Public bug reported: The nova-compute process running as "nova" needs to modify this directory but:
root@xg12:~# ls -l /var/lib/nova/instances/_base/ total 1805552 -rw-r--r-- 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 2147483648 Apr 2 17:07 1463a880811561c92d617f1b011763447e65f76f -rw-r--r-- 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 10737418240 Apr 2 17:14 1463a880811561c92d617f1b011763447e65f76f_10 -rw-r--r-- 1 libvirt-qemu kvm 21474836480 Apr 2 17:14 ephemeral_0_20_None You can see this error in the compute log: 2012-04-04 07:05:03 ERROR nova.manager [-] Error during ComputeManager._run_image_cache_manager_pass: [Errno 13] Permissio\ n denied: '/var/lib/nova/instances/_base/1463a880811561c92d617f1b011763447e65f76f' 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager Traceback (most recent call last): 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/manager.py", line 155, in periodic_ta\ sks 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager task(self, context) 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 2579, in _r\ un_image_cache_manager_pass 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager self.driver.manage_image_cache(context) 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py", line 228\ 9, in manage_image_cache 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager self.image_cache_manager.verify_base_images(context) 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/imagecache.py", line 392\ , in verify_base_images 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager self._handle_base_image(img, base_file) 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/virt/libvirt/imagecache.py", line 358\ , in _handle_base_image 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager os.utime(base_file, None) 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/nova/instances/_base/1463a88081156\ 1c92d617f1b011763447e65f76f' 2012-04-04 07:05:03 TRACE nova.manager ** Affects: nova (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973377 Title: /var/lib/nova/instances/_base has wrong permissions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/+bug/973377/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs