It's not really missing so much as can't start because of a kernel issue. CentOS 8 randomly dropped the required 9p kernel module in an earlier kernel release, breaking the agent. We've filed a bug but got no interest in a fast resolution from CentOS upstream unfortunately...
Stéphane On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:27 AM Sebert, Holger.ext <holger.sebert....@karlstorz.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I created a virtual machine from the image `centos/8/cloud` using the > following command: > > $ lxc launch images:centos/8/cloud centos --vm --profile default > --profile vm > > My `vm`-profile looks like this: > > config: > user.user-data: | > #cloud-config > ssh_pwauth: yes > > users: > - name: root > plain_text_passwd: "root" > lock_passwd: false > description: LXD profile for virtual machines > devices: > config: > source: cloud-init:config > type: disk > name: vm > used_by: > - /1.0/instances/centos > > Installation runs fine, but when I try to execute LXD commands, I get an > error message: > > $ lxc exec centos -- /bin/bash > Error: Failed to connect to lxd-agent > > It seems like the `lxd-agent` package is missing. > > I logged in via `lxc console centos` and searched for a `yum`-package, but > did not find > any: > > [root@centos ~]# yum search lxd-agent > Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:46 ago on Mon 12 Oct 2020 03:16:47 > PM UTC. > No matches found. > > How do I install the `lxd-agent` and make `lxc` commands from outside the VM > work? > > Best, > Holger > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users -- Stéphane _______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users