Hi guix, I'm having a problem with guix system containers, but not sure if it a bug or mis-configuration. I can't start postgres shepherd service because system-log service is not starting. A permission issue on the container:
Status of system-log: It is stopped (failing). It is enabled. Provides: system-log syslogd Requires: root-file-system Will not be respawned. Failed to start at 14:40:52 (27 seconds ago). root@container /# herd start system-log herd: error: exception caught while executing 'start' on service 'system-log': In procedure open-fdes: Operation not permitted How to debug it? Someone can help me? I tried creating the container without any sharing and sharing different host folders. The issue remains always the same. Best regards, Antonio Carlos Padoan Junior <acpadoa...@yahoo.com.br> writes: > Hi, > > I hope I'm not spamming here. > > I'm trying to set up a PostgreSQL system container, starting exactly > from the example in the Guix cookbook. Unfortunately, the container's > Shepherd instance doesn't seem to activate the service — PostgreSQL is > marked as enabled but remains stopped. If I try to restart, it > freezes. I'm not sure how to debug it. Actually I can launch manually > the server once inside the container, but not from shepherd. > > Here is the log output when the container is launched: > > #+begin_example > system container is running as PID 26982 > WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides > coreRun 'sudo guix container exec 26982 /run/current-system/profile/bin/bash > --login' > or run 'sudo nsenter -a -t 26982' to get a shell into it. > > binding `delete' > WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides core > binding `delete' > making '/gnu/store/vhw97fjjqx3pnnb7majczjh2dnv9qcrq-system' the current > system... > populating /etc from /gnu/store/9vjv5vpgmws775hhzyfnpinghy9sjdbn-etc... > WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides core > binding `delete' > WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides core > binding `delete' > setting up privileged programs in '/run/privileged/bin'... > WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides core > binding `delete' > Please wait while gathering entropy to generate the key pair; > this may take time... > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user > "postgres". > This user must also own the server process. > > The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.utf8". > The default database encoding has accordingly been set to "UTF8". > The default text search configuration will be set to "english". > > Data page checksums are disabled. > > fixing permissions on existing directory /var/lib/postgresql/data ... ok > creating subdirectories ... ok > selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... posix > selecting default max_connections ... 100 > selecting default shared_buffers ... 128MB > selecting default time zone ... Europe/Oslo > creating configuration files ... ok > running bootstrap script ... ok > performing post-bootstrap initialization ... sh: line 1: locale: command > not found > 2025-04-22 10:23:14.372 CEST [20] WARNING: no usable system locales were > found > ok > syncing data to disk ... ok > > initdb: warning: enabling "trust" authentication for local connections > You can change this by editing pg_hba.conf or using the option -A, or > --auth-local and --auth-host, the next time you run initdb. > > Success. You can now start the database server using: > > /gnu/store/7dqxc5rizlqyc1s7frbnzd8wnbfpd2v6-postgresql-14.13/bin/pg_ctl > -D /var/lib/postgresql/data -l logfile start > > shepherd[1]: GNU Shepherd 1.0.3 (Guile 3.0.9, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) > shepherd[1]: Starting service root... > shepherd[1]: Service root started. > shepherd[1]: Service root running with value #<<process> id: 1 command: > #f>. > shepherd[1]: Service root has been started. > shepherd[1]: starting services... > shepherd[1]: Configuration successfully loaded from > '/gnu/store/bvjlvrpqss4rqp7wgidj5w1v9zzk11w4-shepherd.conf'. > shepherd[1]: Starting service user-file-systems... > shepherd[1]: Starting service root-file-system... > shepherd[1]: Starting service host-name... > shepherd[1]: Starting service pam... > shepherd[1]: Starting service sysctl... > shepherd[1]: Starting service log-rotation... > shepherd[1]: Starting service loopback... > shepherd[1]: Service user-file-systems started. > shepherd[1]: Service root-file-system started. > shepherd[1]: Service host-name started. > shepherd[1]: Service pam started. > shepherd[1]: Service log-rotation started. > shepherd[1]: Service user-file-systems running with value #t. > shepherd[1]: Service user-file-systems has been started. > > #+end_example > > Can anyone help me debug it? > > Best regards, -- Antonio Carlos PADOAN JUNIOR PGP fingerprint: 243F 237F 2DD3 4DCA 4EA3 1341 2481 90F9 B421 A6C9
