[Nix-dev] Nixops on headless server

[Oliver Charles]

On 23/12/13 20:06, Marco Maggesi wrote:
> I started from scratch.  This is the interaction.
> Thanks a lot,
> M.
>
> [maggesi at o0dom0:~/Devel/nixconfs/minicloud]$ nixops create
> ./logical.nix ./physical-vbox.nix --name minicloud
> created deployment 'aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb'
> aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb
>
> [maggesi at o0dom0:~/Devel/nixconfs/minicloud]$ nixops deploy -d minicloud
> webserver> creating VirtualBox VM...
> webserver> Virtual machine
> 'nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver' is created and
> registered.
> webserver> UUID: eda5fa7f-8141-40df-a9cf-9e13265d7e1f
> webserver> Settings file: '/home/maggesi/VirtualBox
> VMs/nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver/nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver.vbox'
> webserver> creating disk 'disk1'...
> webserver> 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
> webserver> Clone hard disk created in format 'VDI'. UUID:
> d9b38107-e2fe-440c-86e4-335711704dbf
> webserver> attaching disk 'disk1'...
> webserver> VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine
> 'nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver' has terminated
> unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1
> webserver> VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE
> (0x80004005), component Machine, interface IMachine
> webserver> Waiting for VM
> "nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver" to power on...
> webserver> waiting for IP
> address.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................^Cerror:
> interrupted
>
> [maggesi at o0dom0:~/Devel/nixconfs/minicloud]$ VBoxManage startvm
> nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver --type headless
> Waiting for VM "nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver"
> to power on...
> VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine
> 'nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver' has terminated
> unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1
> VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005),
> component Machine, interface IMachine
>
> [maggesi at o0dom0:~/Devel/nixconfs/minicloud]$ VBoxManage startvm
> nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver
> Waiting for VM "nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver"
> to power on...
> VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine
> 'nixops-aa84379e-6c0c-11e3-8dd5-bfd6a9bb84eb-webserver' has terminated
> unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1
> VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005),
> component Machine, interface IMachine
>
>


I think I had similar behaviour with VirtualBox, and it turned out the
internal DHCP server for VirtualBox wasn't running. I forget the
specific details, but if you Google around you should be able to find
the instructions. Could be a red herring - but worth looking into!

- ocharles
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