Hi, There was no problem with apt but, I had issue using debootstrap. Had to set up the proxy settings in /etc/wgetrc. All fine now.
Thanks for the help. :) On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Michael H. Warfield <m...@wittsend.com> wrote: > Hey Tamas! > > On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 16:59 +0200, Tamas Papp wrote: > > Try this one: > > Export http_proxy="http://proxy:port/"; > > If debootstrap uses it, then it should work. > > > Also don't forget to apply apt settings in container. > > Not having tried this myself, that comment just suddenly raised a > question in my mind. Does this create an chicken and egg situation? I > know debootstrap will use it to try and build the container but does the > template then make any attempts to use the apt settings in the container > during the creation process before they can be tweaked? Seems like that > could create a problem where we're chrooting into a container rootfs. > I'm now wondering if the Fedora and CentOS templates I maintain could > have a problem there. I may have to set up a proxy to test against, > myself, for yum. > > Regards, > Mike > > > On October 9, 2014 4:47:34 PM sriram patil <spsrirampa...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > I am using lxc-create on the latest version of Linux Mint. Following > > > is the error message > > > > > > > > > > > > > sudo lxc-create -n ubuntu01 -t ubuntu > > > Checking cache download in /var/cache/lxc/precise/rootfs-amd64 ... > > > Installing packages in template: ssh,vim,language-pack-en > > > Downloading ubuntu precise minimal ... > > > I: Retrieving Release > > > E: Failed getting release file > > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release > > > lxc_container: container creation template for ubuntu01 failed > > > lxc_container: Error creating container ubuntu01 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am working behind a proxy server. All my proxy settings are fine. > > > I have aslo added the proxy details in `/etc/apt/apt.conf` using > > > `Acquire::http:Proxy="<proxy and port>";` (+https and ftp). But, it > > > did not work. > > > > > > > > > I tried changing mirror in `/etc/default/lxc` file as well. Changing > > > the MIRROR field to `http://host-ip:3142/...`. But no success. > > > > > > > > > Where does lxc-create read the proxy settings from? Where should I > > > do the configuration? Am I missing something here? Port number 22 is > > > blocked by my proxy server. Does not affect? > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Sriram > > > _______________________________________________ > > > lxc-users mailing list > > > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > _______________________________________________ > > lxc-users mailing list > > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > -- > Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 978-7061 | m...@wittsend.com > /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/ | (678) 463-0932 | > http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ > NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of > all > PGP Key: 0x674627FF | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it! > >
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