fd&path=&name=&branch=edge> the ovmf package.>> (and if it was another path, reading the code, LXD_OVMF_PATH lets you specify> the directory, in case you sourced your own ovmf firmware.)
I didn't get this message "qemu: could not load PC BIOS
'/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd'" because the file was missing, I had it
from the ovmf package. It just fails to load. Just bluntly replacing
it from Ubuntu makes it work. I'll try to look into LXD_OVMF_PATH, so
I'm not overwriting files from a package. Thanks!
/Martin
On Fri Jan 20, 2023 at 3:10 PM CET, Martin Rusko wrote:
> I can add that replacing /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd file form ovmf> package with the file from ubuntu/22.04 makes the "feature check" to> succeed. The size is quite different 3.5M (Alpine) vs 1.9M (Ubuntu).> I'll try to see why that is.
ah, okay, means it's broken somehow indeed.
for reference the build for it is defined in:
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/tree/community/edk2/APKBUILD> /Martin>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 7:11 PM Martin Rusko <martin.rusko@gmail.com> wrote:> >> > Hello,> >> > when trying to create new LXD instance as a virtual machine, the> > creation fails with following message:> >> > ~# lxc init images:alpine/3.17 alpine-test --vm> > Creating alpine-test> > Error: Failed instance creation: Failed creating instance record:> > Instance type "virtual-machine" is not supported on this server: QEMU> > failed to run feature checks> >> > And in the logs these two messages sheds a bit more light to it:> >> > level=error msg="Unable to run feature checks during QEMU> > initialization: QEMU premature exit: exit status 1 (qemu: could not> > load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd')"> > level=warning msg="Instance type not operational" driver=qemu> > err="QEMU failed to run feature checks" type=virtual-machine> >> > I went to check sources (see [1], function checkFeatures(hostArch int,> > qemuPath string)) and they seems to run qemu-system-x86_64 like this:> >> > ~# qemu-system-x86_64 -S -nographic -nodefaults -no-user-config> > -machine q35 -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd> > qemu: could not load PC BIOS '/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd'> >> > Is this Alpine's bug? Or LXD upstream bug? I'm trying to run it on> > "Alpine Linux v3.17".> >> > Best Regards,> > Martin> >> > [1] - https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_qemu.go> > --> > Martin Rusko | martin.rusko@gmail.com | +46 768 598091 | +421 903 246 698