Public bug reported: nova-lxd fails to launch an instance on a compute host when the network type uses tap interfaces in stead of bridged interfaces.
We use Calico for networking, and it seems that this doesn't work for Mitaka on Xenial at least. It fails with this error: 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] Traceback (most recent call last): 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova_lxd/nova/virt/lxd/operations.py", line 555, in cleanup 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] self.unplug_vifs(instance, network_info) 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova_lxd/nova/virt/lxd/operations.py", line 335, in unplug_vifs 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] instance=instance) 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo_utils/excutils.py", line 220, in __exit__ 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] self.force_reraise() 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo_utils/excutils.py", line 196, in force_reraise 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] six.reraise(self.type_, self.value, self.tb) 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova_lxd/nova/virt/lxd/operations.py", line 328, in unplug_vifs 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] self.vif_driver.unplug(instance, viface) 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova_lxd/nova/virt/lxd/vif.py", line 191, in unplug 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] _("Unexpected vif_type=%s") % vif_type) 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] NovaException: Unexpected vif_type=tap 2017-03-13 14:57:38.365 28215 ERROR nova_lxd.nova.virt.lxd.operations [instance: beeae088-ae26-4c75-9169-1c77f98513bf] System info: Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 nova-compute-lxd: Installed: 13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 Candidate: 13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 Version table: *** 13.2.0-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 500 500 http://ubuntu-srv.ocado.com/xenial_r2 xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 13.0.0-0ubuntu3 500 500 http://ubuntu-srv.ocado.com/xenial_r2 xenial/main amd64 Packages Please let me know if you need any further info. Thanks. ** Affects: lxd (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/1672429 Title: Seems to be no support for tap interfaces - Unexpected vif_type=tap To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1672429/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs