[Lxc-users] How to start the network services so as to get the IP address using lxc-execute???

[Geordy Korte]

Ok, got out of the hellish traffic jam.  Attached the Script I use to check
the IP number of a running machine.



On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Geordy Korte <gkorte at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a script that gets the from a running container, if that is what
> you need i post it tommorrow morning. If i forget ST me via the ibm network.
>
> Mvg
>
> Geordy Korte
> (Sent via iphone so shorter then normal)
>
>
> On 8 dec. 2011, at 13:59, nishant mungse <nishantmungse at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> Thanks 4 reply.
>
> I just want the IP addresses of the containers. And one more thing can I
> get the IP address of containers in sequence for eg. container1 ::
> 198.208.168.1 container 2 :: 198.208.168.2 and like this.
>
> Please help me ASAP.
>
> Regards,
> Nishant
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Greg Kurz <gkurz at fr.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 16:03 +0530, nishant mungse wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I want to manually invoke a networking setup to start the network
>> > service to get the IP address of container , But the problem is i
>> > don't want to start the container and want to use lxc-execute.
>> >
>> > When I tried these things happened::
>> >
>> > command :: lxc-execute -n base
>> > -f /home/nishant/ubuntu.conf
>> /var/lib/lxc/base1/rootfs/etc/init.d/networking start
>>
>> Ok... this can't work. lxc-execute is for application containers only:
>> it runs lxc-init instead of standard /sbin/init. The networking script
>> you invoke needs upstart to be already running in the container... You
>> seem to have a system container here, it _MUST_ be started with
>> lxc-start.
>>
>> >
>> > O/P
>> >
>> > Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the
>> > service(8)
>> > utility, e.g. service networking start
>> >
>> > Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
>> > Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start
>> > networking
>> > start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to
>> > socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
>> >
>> >
>> > How to start the network services so as to get the IP addresses of
>> > containers?
>> >
>>
>> What's your true need here ? Controlling the containers network services
>> from the host or just knowing the addresses used by the containers ? I
>> guess both are doable in a variety of ways.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Nishant
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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