Use lxcbr0 as bridge

README.md

@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ Recent distributions allow lxc-start to be run by non-priviledged users, so you
 
 If you have a runaway `lxc-start` command, just use `kill -9` on it.
 
-The machine configuration requires access to br0 and assumes that the host address is 10.0.2.2:
+The machine configuration requires access to lxcbr0 and assumes that the host address is 10.0.3.1 .  If lxc does not configure lxcbr0 on boot, you can do so manually:
 
-    sudo brctl addbr br0
+    sudo brctl addbr lxcbr0
-    sudo ifconfig br0 10.0.2.2/24 up
+    sudo ifconfig lxcbr0 10.0.3.1/24 up
 
 ## Tests
 

bin/make-base-vm

@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ usage() {
   --suite U  build suite U instead of lucid
   --arch A   build architecture A (e.g. i386) instead of amd64
   --lxc      use lxc instead of kvm
-
-  The MIRROR_HOST environment variable can be used to change the
-  apt-cacher host.  It should be something that the target VM can
-  resolve.  It may be set to 127.0.0.1, in which case it will be
-  changed to 10.0.2.2 on the guest.  10.0.2.2 is the host IP as visible
-  from the guest under qemu networking.
 EOF
 }
 

etc/lxc.config.in

@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 254:0 rwm
 lxc.mount.entry=proc ROOTFS/proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
 lxc.mount.entry=sysfs ROOTFS/sys sysfs defaults  0 0
 
-# Container with network virtualized using a pre-configured bridge named br0 and
+# Container with network virtualized using a pre-configured bridge named lxcbr0
-# veth pair virtual network devices
+# and veth pair virtual network devices.
-# On the host, run: ifconfig br0 up 10.0.2.2
+# On the host, run (lxc might already have done this):
+#     ifconfig lxcbr0 up 10.0.3.1
 lxc.network.type = veth
 lxc.network.flags = up
-lxc.network.link = br0
+lxc.network.link = lxcbr0
-lxc.network.ipv4 = 10.0.2.5/24
+lxc.network.ipv4 = 10.0.3.5/24

libexec/config-lxc

@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
+if ifconfig lxcbr0 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    true
+else
+    echo "Must configure lxcbr0 - check the README"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 wd=`pwd`
 sed "s;ROOTFS;$wd/target-$LXC_SUITE-$LXC_ARCH;;s;ARCH;$LXC_ARCH;g" < etc/lxc.config.in > var/lxc.config

libexec/make-clean-vm

@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ if [ -z "$USE_LXC" ]; then
     qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file="$BASE.qcow2" "$OUT.qcow2"
 else
     cp -a $BASE $OUT
-    on-target -u root bash < target-bin/bootstrap-fixup
+    on-target -u root /root/firstboot.sh
 fi

libexec/on-target

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+set -e
+
 . gconfig
 
 TUSER=ubuntu

target-bin/bootstrap-fixup

@@ -2,5 +2,15 @@
 
 set -e
 
-echo 'deb http://10.0.2.2:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main universe' > $1/etc/apt/sources.list
+ip=`hostname --all-ip-addresses | cut -d ' ' -f1 | cut -d. -f1-3`
-echo 'deb http://10.0.2.2:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates main universe' >> $1/etc/apt/sources.list
+
+if [ $ip = "10.0.3" ]; then
+    # LXC
+    MIRROR_HOST_ON_GUEST=${MIRROR_HOST_ON_GUEST:-10.0.3.1}
+else
+    # KVM
+    MIRROR_HOST_ON_GUEST=${MIRROR_HOST_ON_GUEST:-10.0.2.2}
+fi
+
+echo "deb http://$MIRROR_HOST_ON_GUEST:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid main universe" > $1/etc/apt/sources.list
+echo "deb http://$MIRROR_HOST_ON_GUEST:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-updates main universe" >> $1/etc/apt/sources.list