override devices on container creation

[aivanise]

would it be possible to add device overriding when creating new containers, in lxd 5.19 they introduced storage mode specifying at creation time

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-19-has-been-released/39590

basically, I need to be able to do an equivalent of

lxc launch ubuntu:22.04 c1 --device root,initial.zfs.block_mode=true --device root,initial.block.filesystem=ext4

I used to do it with having a separate profile and a separate storage pool just for block mode containers, but this is a lot of overhead now that they have an option to do it at creation time

maybe as extra parameter(s) to machine types?

[turtle0x1]

Been a while, based on your PP looks like your doing well 😄

Just regained access Github, so odd timing on the request - i'll try to take a look.

Are you sticking with LXD over Incus? I'm half tempted to switch or support both but i'd be interested in hearing what the community is thinking.

[aivanise]

Heh, I had a haircut couple of months ago to look half decent on the new company website, but alas, the hair grew back and the website is still nowhere in sight ;)

Anywayy, we are still on lxd, mostly due to inertia, right now we're so swamped with work, I don't think anyone even had a proper look if incus already has anything worth looking at. As far as I can see, Stephane is porting everything from lxd to back to incus as soon as it is out, so not sure what is there to support?

[scubamuc]

@turtle0x1

Are you sticking with LXD over Incus? I'm half tempted to switch or support both but i'd be interested in hearing what the community is thinking.

I'm with @aivanise... but "never say never".

The UI that they're all working on is just not what I'm used to. Personally I'd stay with LxdMosaic and would love to see a great Project be continued.

[turtle0x1]

@scubamuc Thank you for your kind words 😄

This project isn't abandoned by any means I just haven't had much time to dedicate to it. I do have some ideas that might kick-start my motivation and tick some boxes at work, just hard to find the time - if there is a sec issue or something I'd be happy to fix that immediately.

With this particular request it just seemed quite involved and I haven't had time to review the LXD changes / scope out the changes I need to make.

[scubamuc]

@turtle0x1 thank you for a great project.

The greatest feature of LxdMosaic for my use case is snap. Having LxdMosaic available as a snap together with LXD as a snap is decisive. The ability to install LxdMosaic snap standalone on any machine for administering LXD on a dedicated machine tips the scale.