VM Builder

Hi,

I am very new to creating Image. I tried using vm-builder in ubunut 10.04 and stuck with following error.

root@sam-laptop:~# sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite lucid --flavour virtual --arch i386 -o --libvirt qemu:///system
2010-08-24 10:50:54,132 INFO : Calling hook: preflight_check
2010-08-24 10:50:54,143 INFO : Calling hook: set_defaults
2010-08-24 10:50:54,145 INFO : Calling hook: bootstrap
2010-08-24 10:51:12,782 ERROR : Process (['/usr/sbin/debootstrap', '--arch=i386', 'lucid', '/tmp/tmpBHdlle', 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu']) returned 1. stdout: I: Retrieving Release
E: Failed getting release file http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/Release
, stderr:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 24, in <module>
cli.main()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 110, in main
distro.build_chroot()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 82, in build_chroot
self.call_hooks('bootstrap')
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 66, in call_hooks
call_hooks(self, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 165, in call_hooks
getattr(context, func, log_no_such_method)(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/distro.py", line 142, in bootstrap
self.suite.debootstrap()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/dapper.py", line 269, in debootstrap
run_cmd(*cmd, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 120, in run_cmd
raise VMBuilderException, "Process (%s) returned %d. stdout: %s, stderr: %s" % (args.__repr__(), status, mystdout.buf, mystderr.buf)
VMBuilder.exception.VMBuilderException: Process (['/usr/sbin/debootstrap', '--arch=i386', 'lucid', '/tmp/tmpBHdlle', 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu']) returned 1. stdout: I: Retrieving Release
E: Failed getting release file http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/Release
, stderr:
root@sam-laptop:~#

I don't know what's the reason for "E: Failed getting release file http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/Release"
Kindly some one help me...


Thanks in advance..

 

Till i got the following...

root@sam-laptop:~# wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/Release
--2010-08-24 11:47:03-- http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/Release
Resolving archive.ubuntu.com... 91.189.92.166, 91.189.88.30, 91.189.88.31, ...
Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com|91.189.92.166|:80... failed: No route to host.
Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com|91.189.88.30|:80... failed: No route to host.
Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com|91.189.88.31|:80... failed: No route to host.
Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com|91.189.88.40|:80... failed: No route to host.
Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com|91.189.88.45|:80... failed: No route to host.
Connecting to archive.ubuntu.com|91.189.88.46|:80... failed: No route to host.

I am actually connected through proxy server. What should i have to do to get connected to http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/Release

 

Hi Till,

After setting up the proxy i got the following problem...

root@sam-laptop:~# export http_proxy=http://192.168.4.1:8080
root@sam-laptop:~# vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite=lucid --flavour=virtual --arch=i386 lpia --libvirt=qemu:///system --ip=192.168.4.132 --part=vmbuilder.partition --templates=mytemplates --user=sampath --name=sampath --pass=htapmas --addpkg=vim-nox --addpkg=unattended-upgrades --addpkg=acpid --firstboot /root/vm1/boot.sh --mem=256 --hostname=vm1 --bridge=br0
2010-08-25 10:09:11,534 INFO : Calling hook: preflight_check
2010-08-25 10:09:11,539 INFO : Calling hook: set_defaults
2010-08-25 10:09:11,540 INFO : Calling hook: bootstrap
2010-08-25 10:27:23,579 INFO : Calling hook: configure_os
2010-08-25 10:30:31,188 INFO : update-rc.d: warning: unattended-upgrades start runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Start values (0 6)
2010-08-25 10:30:31,188 INFO : update-rc.d: warning: unattended-upgrades stop runlevel arguments (0 6) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (none)
2010-08-25 10:30:38,181 INFO :
2010-08-25 10:30:38,181 INFO : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC'
2010-08-25 10:30:38,203 INFO : Local time is now: Wed Aug 25 05:00:38 UTC 2010.
2010-08-25 10:30:38,203 INFO : Universal Time is now: Wed Aug 25 05:00:38 UTC 2010.
2010-08-25 10:30:38,203 INFO :
2010-08-25 10:32:16,939 INFO :
2010-08-25 10:32:16,940 INFO : Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC'
2010-08-25 10:32:16,944 INFO : Local time is now: Wed Aug 25 05:02:16 UTC 2010.
2010-08-25 10:32:16,944 INFO : Universal Time is now: Wed Aug 25 05:02:16 UTC 2010.
2010-08-25 10:32:16,944 INFO : Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.
2010-08-25 10:32:16,945 INFO :
2010-08-25 10:32:41,439 INFO : start: Job is already running: network-interface-security
2010-08-25 10:32:48,971 INFO : Calling hook: post_install
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 24, in <module>
cli.main()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 116, in main
self.set_disk_layout(hypervisor)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 258, in set_disk_layout
hypervisor.optparser.error("%s parsing --part option: %s" % (errno, strerror))
AttributeError: 'KVM' object has no attribute 'optparser'


any idea as how to overcome AttributeError: 'KVM' object has no attribute 'optparser'?

 

Check that "vmbuilder.partition" exists (from "--part=vmbuilder.partition")

There's a bug on this in Ubuntu's bug tracker.

Basically, this error means that you passed a bogus value to "--part" in your vmbuilder command. In your case, you passed "vmbuilder.partition" -- make sure that file is there and is readable. (If you're sure it is, then you might try passing the full path to that file (e.g. /home/myUsername/vmbuilder.partition)).

The script is trying to be helpful and print out a more useful error message to tell you this, but it's tripping over itself and throwing an exception when doing so. See the bug I linked above for more details.