[systemd-devel] Starting a container with machinectl vs nspawn

[Yassine Chaouche]

Le 2/19/25 à 15:11, Yassine Chaouche a écrit :
> Le 2/18/25 à 11:53, Yassine Chaouche a écrit :
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have been advised to use systemd-nspawn and machinectl in place of chroot to run services from a cloned, working remote host.
> 
> Another interresting behavior is when I start it with the UID shifting feature -U
> 
> 
>    $ systemd-nspawn -bUM clone-messagerie
> 
> 
> I could wait forever (well, more than 5 minutes)
> and no login prompt would appear.
> 

when in that state,
here's what journalctl -M clone-messagerie shows when run from the host,
in case it helps diagnosing the problem:

   root at messagerie-recup[10.10.10.20] ~ # journalctl -M clone-messagerie -f
   Feb 19 15:19:20 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:22 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:23 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:24 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:25 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:27 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:28 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:29 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:30 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:32 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:33 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:34 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:35 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:37 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   Feb 19 15:19:38 messagerie-prep systemd[1]: Looping too fast. Throttling execution a little.
   ^C
   root at messagerie-recup[10.10.10.20] ~ #


Best,

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