Hi Thomasz,
On 21.09.18 08:12, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > "lxc publish $container --alias $container" can take quite long even on > a server with multiple CPUs. > > This is because "gzip" is used, which can only use one CPU, i.e.: > > gzip -c -n > /var/snap/lxd/common/lxd/images/lxd_build_015181701/lxd_build_tar_202915839 > > > Is it possible to specify an alternative compression program which is > able to do parallel compression? > > I see it doesn't work for pigz: > > # lxc publish $container --alias $container --compression pigz > Error: exec: "pigz": executable file not found in $PATH > > > This is because it looks up the binary in /snap/core/4917/bin/ and pigz > does not exist there. > > > xz is able to do parallel compression (i.e. xz -T 0), but sadly, lxd is > not using it, so it's even slower than gzip: > > > # lxc publish $container --alias $container --compression xz > > > And this notation is not allowed: > > # lxc publish $container --alias $container --compression "xz -T 0" > > > Are there any possible workarounds to use parallel compression for "lxc > publish"? > > > Tomasz Chmielewski > https://lxadm.com > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users maybe not what you are looking for, but could work as workaround for the moment: mv /snap/core/4917/bin/gzip /snap/core/4917/bin/gzip_dist ln -s /usr/bin/pigz /snap/core/4917/bin/gzip Cheers, Andreas _______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users
