RunX: tech preview

theAeon

@ronan-a oop-good to know. Now I guess I need to figure out why the new image i created is exiting instead of, well, working.

Unless there's something in this command that I shouldn't be invoking.

podman create --health-cmd="wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://127.0.0.1:8080/ || exit 1" --volume=/root/mjolnir:/data:Z matrixdotorg/mjolnir

(I start it separately, later)

bc-23

Hi,

I have started to play around with this feature. I think it's a great idea
At the moment I'm running into issue on container start:

message: xenopsd internal error: Could not find BlockDevice, File, or Nbd implementation: {"implementations":[["XenDisk",{"backend_type":"9pfs","extra":{},"params":"vdi:80a85063-9b59-4fda-82c9-017be0fe967a share_dir none ///srv/runx-sr/1"}]]}

I have created the SR as described above:

uuid ( RO)                    : 968d0b84-213e-a269-3a7a-355cd54f1a1c
              name-label ( RW): runx-sr
        name-description ( RW): 
                    host ( RO): fraxcp04
      allowed-operations (SRO): VDI.introduce; unplug; plug; PBD.create; update; PBD.destroy; VDI.resize; VDI.clone; scan; VDI.snapshot; VDI.create; VDI.destroy; VDI.set_on_boot
      current-operations (SRO): 
                    VDIs (SRO): 80a85063-9b59-4fda-82c9-017be0fe967a
                    PBDs (SRO): 0d4ca926-5906-b137-a192-8b55c5b2acb6
      virtual-allocation ( RO): 0
    physical-utilisation ( RO): -1
           physical-size ( RO): -1
                    type ( RO): fsp
            content-type ( RO): 
                  shared ( RW): false
           introduced-by ( RO): <not in database>
             is-tools-sr ( RO): false
            other-config (MRW): 
               sm-config (MRO): 
                   blobs ( RO): 
     local-cache-enabled ( RO): false
                    tags (SRW): 
               clustered ( RO): false


# xe pbd-param-list uuid=0d4ca926-5906-b137-a192-8b55c5b2acb6
uuid ( RO)                  : 0d4ca926-5906-b137-a192-8b55c5b2acb6
     host ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: a6ec002d-b7c3-47d1-a9f2-18614565dd6c
             host-uuid ( RO): a6ec002d-b7c3-47d1-a9f2-18614565dd6c
       host-name-label ( RO): fraxcp04
               sr-uuid ( RO): 968d0b84-213e-a269-3a7a-355cd54f1a1c
         sr-name-label ( RO): runx-sr
         device-config (MRO): file-uri: /srv/runx-sr
    currently-attached ( RO): true
          other-config (MRW): storage_driver_domain: OpaqueRef:a194af9f-fd9e-4cb1-a99f-3ee8ad54b624

I see also that in /srv/runx-sr a symlink 1 is created, pointing to a overlay image.

The VM is in stated paused after the error above.

The template I used was a old debian PV template, where I removed the PV-bootloader and install-* attributes from other-config. What template would you recommend to use?

Any idea what could cause the error above?

Thanks,
Florian

ronan-a

@bc-23 What's your xenopsd version? We haven't updated the modified runx package of xenopsd to support runx with XCP-ng 8.2.1. It is possible that you are using the latest packages without the right patches. ^^"

So please to confirm this issue using rpm -qa | grep xenops.

bc-23

@ronan-a The server is still running on 8.2

[11:21 fraxcp04 ~]# rpm -qa | grep xenops
xenopsd-0.150.5.1-1.1.xcpng8.2.x86_64
xenopsd-xc-0.150.5.1-1.1.xcpng8.2.x86_64
xenopsd-cli-0.150.5.1-1.1.xcpng8.2.x86_64

Are the patches for this version?

ronan-a

@bc-23 You don't have the patched RPMs because there is a new hotfix in the 8.2 and 8.2.1 versions on the main branch. So the actual xenopsd package version is greater than runx... So we must build a new version of the runx packages on our side to correct this issue. We will fix that.

bc-23

@ronan-a I have seen there are updated packages, thanks
After the update I'm able to start the container/VM

matiasvl

For those that we like to try by using xe, I did this to create the correct template. I have started from a Debian 10 template, you have to replace with the correct UUID (2 VCPUs):

xe vm-install template=Debian\ Buster\ 10 new-name-label=tempforrunx sr-uuid=7c5212f3-97b2-cdeb-b735-ad26638926e3 --minimal
xe vm-param-set uuid=fc5c67c2-ee5a-4b90-8e0f-eb6ff9fdd29a HVM-boot-policy=""
xe vm-param-set uuid=fc5c67c2-ee5a-4b90-8e0f-eb6ff9fdd29a PV-args=""
xe vm-param-set VCPUs-max=2 uuid=fc5c67c2-ee5a-4b90-8e0f-eb6ff9fdd29a
xe vm-param-set VCPUs-at-startup=2 uuid=fc5c67c2-ee5a-4b90-8e0f-eb6ff9fdd29a
xe vm-disk-remove device=0 uuid=fc5c67c2-ee5a-4b90-8e0f-eb6ff9fdd29a
xe template-param-set is-a-template=true uuid=fc5c67c2-ee5a-4b90-8e0f-eb6ff9fdd29a

The template is listed when you issue xe template-list.

r3m8

Hi,

Same as @bc-23, i get the error :

message: xenopsd internal error: Could not find File, BlockDevice, or Nbd implementation: {"implementations":[["XenDisk",{"backend_type":"9pfs","extra":{},"params":"vdi:85daf561-836e-48f1-9b74-1dfef38abe9e share_dir none ///root/runx-sr/1"}]]}

This is my rpm -qa | grep xenops output (my XCP-NG is up-to-date) :

xenopsd-0.150.9-1.1.0.runx.1.xcpng8.2.x86_64
xenopsd-xc-0.150.9-1.1.0.runx.1.xcpng8.2.x86_64
xenopsd-cli-0.150.9-1.1.0.runx.1.xcpng8.2.x86_64

Is it always the runx package that causes problems ? Thanks you all

ronan-a

@r3m8 Weird, did you run a xe-toolstack-restart?

r3m8

@ronan-a We have reviewed our SR and template configuration (especially with xe vm-disk-remove device=0 setting) and it works fine (we had already done an xe-toolstack-restart to avoid restarting the hypervisor)

etomm

Hello all! After testing this and following the guidelines now my XCP-NG is no more able to run VMs.

When I restart the host and try to run a VM it complains that HVM is needed. I just checked the Bios and VT-d is enabled as all the other settings that were there before testing this out.

What can I do?

ronan-a

@etomm Could you share the full error message/trace please?

etomm

@ronan-a I could make it start again doing a yum update.

Then I think I did an error, because I tried to run the following line:

yum remove --enablerepo=epel -y qemu-dp xenopsd xenopsd-cli xenopsd-xc xcp-ng-xapi-storage runx

This killed my xapi.service. Not starting anymore. If you will tell me how to find the log I can give to you the trace

ronan-a

@etomm Why this yum remove command? You just deleted what allows to manage VMs. You can try to reinstall the packages using yum install.

etomm

@ronan-a I was in the bad assumptions that all the things that has been installed in this guide where new packages for RunX.

So when it began to give problems I went for the remove option. My bad!

Everything popped out from the fact that after that I could make the vms start again updating the packages as soon as I was starting the dockerd I was loosing connectivity in the host.

So I wanted to remove it.

jmccoy555

Been interested in this since the first blog post but never got round to trying it. Is this still a 'thing'? I'm having little luck trying to get it work and am seeing most of the errors already posted, and have tried the fixes but still no luck. I would guess I may have a template issue.......

Mainly wondering if its worth some effort or if its best to just run docker in a VM?

Thanks.

olivierlambert

Hello!

@ronan-a will guide you if you have problems on making it work

There's still some work needed to be a 100% feature complete product, in the meantime, if you want to go in production, go for the VM+container inside

jmccoy555

@olivierlambert ok, if its still planned to be a feature then I'm up for playing.... testing!!

@ronan-a is this the best way to get the template? The rest of the instructions look pretty simple to follow so I don't think I've got them wrong.....

xe vm-install template=Debian\ Buster\ 10 new-name-label=tempforrunx sr-uuid=7c5212f3-97b2-cdeb-b735-ad26638926e3 --minimal
this uuid is of the SR created by the step in the first post?

xe vm-param-set uuid=a2d46568-c9ab-7da2-57cb-d213ee9d8dfa HVM-boot-policy=""
uuid that is a result of the first step?

xe vm-param-set uuid=a2d46568-c9ab-7da2-57cb-d213ee9d8dfa PV-args=""
uuid that is a result of the first step?

xe vm-param-set VCPUs-max=2 uuid=14d91f2f-a103-da0e-51b3-21c8db307e5d
what is this uuid?

xe vm-param-set VCPUs-at-startup=2 uuid=14d91f2f-a103-da0e-51b3-21c8db307e5d
same again, where does this uuid come from?

xe vm-disk-remove device=0 uuid=cb5a6d67-07d5-b5ea-358a-7ee0d6e535af
and this one too?

xe template-param-set is-a-template=true uuid=a2d46568-c9ab-7da2-57cb-d213ee9d8dfa
uuid generated by the 1st step

Thanks.

ronan-a

@jmccoy555 said in RunX: tech preview:

this uuid is of the SR created by the step in the first post?

Right!

Regarding all xe vm-param-set/xe vm-disk-remove/xe template-param-set commands, you must use the VM UUID returned by the xe vm-install command. I edited the post regarding that.

jmccoy555

@ronan-a thanks (was obviously too late for me to think about trying that!!) but no luck

[18:36 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# xe vm-install template=Debian\ Buster\ 10 new-name-label=RunX sr-uuid=cb817299-f3ee-9d4e-dd5d-9edad6e55ed0 --minimal
b3b5efcf-e810-57ab-5482-4dba14dda0a6
[18:37 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# xe vm-param-set uuid=b3b5efcf-e810-57ab-5482-4dba14dda0a6 HVM-boot-policy=""
[18:38 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# xe vm-param-set uuid=b3b5efcf-e810-57ab-5482-4dba14dda0a6 PV-args=""
[18:38 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# xe vm-param-set uuid=b3b5efcf-e810-57ab-5482-4dba14dda0a6 VCPUs-max=2
[18:38 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# xe vm-param-set uuid=b3b5efcf-e810-57ab-5482-4dba14dda0a6 VCPUs-at-startup=2
[18:39 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# xe vm-disk-remove device=0 uuid=b3b5efcf-e810-57ab-5482-4dba14dda0a6
[18:39 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# xe template-param-set is-a-template=true uuid=b3b5efcf-e810-57ab-5482-4dba14dda0a6
[18:41 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# nano /etc/runx.conf
[18:43 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# podman container create --name archlinux archlinux
0f72916b8cca6c7c4aa68e6ebee467c0480e29e22ebbd6ec666d8385826f88b8
[18:43 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# podman start archlinux
The server failed to handle your request, due to an internal error. The given message may give details useful for debugging the problem.
message: xenopsd internal error: Could not find BlockDevice, File, or Nbd implementation: {"implementations":[["XenDisk",{"backend_type":"9pfs","extra":{},"params":"vdi:1e2e7b99-2ffe-4129-a468-96b57ab685de share_dir none ///root/runx-sr/2"}]]}
archlinux6
[18:44 bad-XCP-ng-Host-03 ~]# rpm -qa | grep xenops
xenopsd-xc-0.150.12-1.2.xcpng8.2.x86_64
xenopsd-cli-0.150.12-1.2.xcpng8.2.x86_64
xenopsd-0.150.12-1.2.xcpng8.2.x86_64

Not sure what I'm doing wrong now, or if I need an update??

When I created the SR I had to give a host-uuid. I obviously used the host that I'm installing on.