X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?p=build.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lbuild-initvm.sh;h=48ad16ac54701d5dfb42bbc021633b44f0f4f07d;hp=fdea57ab3ec4d8e857d6c57fa6286ebf21840973;hb=2be483ffae74d1a96f8df7a22ef915c857a11b5a;hpb=84047d3f1c08703c162f4a51bd888f0eba68d7fd

diff --git a/lbuild-initvm.sh b/lbuild-initvm.sh
index fdea57ab..48ad16ac 100755
--- a/lbuild-initvm.sh
+++ b/lbuild-initvm.sh
@@ -1,95 +1,66 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # -*-shell-*-
 
+# close stdin, as with ubuntu and debian VMs this script tends to hang and wait for input ..
+0<&-
+
 #shopt -s huponexit
 
 COMMAND=$(basename $0)
 DIRNAME=$(dirname $0)
 BUILD_DIR=$(pwd)
 
-# pkgs parsing utilities
+# pkgs parsing utilities + lbuild-bridge.sh
 export PATH=$(dirname $0):$PATH
 
+# old guests have e.g. mount in /bin but this is no longer part of
+# the standard PATH in recent hosts after usrmove, so let's keep it simple
+export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/sbin
+
 . build.common
 
-DEFAULT_FCDISTRO=f20
+# xxx fixme : we pass $lxc around in functions,
+# but in fact then we use lxc_root which is a global..
+# it works, but this really is poor practice
+# we should have an lxc_root function instead
+function lxcroot () {
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    echo /vservers/$lxc
+}
+
+# XXX fixme : when creating a 32bits VM we need to call linux32 as appropriate...s
+
+DEFAULT_FCDISTRO=f29
 DEFAULT_PLDISTRO=lxc
 DEFAULT_PERSONALITY=linux64
-
-COMMAND_LBUILD="lbuild-initvm.sh"
-COMMAND_LTEST="ltest-initvm.sh"
+DEFAULT_MEMORY=3072
 
 ##########
-# when creating build boxes we use private NAT'ed addresses for the VMs
-# as per virbr0 that is taken care of by libvirt at startup
-PRIVATE_BRIDGE="virbr0"
-PRIVATE_PREFIX="192.168.122."
-PRIVATE_GATEWAY="192.168.122.1"
-# beware that changing this would break the logic of random_private_byte...
-PRIVATE_MASKLEN=24
-
-# we just try randomly in that range until a free IP address shows up
-PRIVATE_ATTEMPTS=20
-
 # constant
 PUBLIC_BRIDGE=br0
 
 # the network interface name as seen from the container
 VIF_GUEST=eth0
 
-##############################
-## stolen from tests/system/template-qemu/qemu-bridge-init
-# use /proc/net/dev instead of a hard-wired list
-function gather_interfaces () {
-    python <<EOF
-for line in file("/proc/net/dev"):
-    if ':' not in line: continue
-    ifname=line.replace(" ","").split(":")[0]
-    if ifname.find("lo")==0: continue
-    if ifname.find("br")==0: continue
-    if ifname.find("virbr")==0: continue
-    if ifname.find("tap")==0: continue
-    print ifname
-EOF
-}
-
-function discover_interface () {
-    for ifname in $(gather_interfaces); do
-	ip link show $ifname | grep -qi 'state UP' && { echo $ifname; return; }
-    done
-    # still not found ? that's bad
-    echo unknown
-}
-########## check for a free IP
-function ip_is_busy () {
-    target=$1; shift
-    ping -c 1 -W 1 $target >& /dev/null
-}
-
-function random_private_byte () {
-    for attempt in $(seq $PRIVATE_ATTEMPTS); do
-	byte=$(($RANDOM % 256))
-	if [ "$byte" == 0 -o "$byte" == 1 ] ; then continue; fi
-	ip=${PRIVATE_PREFIX}${byte}
-	ip_is_busy $ip || { echo $byte; return; }
-    done
-    echo "Cannot seem to find a free IP address in range ${PRIVATE_PREFIX}.xx/24 after $PRIVATE_ATTEMPTS attempts - exiting"
-    exit 1
-}
+##########
+FEDORA_MIRROR="http://mirror.onelab.eu/"
+FEDORA_MIRROR_KEYS="http://mirror.onelab.eu/keys/"
+FEDORA_PREINSTALLED="dnf dnf-yum passwd rsyslog vim-minimal dhclient chkconfig rootfiles policycoreutils openssh-server openssh-clients"
+DEBIAN_PREINSTALLED="openssh-server openssh-client"
 
-########## networking -- ctd
+########## networking utilities
 function gethostbyname () {
-    hostname=$1
+    local hostname=$1
     python -c "import socket; print socket.gethostbyname('"$hostname"')" 2> /dev/null
 }
 
 # e.g. 21 -> 255.255.248.0
 function masklen_to_netmask () {
-    masklen=$1; shift
+    local masklen=$1; shift
     python <<EOF
 import sys
 masklen=$masklen
-if not (masklen>=1 and masklen<=32): 
+if not (masklen>=1 and masklen<=32):
   print "Wrong masklen",masklen
   exit(1)
 result=[]
@@ -101,139 +72,54 @@ for i in range(4):
        result.append(masklen)
        masklen=0
 print ".".join([ str(256-2**(8-i)) for i in result ])
-  
-EOF
-}
-
-#################### bridge initialization
-function create_bridge_if_needed() {
-   
-    # turn on verbosity
-    set -x
-
-    # already created ? - we're done
-    ip addr show $PUBLIC_BRIDGE >& /dev/null && {
-	echo "Bridge already set up - skipping create_bridge_if_needed"
-	return 0
-    }
-
-    # find out the physical interface to bridge onto
-    if_lan=$(discover_interface)
-
-    ip addr show $if_lan &>/dev/null || {
-        echo "Cannot use interface $if_lan - exiting"
-        exit 1
-    }
-
-    #################### bride initialization
-    check_yum_installed bridge-utils
-
-    echo "========== $COMMAND: entering create_bridge - beg"
-    hostname
-    uname -a
-    ip addr show
-    ip route
-    echo "========== $COMMAND: entering create_bridge - end"
-
-    # disable netfilter calls for bridge interface (they cause panick on 2.6.35 anyway)
-    #
-    # another option would be to accept the all forward packages for
-    # bridged interface like: -A FORWARD -m physdev --physdev-is-bridged -j ACCEPT
-    sysctl net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables=0
-    sysctl net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables=0
-    sysctl net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables=0
-
-    
-    #Getting host IP/masklen
-    address=$(ip addr show $if_lan | grep -v inet6 | grep inet | head --lines=1 | awk '{print $2;}')
-    [ -z "$address" ] && { echo "ERROR: Could not determine IP address for $if_lan" ; exit 1 ; }
-
-    broadcast=$(ip addr show $if_lan | grep -v inet6 | grep inet | head --lines=1 | awk '{print $4;}')
-    [ -z "$broadcast" ] && echo "WARNING: Could not determine broadcast address for $if_lan"
-
-    gateway=$(ip route show | grep default | awk '{print $3;}')
-    [ -z "$gateway" ] && echo "WARNING: Could not determine gateway IP"
-
-
-    # creating the bridge
-    echo "Creating bridge PUBLIC_BRIDGE=$PUBLIC_BRIDGE"
-    brctl addbr $PUBLIC_BRIDGE
-    brctl addif $PUBLIC_BRIDGE $if_lan
-    echo "Activating promiscuous mode if_lan=$if_lan"
-    ip link set $if_lan up promisc on
-    sleep 2
-    # rely on dhcp to re assign IP.. 
-    echo "Starting dhclient on $PUBLIC_BRIDGE"
-    dhclient $PUBLIC_BRIDGE
-    sleep 1
-
-    #Reconfigure the routing table
-    echo "Configuring gateway=$gateway"
-    ip route add default via $gateway dev $PUBLIC_BRIDGE
-    ip route del default via $gateway dev $if_lan
-    # at this point we have an extra route like e.g.
-    ## ip route show
-    #default via 138.96.112.250 dev br0
-    #138.96.112.0/21 dev em1  proto kernel  scope link  src 138.96.112.57
-    #138.96.112.0/21 dev br0  proto kernel  scope link  src 138.96.112.57
-    #192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.122.1
-    route_dest=$(ip route show | grep -v default | grep "dev $PUBLIC_BRIDGE" | awk '{print $1;}')
-    ip route del $route_dest dev $if_lan
-
-    echo "========== $COMMAND: exiting create_bridge - beg"
-    ip addr show
-    ip route show
-    echo "========== $COMMAND: exiting create_bridge - end"
-
-    # for safety
-    sleep 3
-    return 0
 
+EOF
 }
 
 ##############################
-# return yum or debootstrap
+# return dnf or debootstrap
 function package_method () {
-    fcdistro=$1; shift
+    local fcdistro=$1; shift
     case $fcdistro in
-	f[0-9]*|centos[0-9]*|sl[0-9]*) echo yum ;;
-	squeeze|wheezy|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy) echo debootstrap ;;
-	*) echo Unknown distro $fcdistro ;;
-    esac 
+        f[0-9]*|centos[0-9]*|sl[0-9]*)
+            echo dnf ;;
+        wheezy|jessie|precise|trusty|utopic|vivid|wily|xenial)
+            echo debootstrap ;;
+        *)
+            echo Unknown distro $fcdistro ;;
+    esac
 }
 
 # return arch from debian distro and personality
 function canonical_arch () {
-    personality=$1; shift
-    fcdistro=$1; shift
+    local personality=$1; shift
+    local fcdistro=$1; shift
     case $(package_method $fcdistro) in
-	yum)
-	    case $personality in *32) echo i386 ;; *64) echo x86_64 ;; *) echo Unknown-arch-1 ;; esac ;;
-	debootstrap)
-	    case $personality in *32) echo i386 ;; *64) echo amd64 ;; *) echo Unknown-arch-2 ;; esac ;;
-	*)
-	    echo Unknown-arch-3 ;;
+        dnf)
+            case $personality in
+                *32) echo i386 ;;
+                *64) echo x86_64 ;;
+                *) echo Unknown-arch-1 ;;
+            esac ;;
+        debootstrap)
+            case $personality in
+                *32) echo i386 ;;
+                *64) echo amd64 ;;
+                *) echo Unknown-arch-2 ;;
+            esac ;;
+        *)
+            echo Unknown-arch-3 ;;
     esac
 }
 
 # the new test framework creates /timestamp in /vservers/<name> *before* populating it
-function almost_empty () { 
-    dir="$1"; shift ; 
+function almost_empty () {
+    local dir="$1"; shift ;
     # non existing is fine
-    [ ! -d $dir ] && return 0; 
+    [ ! -d $dir ] && return 0;
     # need to have at most one file
-    count=$(cd $dir; ls | wc -l); [ $count -le 1 ]; 
-}
-
-##############################
-function check_yum_installed () {
-    package=$1; shift
-    rpm -q $package >& /dev/null || yum -y install $package
-}
-
-function check_yumgroup_installed () {
-    group="$1"; shift
-    yum grouplist "$group" | grep -q Installed || { yum -y groupinstall "$group" ; }
+    local count=$(cd $dir; ls | wc -l)
+    [ $count -le 1 ]
 }
 
 ##############################
@@ -241,35 +127,42 @@ function fedora_install() {
     set -x
     set -e
 
-    mkdir -p /var/lock/subsys/
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
+
+    local cache=/var/cache/lxc/fedora/$arch/${fedora_release}
+    mkdir -p $cache
+
     (
-        flock -n -x 200 || { echo "Cache repository is busy." ; return 1 ; }
+        flock --exclusive --timeout 60 200 || { echo "Cache repository is busy." ; return 1 ; }
 
         if [ ! -e "$cache/rootfs" ]; then
             echo "Getting cache download in $cache/rootfs ... "
-            fedora_download || { echo "Failed to download 'fedora base'"; return 1; }
+            fedora_download $cache || { echo "Failed to download 'fedora base'"; return 1; }
         else
             echo "Updating cache $cache/rootfs ..."
-	    if ! yum --installroot $cache/rootfs -y --nogpgcheck update ; then
+            if ! dnf --installroot $cache/rootfs --releasever ${fedora_release} -y --nogpgcheck update ; then
                 echo "Failed to update 'fedora base', continuing with last known good cache"
             else
                 echo "Update finished"
             fi
         fi
 
-        echo "Copy $cache/rootfs to $rootfs_path ... "
-	mkdir -p $rootfs_path
-	rsync -a $cache/rootfs/ $rootfs_path/
-	
+        echo "Filling $lxc_root from $cache/rootfs ... "
+        rsync -a $cache/rootfs/ $lxc_root/
+
         return 0
 
-        ) 200>/var/lock/subsys/lxc
+        ) 200> $cache/lock
 
     return $?
 }
 
 function fedora_download() {
     set -x
+
+    local cache=$1; shift
+
     # check the mini fedora was not already downloaded
     INSTALL_ROOT=$cache/partial
     echo $INSTALL_ROOT
@@ -279,55 +172,60 @@ function fedora_download() {
 
     mkdir -p $INSTALL_ROOT || { echo "Failed to create '$INSTALL_ROOT' directory" ; return 1; }
 
-    mkdir -p $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/yum.repos.d   
+    mkdir -p $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/yum.repos.d
     mkdir -p $INSTALL_ROOT/dev
     mknod -m 0444 $INSTALL_ROOT/dev/random c 1 8
     mknod -m 0444 $INSTALL_ROOT/dev/urandom c 1 9
 
     # copy yum config and repo files
     cp /etc/yum.conf $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/
-    cp /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora* $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/yum.repos.d/
+    cp /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora{,-updates}.repo $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/yum.repos.d/
 
-    # append fedora repo files with desired $release and $basearch
+    # append fedora repo files with desired ${fedora_release} and $basearch
     for f in $INSTALL_ROOT/etc/yum.repos.d/* ; do
-      sed -i "s/\$basearch/$arch/g; s/\$releasever/$release/g;" $f
-    done 
-
-    MIRROR_URL=http://mirror.onelab.eu/fedora/releases/$release/Everything/$arch/os
-    RELEASE_URL1="$MIRROR_URL/Packages/fedora-release-$release-1.noarch.rpm"
-    # with fedora18 the rpms are scattered by first name
-    RELEASE_URL2="$MIRROR_URL/Packages/f/fedora-release-$release-1.noarch.rpm"
-    RELEASE_TARGET=$INSTALL_ROOT/fedora-release-$release.noarch.rpm
-    found=""
-    for attempt in $RELEASE_URL1 $RELEASE_URL2; do
-	if curl -f $attempt -o $RELEASE_TARGET ; then
-	    echo "Retrieved $attempt"
-	    found=true
-	    break
-	else
-	    echo "Failed attempt $attempt"
-	fi
+      sed -i "s/\$basearch/$arch/g; s/\$releasever/${fedora_release}/g;" $f
+    done
+
+    MIRROR_URL=$FEDORA_MIRROR/fedora/releases/${fedora_release}/Everything/$arch/os
+    # since fedora18 the rpms are scattered by first name
+    # first try the second version of fedora-release first
+    RELEASE_URLS=""
+    local subindex
+    for subindex in 3 2 1; do
+        RELEASE_URLS="$RELEASE_URLS $MIRROR_URL/Packages/f/fedora-release-${fedora_release}-${subindex}.noarch.rpm"
+    done
+
+    RELEASE_TARGET=$INSTALL_ROOT/fedora-release-${fedora_release}.noarch.rpm
+    local found=""
+    local attempt
+    for attempt in $RELEASE_URLS; do
+        if curl --silent --fail $attempt -o $RELEASE_TARGET; then
+            echo "Successfully Retrieved $attempt"
+            found=true
+            break
+        else
+            echo "Failed (not to worry about) with attempt $attempt"
+        fi
     done
     [ -n "$found" ] || { echo "Could not retrieve fedora-release rpm - exiting" ; exit 1; }
-    
+
     mkdir -p $INSTALL_ROOT/var/lib/rpm
     rpm --root $INSTALL_ROOT  --initdb
     # when installing f12 this apparently is already present, so ignore result
-    rpm --root $INSTALL_ROOT -ivh $INSTALL_ROOT/fedora-release-$release.noarch.rpm || :
+    rpm --root $INSTALL_ROOT -ivh $INSTALL_ROOT/fedora-release-${fedora_release}.noarch.rpm || :
     # however f12 root images won't get created on a f18 host
     # (the issue here is the same as the one we ran into when dealing with a vs-box)
     # in a nutshell, in f12 the glibc-common and filesystem rpms have an apparent conflict
-    # >>> file /usr/lib/locale from install of glibc-common-2.11.2-3.x86_64 conflicts 
+    # >>> file /usr/lib/locale from install of glibc-common-2.11.2-3.x86_64 conflicts
     #          with file from package filesystem-2.4.30-2.fc12.x86_64
-    # in fact this was - of course - allowed by f12's rpm but later on a fix was made 
+    # in fact this was - of course - allowed by f12's rpm but later on a fix was made
     #   http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=cf1095648194104a81a58abead05974a5bfa3b9a
     # So ideally if we want to be able to build f12 images from f18 we need an rpm that has
     # this patch undone, like we have in place on our f14 boxes (our f14 boxes need a f18-like rpm)
 
-    YUM="yum --installroot=$INSTALL_ROOT --nogpgcheck -y"
-    PKG_LIST="yum initscripts passwd rsyslog vim-minimal dhclient chkconfig rootfiles policycoreutils openssh-server openssh-clients"
-    echo "$YUM install $PKG_LIST"
-    $YUM install $PKG_LIST || { echo "Failed to download rootfs, aborting." ; return 1; }
+    DNF="dnf --installroot=$INSTALL_ROOT --releasever=${fedora_release} --nogpgcheck -y"
+    echo "$DNF install $FEDORA_PREINSTALLED"
+    $DNF install $FEDORA_PREINSTALLED || { echo "Failed to download rootfs, aborting." ; return 1; }
 
     mv "$INSTALL_ROOT" "$cache/rootfs"
     echo "Download complete."
@@ -341,30 +239,23 @@ function fedora_configure() {
     set -x
     set -e
 
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local fcdistro=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
+
     # disable selinux in fedora
-    mkdir -p $rootfs_path/selinux
-    echo 0 > $rootfs_path/selinux/enforce
+    mkdir -p $lxc_root/selinux
+    echo 0 > $lxc_root/selinux/enforce
 
-    # set the hostname
-    case "$fcdistro" in 
-	f18|f2?)
-	    cat <<EOF > ${rootfs_path}/etc/hostname
-$GUEST_HOSTNAME
-EOF
-	    echo ;;
-	*)
-            cat <<EOF > ${rootfs_path}/etc/sysconfig/network
+    # enable networking and set hostname
+    cat <<EOF > ${lxc_root}/etc/sysconfig/network
 NETWORKING=yes
-HOSTNAME=$GUEST_HOSTNAME
 EOF
-            # set minimal hosts
-	    cat <<EOF > $rootfs_path/etc/hosts
-127.0.0.1 localhost $GUEST_HOSTNAME
+    cat <<EOF > ${lxc_root}/etc/hostname
+$GUEST_HOSTNAME
 EOF
-	    echo ;;
-    esac
 
-    dev_path="${rootfs_path}/dev"
+    local dev_path="${lxc_root}/dev"
     rm -rf $dev_path
     mkdir -p $dev_path
     mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/null c 1 3
@@ -384,153 +275,152 @@ EOF
     mknod -m 600 ${dev_path}/initctl p
     mknod -m 666 ${dev_path}/ptmx c 5 2
 
-    if [ "$(echo $fcdistro | cut -d"f" -f2)" -le "14" ]; then
-	fedora_configure_init
-    else
-	fedora_configure_systemd
-    fi
+    fedora_configure_systemd $lxc
 
-    guest_ifcfg=${rootfs_path}/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$VIF_GUEST
-    ( [ -n "$BUILD_MODE" ] && write_guest_ifcfg_build || write_guest_ifcfg_test ) > $guest_ifcfg
+    local guest_ifcfg=${lxc_root}/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-$VIF_GUEST
+    mkdir -p $(dirname ${guest_ifcfg})
+    # starting with f27, we go for NetworkManager
+    # no more NM_CONTROLLED nonsense
+    if [ -n "$NAT_MODE" ]; then
+        write_guest_ifcfg_natip
+    else
+        write_guest_ifcfg_publicip
+    fi > $guest_ifcfg
 
-    fedora_configure_yum $lxc $fcdistro $pldistro
+    [ -z "$IMAGE" ] && fedora_configure_yum $lxc $fcdistro $pldistro
 
     return 0
 }
 
-function fedora_configure_init() {
-    set -e
-    set -x
-    sed -i 's|.sbin.start_udev||' ${rootfs_path}/etc/rc.sysinit
-    sed -i 's|.sbin.start_udev||' ${rootfs_path}/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
-    # don't mount devpts, for pete's sake
-    sed -i 's/^.*dev.pts.*$/#\0/' ${rootfs_path}/etc/rc.sysinit
-    sed -i 's/^.*dev.pts.*$/#\0/' ${rootfs_path}/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
-    chroot ${rootfs_path} chkconfig udev-post off
-    chroot ${rootfs_path} chkconfig network on
-}
-
 # this code of course is for guests that do run on systemd
 function fedora_configure_systemd() {
     set -e
     set -x
-    # so ignore if we can't find /etc/systemd at all 
-    [ -d ${rootfs_path}/etc/systemd ] || return 0
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
+
+    # so ignore if we can't find /etc/systemd at all
+    [ -d ${lxc_root}/etc/systemd ] || return 0
     # otherwise let's proceed
-    ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target ${rootfs_path}/etc/systemd/system/default.target
-    touch ${rootfs_path}/etc/fstab
-    ln -sf /dev/null ${rootfs_path}/etc/systemd/system/udev.service
-# Thierry - Feb 2013
-# this was intended for f16 initially, in order to enable getty that otherwise would not start
-# having a getty running is helpful only if ssh won't start though, and we see a correlation between
-# VM's that refuse to lxc-stop and VM's that run crazy getty's
+    ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target ${lxc_root}/etc/systemd/system/default.target
+    touch ${lxc_root}/etc/fstab
+    ln -sf /dev/null ${lxc_root}/etc/systemd/system/udev.service
+# Thierry - Feb 2013 relying on getty is looking for trouble
 # so, turning getty off for now instead
-#   #dependency on a device unit fails it specially that we disabled udev
-#    sed -i 's/After=dev-%i.device/After=/' ${rootfs_path}/lib/systemd/system/getty\@.service
-    ln -sf /dev/null ${rootfs_path}/etc/systemd/system/"getty@.service"
-    rm -f ${rootfs_path}/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/*service || :
+#    sed -i 's/After=dev-%i.device/After=/' ${lxc_root}/lib/systemd/system/getty\@.service
+    ln -sf /dev/null ${lxc_root}/etc/systemd/system/"getty@.service"
+    rm -f ${lxc_root}/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/*service || :
 # can't seem to handle this one with systemctl
-    chroot ${rootfs_path} chkconfig network on
+    chroot ${lxc_root} $personality chkconfig network on
 }
 
 # overwrite container yum config
 function fedora_configure_yum () {
-    set -x 
-    set -e 
+    set -x
+    set -e
     trap failure ERR INT
 
-    lxc=$1; shift
-    fcdistro=$1; shift
-    pldistro=$1; shift
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local fcdistro=$1; shift
+    local pldistro=$1; shift
 
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
     # rpm --rebuilddb
-    chroot $rootfs_path rpm --rebuilddb
+    chroot ${lxc_root} $personality rpm --rebuilddb
 
     echo "Initializing yum.repos.d in $lxc"
-    rm -f $rootfs_path/etc/yum.repos.d/*
+    rm -f $lxc_root/etc/yum.repos.d/*
 
-    cat > $rootfs_path/etc/yum.repos.d/building.repo <<EOF
-[fedora]
-name=Fedora $release - $arch
-baseurl=http://mirror.onelab.eu/fedora/releases/$release/Everything/$arch/os/
-enabled=1
-metadata_expire=7d
-gpgcheck=1
-gpgkey=http://mirror.onelab.eu/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$release-primary
+    # use mirroring/ stuff instead of a hard-wired config
+    local repofile=$lxc_root/etc/yum.repos.d/building.repo
+    yumconf_mirrors $repofile ${DIRNAME} $fcdistro \
+        "" $FEDORA_MIRROR
+    # the keys stuff requires adjustment though
+    sed -i $repofile -e s,'gpgkey=.*',"gpgkey=${FEDORA_MIRROR_KEYS}/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-${fedora_release}-primary,"
 
-[updates]
-name=Fedora $release - $arch - Updates
-baseurl=http://mirror.onelab.eu/fedora/updates/$release/$arch/
-enabled=1
-metadata_expire=7d
-gpgcheck=1
-gpgkey=http://mirror.onelab.eu/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-$release-primary
-EOF
-    
-    # for using vtest-init-lxc.sh as a general-purpose lxc creation wrapper
+    # import fedora key so that gpgckeck does not whine or require stdin
+    # required since fedora24
+    rpm --root $lxc_root --import $FEDORA_MIRROR_KEYS/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-${fedora_release}-primary
+
+    # for using this script as a general-purpose lxc creation wrapper
     # just mention 'none' as the repo url
     if [ -n "$REPO_URL" ] ; then
-	if [ ! -d $rootfs_path/etc/yum.repos.d ] ; then
-	    echo "WARNING : cannot create myplc repo"
-	else
-            # exclude kernel from fedora repos 
-	    yumexclude=$(pl_plcyumexclude $fcdistro $pldistro $DIRNAME)
-	    for repo in $rootfs_path/etc/yum.repos.d/* ; do
-		[ -f $repo ] && yumconf_exclude $repo "exclude=$yumexclude" 
-	    done
-	    # the build repo is not signed at this stage
-	    cat > $rootfs_path/etc/yum.repos.d/myplc.repo <<EOF
+        if [ ! -d $lxc_root/etc/yum.repos.d ] ; then
+            echo "WARNING : cannot create myplc repo"
+        else
+            # exclude kernel from fedora repos
+            yumexclude=$(pl_plcyumexclude $fcdistro $pldistro $DIRNAME)
+            for repo in $lxc_root/etc/yum.repos.d/* ; do
+                [ -f $repo ] && yumconf_exclude $repo "exclude=$yumexclude"
+            done
+            # the build repo is not signed at this stage
+            cat > $lxc_root/etc/yum.repos.d/myplc.repo <<EOF
 [myplc]
 name= MyPLC
 baseurl=$REPO_URL
 enabled=1
 gpgcheck=0
 EOF
-	fi
+        fi
     fi
-}    
+}
 
 ##############################
+# apparently ubuntu exposes a mirrors list by country at
+# http://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt
 # need to specify the right mirror for debian variants like ubuntu and the like
 function debian_mirror () {
-    fcdistro=$1; shift
+    local fcdistro=$1; shift
     case $fcdistro in
-	squeeze|wheezy) 
-	    echo http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/ ;;
-	oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy) 
-	    echo http://mir1.ovh.net/ubuntu/ubuntu/ ;;
-	*) echo unknown distro $fcdistro; exit 1;;
+        wheezy|jessie)
+            echo http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/ ;;
+        precise|trusty|utopic|vivid|wily|xenial)
+            echo http://www-ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/Ubuntu/archive/ ;;
+        *) echo unknown distro $fcdistro; exit 1;;
     esac
 }
 
 function debian_install () {
     set -e
     set -x
-    mkdir -p $rootfs_path
-    arch=$(canonical_arch $personality $fcdistro)
-    mirror=$(debian_mirror $fcdistro)
-    debootstrap --arch $arch $fcdistro $rootfs_path $mirror
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
+    mkdir -p $lxc_root
+    local arch=$(canonical_arch $personality $fcdistro)
+    local mirror=$(debian_mirror $fcdistro)
+    debootstrap --no-check-gpg --arch $arch $fcdistro $lxc_root $mirror
+    # just like with fedora we ensure a few packages get installed as well
+    # not started yet
+    #virsh -c lxc:/// lxc-enter-namespace $lxc /usr/bin/$personality /bin/bash -c "apt-get update"
+    #virsh -c lxc:/// lxc-enter-namespace $lxc /usr/bin/$personality /bin/bash -c "apt-get -y install $DEBIAN_PREINSTALLED"
+    chroot ${lxc_root} $personality apt-get update
+    chroot ${lxc_root} $personality apt-get -y install $DEBIAN_PREINSTALLED
+    # configure hostname
+    cat <<EOF > ${lxc_root}/etc/hostname
+$GUEST_HOSTNAME
+EOF
+
 }
 
 function debian_configure () {
-    guest_interfaces=${rootfs_path}/etc/network/interfaces
-    ( [ -n "$BUILD_MODE" ] && write_guest_interfaces_build || write_guest_interfaces_test ) > $guest_interfaces
+    local guest_interfaces=${lxc_root}/etc/network/interfaces
+    ( [ -n "$NAT_MODE" ] && write_guest_interfaces_natip || write_guest_interfaces_publicip ) > $guest_interfaces
 }
 
-function write_guest_interfaces_build () {
+function write_guest_interfaces_natip () {
     cat <<EOF
 auto $VIF_GUEST
 iface $VIF_GUEST inet dhcp
 EOF
 }
 
-function write_guest_interfaces_test () {
+function write_guest_interfaces_publicip () {
     cat <<EOF
 auto $VIF_GUEST
-iface $VIF_GUEST
-    address $IP
-    netmask $NETMASK
-    gateway $GATEWAY
+iface $VIF_GUEST inet static
+address $GUEST_IP
+netmask $NETMASK
+gateway $GATEWAY
 EOF
 }
 ##############################
@@ -540,57 +430,82 @@ function setup_lxc() {
     set -e
     #trap failure ERR INT
 
-    lxc=$1; shift
-    fcdistro=$1; shift
-    pldistro=$1; shift
-    personality=$1; shift
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local fcdistro=$1; shift
+    local pldistro=$1; shift
+    local personality=$1; shift
+
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
+
+    # create lxc container
 
-    # create lxc container 
-    
     pkg_method=$(package_method $fcdistro)
     case $pkg_method in
-	yum)
-	    fedora_install || { echo "failed to install fedora root image"; exit 1 ; }
-	    fedora_configure || { echo "failed to configure fedora for a container"; exit 1 ; }
-	    ;;
-	debootstrap)
-	    debian_install || { echo "failed to install debian/ubuntu root image"; exit 1 ; }
-	    debian_configure || { echo "failed to configure debian/ubuntu for a container"; exit 1 ; }
-	    ;;
-	*)
-	    echo "$COMMAND:: unknown package_method - exiting"
-	    exit 1
-	    ;;
+        dnf)
+            if [ -z "$IMAGE" ]; then
+                fedora_install $lxc ||  { echo "failed to install fedora root image"; exit 1 ; }
+                # this appears to be safer; observed in Jan. 2016 on a f23 host and a f14 cached image
+                # we were getting this message when attempting the first chroot dnf install
+                # rpmdb: Program version 4.8 doesn't match environment version 5.3
+                chroot $(lxcroot $lxc) $personality rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db.00{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
+                chroot $(lxcroot $lxc) $personality rpm --rebuilddb
+            fi
+            fedora_configure $lxc $fcdistro || { echo "failed to configure fedora for a container"; exit 1 ; }
+            ;;
+        debootstrap)
+            if [ -z "$IMAGE" ]; then
+                debian_install $lxc || { echo "failed to install debian/ubuntu root image"; exit 1 ; }
+            fi
+            debian_configure || { echo "failed to configure debian/ubuntu for a container"; exit 1 ; }
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "$COMMAND:: unknown package_method - exiting"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
     esac
 
     # Enable cgroup -- xxx -- is this really useful ?
-    mkdir $rootfs_path/cgroup
-    
-    # set up resolv.conf
-    cp /etc/resolv.conf $rootfs_path/etc/resolv.conf
-    # and /etc/hosts for at least localhost
-    [ -f $rootfs_path/etc/hosts ] || echo "127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain" > $rootfs_path/etc/hosts
-    
+    [ -d $lxc_root/cgroup ] || mkdir $lxc_root/cgroup
+
+    ### set up resolv.conf from host
+    # ubuntu precise and on, /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink to ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf
+    [ -h $lxc_root/etc/resolv.conf ] && rm -f $lxc_root/etc/resolv.conf
+    cp /etc/resolv.conf $lxc_root/etc/resolv.conf
+    ### and /etc/hosts for at least localhost
+    [ -f $lxc_root/etc/hosts ] || echo "127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain" > $lxc_root/etc/hosts
+
     # grant ssh access from host to guest
-    mkdir $rootfs_path/root/.ssh
-    cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> $rootfs_path/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-    
+    mkdir -p $lxc_root/root/.ssh
+    cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> $lxc_root/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+    chmod 700 $lxc_root/root/.ssh
+    chmod 600 $lxc_root/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
     # don't keep the input xml, this can be retrieved at all times with virsh dumpxml
-    config_xml=$tmp/$lxc.xml
-    ( [ -n "$BUILD_MODE" ] && write_lxc_xml_build $lxc || write_lxc_xml_test $lxc ) > $config_xml
-    
+    local config_xml=/tmp/$lxc.xml
+    ( [ -n "$NAT_MODE" ] && write_lxc_xml_natip $lxc || write_lxc_xml_publicip $lxc ) > $config_xml
+
     # define lxc container for libvirt
     virsh -c lxc:/// define $config_xml
 
     return 0
 }
 
-function write_lxc_xml_test () {
-    lxc=$1; shift
+# this part does not belong in a domain any more
+# but goes in a network object of its own existence
+#      <network>
+#        <name>host-bridge</name>
+#        <forward mode="bridge"/>
+#        <bridge name="br0"/>
+#      </network>
+#
+
+function write_lxc_xml_publicip () {
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
     cat <<EOF
 <domain type='lxc'>
   <name>$lxc</name>
-  <memory>524288</memory>
+  <memory>$MEMORY</memory>
   <os>
     <type arch='$arch2'>exe</type>
     <init>/sbin/init</init>
@@ -606,7 +521,7 @@ function write_lxc_xml_test () {
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator>
     <filesystem type='mount'>
-      <source dir='$rootfs_path'/>
+      <source dir='$lxc_root'/>
       <target dir='/'/>
     </filesystem>
     <interface type="bridge">
@@ -615,27 +530,27 @@ function write_lxc_xml_test () {
     </interface>
     <console type='pty' />
   </devices>
-  <network>
-    <name>host-bridge</name>
-    <forward mode="bridge"/>
-    <bridge name="$PUBLIC_BRIDGE"/>
-  </network>
 </domain>
 EOF
 }
 
-function write_lxc_xml_build () { 
-    lxc=$1; shift
+# grant build guests the ability to do mknods
+function write_lxc_xml_natip () {
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
     cat <<EOF
 <domain type='lxc'>
   <name>$lxc</name>
-  <memory>524288</memory>
+  <memory>$MEMORY</memory>
   <os>
     <type arch='$arch2'>exe</type>
     <init>/sbin/init</init>
   </os>
   <features>
     <acpi/>
+    <capabilities policy='default'>
+      <mknod state='on'/>
+    </capabilities>
   </features>
   <vcpu>1</vcpu>
   <clock offset='utc'/>
@@ -645,7 +560,7 @@ function write_lxc_xml_build () {
   <devices>
     <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator>
     <filesystem type='mount'>
-      <source dir='$rootfs_path'/>
+      <source dir='$lxc_root'/>
       <target dir='/'/>
     </filesystem>
     <interface type="network">
@@ -658,199 +573,177 @@ EOF
 }
 
 # this one is dhcp-based
-function write_guest_ifcfg_build () {
+function write_guest_ifcfg_natip () {
     cat <<EOF
 DEVICE=$VIF_GUEST
 BOOTPROTO=dhcp
 ONBOOT=yes
-NM_CONTROLLED=no
 TYPE=Ethernet
 MTU=1500
 EOF
 }
 
-# use fixed IP as specified by GUEST_HOSTNAME
-function write_guest_ifcfg_test () {
+# use fixed GUEST_IP as specified by GUEST_HOSTNAME
+function write_guest_ifcfg_publicip () {
     cat <<EOF
 DEVICE=$VIF_GUEST
 BOOTPROTO=static
 ONBOOT=yes
 HOSTNAME=$GUEST_HOSTNAME
-IPADDR=$IP
+IPADDR=$GUEST_IP
 NETMASK=$NETMASK
 GATEWAY=$GATEWAY
-NM_CONTROLLED=no
 TYPE=Ethernet
 MTU=1500
 EOF
 }
 
-function devel_or_vtest_tools () {
+function devel_or_test_tools () {
 
-    set -x 
-    set -e 
+    set -x
+    set -e
     trap failure ERR INT
 
-    lxc=$1; shift
-    fcdistro=$1; shift
-    pldistro=$1; shift
-    personality=$1; shift
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local fcdistro=$1; shift
+    local pldistro=$1; shift
+    local personality=$1; shift
 
-    pkg_method=$(package_method $fcdistro)
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
+
+    local pkg_method=$(package_method $fcdistro)
 
-    pkgsfile=$(pl_locateDistroFile $DIRNAME $pldistro $PREINSTALLED)
+    local pkgsfile=$(pl_locateDistroFile $DIRNAME $pldistro $PREINSTALLED)
 
     ### install individual packages, then groups
     # get target arch - use uname -i here (we want either x86_64 or i386)
-   
-    lxc_arch=$(chroot $rootfs_path uname -i)
+
+    local lxc_arch=$(chroot ${lxc_root} $personality uname -i)
     # on debian systems we get arch through the 'arch' command
-    [ "$lxc_arch" = "unknown" ] && lxc_arch=$(chroot $rootfs_path arch)
+    [ "$lxc_arch" = "unknown" ] && lxc_arch=$(chroot ${lxc_root} $personality arch)
 
-    packages=$(pl_getPackages -a $lxc_arch $fcdistro $pldistro $pkgsfile)
-    groups=$(pl_getGroups -a $lxc_arch $fcdistro $pldistro $pkgsfile)
+    local packages=$(pl_getPackages -a $lxc_arch $fcdistro $pldistro $pkgsfile)
+    local groups=$(pl_getGroups -a $lxc_arch $fcdistro $pldistro $pkgsfile)
 
     case "$pkg_method" in
-	yum)
-	    [ -n "$packages" ] && chroot $rootfs_path yum -y install $packages
-	    for group_plus in $groups; do
-		group=$(echo $group_plus | sed -e "s,+++, ,g")
-		chroot $rootfs_path yum -y groupinstall "$group"
-	    done
-	    # store current rpm list in /init-lxc.rpms in case we need to check the contents
-	    chroot $rootfs_path rpm -aq > $rootfs_path/init-lxc.rpms
-	    ;;
-	debootstrap)
-	    # for ubuntu
-	    if grep -iq ubuntu /vservers/$lxc/rootfs/etc/lsb-release 2> /dev/null; then
-		# on ubuntu, at this point we end up with a single feed in /etc/apt/sources.list
- 	        # we need at least to add the 'universe' feed for python-rpm
-		( cd /vservers/$lxc/rootfs/etc/apt ; head -1 sources.list | sed -e s,main,universe, > sources.list.d/universe.list )
-	        # also adding a link to updates sounds about right
-		( cd /vservers/$lxc/rootfs/etc/apt ; head -1 sources.list | sed -e 's, main,-updates main,' > sources.list.d/updates.list )
-	    fi
-	    chroot $rootfs_path apt-get update
-	    for package in $packages ; do
-		# close stdin in an attempt to avoid this hanging
-		# xxx also we ignore result for now, not sure if the kind of errors like below
-		# truly is serious or not
-#Setting up at (3.1.13-2ubuntu2) ...
-#initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
-#initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
-#start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
-
-	        chroot $rootfs_path apt-get install -y $package < /dev/null || :
-	    done
-	    ### xxx todo install groups with apt..
-	    ;;
-	*)
-	    echo "unknown pkg_method $pkg_method"
-	    ;;
+        dnf)
+            # --allowerasing required starting with fedora24
+            #
+            local has_dnf=""
+            chroot ${lxc_root} $personality dnf --version && has_dnf=true
+            if [ -n "$has_dnf" ]; then
+                echo "container has dnf - invoking with --allowerasing"
+                local pkg_installer="dnf -y install --allowerasing"
+                local grp_installer="dnf -y groupinstall --allowerasing"
+            else
+                echo "container has only dnf"
+                local pkg_installer="dnf -y install"
+                local grp_installer="dnf -y groupinstall"
+            fi
+            [ -n "$packages" ] && chroot ${lxc_root} $personality $pkg_installer $packages
+            for group_plus in $groups; do
+                local group=$(echo $group_plus | sed -e "s,+++, ,g")
+                chroot ${lxc_root} $personality $grp_installer "$group"
+            done
+            # store current rpm list in /init-lxc.rpms in case we need to check the contents
+            chroot ${lxc_root} $personality rpm -aq > $lxc_root/init-lxc.rpms
+            ;;
+        debootstrap)
+            # for ubuntu
+            if grep -iq ubuntu /vservers/$lxc/etc/lsb-release 2> /dev/null; then
+                # on ubuntu, at this point we end up with a single feed in /etc/apt/sources.list
+                # we need at least to add the 'universe' feed for python-rpm
+                ( cd /vservers/$lxc/etc/apt ; head -1 sources.list | sed -e s,main,universe, > sources.list.d/universe.list )
+                # also adding a link to updates sounds about right
+                ( cd /vservers/$lxc/etc/apt ; head -1 sources.list | sed -e 's, main,-updates main,' > sources.list.d/updates.list )
+                # tell apt about the changes
+                chroot /vservers/$lxc apt-get update
+            fi
+            for package in $packages ; do
+                # container not started yet
+                #virsh -c lxc:/// lxc-enter-namespace $lxc /usr/bin/$personality /bin/bash -c "apt-get install -y $package" || :
+                chroot ${lxc_root} $personality apt-get install -y $package || :
+            done
+            ### xxx todo install groups with apt..
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "unknown pkg_method $pkg_method"
+            ;;
     esac
 
     return 0
 }
 
 function post_install () {
-    lxc=$1; shift 
-    personality=$1; shift
-    if [ -n "$BUILD_MODE" ] ; then
-	post_install_build $lxc $personality
-	lxc_start $lxc
-	# manually run dhclient in guest - somehow this network won't start on its own
-	virsh -c lxc:/// lxc-enter-namespace $lxc $(bin_in_container $lxc dhclient) $VIF_GUEST
-    else
-	post_install_myplc $lxc $personality
-	lxc_start $lxc
-	wait_for_ssh $lxc
-    fi
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local personality=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
     # setup localtime from the host
-    cp /etc/localtime $rootfs_path/etc/localtime
+    cp /etc/localtime $lxc_root/etc/localtime
+    sshd_disable_password_auth $lxc
+    # post install hook
+    [ -n "$NAT_MODE" ] && post_install_natip $lxc $personality || post_install_myplc $lxc $personality
+    # start the VM unless specified otherwise
+    if [ -n "$START_VM" ] ; then
+        echo Starting guest $lxc
+        virsh -c lxc:/// start $lxc
+        if [ -n "$NAT_MODE" ] ; then
+            wait_for_ssh $lxc
+        else
+            wait_for_ssh $lxc $GUEST_IP
+        fi
+    fi
 }
 
-function post_install_build () {
+# just in case, let's stay on the safe side
+function sshd_disable_password_auth () {
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
+    sed --in-place=.password -e 's,^#\?PasswordAuthentication.*,PasswordAuthentication no,' \
+        $lxc_root/etc/ssh/sshd_config
+}
+
+function post_install_natip () {
 
-    set -x 
-    set -e 
+    set -x
+    set -e
     trap failure ERR INT
 
-    lxc=$1; shift
-    personality=$1; shift
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local personality=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
 
 ### From myplc-devel-native.spec
 # be careful to backslash $ in this, otherwise it's the root context that's going to do the evaluation
-    cat << EOF | chroot $rootfs_path bash -x
-    # set up /dev/loop* in lxc
-    for i in \$(seq 0 255) ; do
-	/bin/mknod -m 640 /dev/loop\$i b 7 \$i
-    done
-    
-    # create symlink for /dev/fd
-    [ ! -e "/dev/fd" ] && /bin/ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
-
-    # modify /etc/rpm/macros to not use /sbin/new-kernel-pkg
-    /bin/sed -i 's,/sbin/new-kernel-pkg:,,' /etc/rpm/macros
-    if [ -h "/sbin/new-kernel-pkg" ] ; then
-	filename=\$(/bin/readlink -f /sbin/new-kernel-pkg)
-	if [ "\$filename" == "/sbin/true" ] ; then
-		/bin/echo "WARNING: /sbin/new-kernel-pkg symlinked to /sbin/true"
-		/bin/echo "\tmost likely /etc/rpm/macros has /sbin/new-kernel-pkg declared in _netsharedpath."
-		/bin/echo "\tPlease remove /sbin/new-kernel-pkg from _netsharedpath and reintall mkinitrd."
-		exit 1
-	fi
-    fi
-    
+    cat << EOF | chroot ${lxc_root} $personality bash -x
+
     # customize root's prompt
     /bin/cat << PROFILE > /root/.profile
 export PS1="[$lxc] \\w # "
 PROFILE
 
-    uid=2000
-    gid=2000
-    
-    # add a "build" user to the system
-    builduser=\$(grep "^build:" /etc/passwd | wc -l)
-    if [ \$builduser -eq 0 ] ; then
-	groupadd -o -g \$gid build;
-	useradd -o -c 'Automated Build' -u \$uid -g \$gid -n -M -s /bin/bash build;
-    fi
-
-# Allow build user to build certain RPMs as root
-    if [ -f /etc/sudoers ] ; then
-	buildsudo=\$(grep "^build.*ALL=(ALL).*NOPASSWD:.*ALL"  /etc/sudoers | wc -l)
-	if [ \$buildsudo -eq 0 ] ; then
-	    echo "build   ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
-	fi
-        sed -i 's,^Defaults.*requiretty,#Defaults requiretty,' /etc/sudoers
-    fi
-#
 EOF
-	
+
 }
 
 function post_install_myplc  () {
-    set -x 
-    set -e 
+    set -x
+    set -e
     trap failure ERR INT
 
-    lxc=$1; shift
-    personality=$1; shift
+    local lxc=$1; shift
+    local personality=$1; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
 
 # be careful to backslash $ in this, otherwise it's the root context that's going to do the evaluation
-    cat << EOF | chroot $rootfs_path bash -x
+    cat << EOF | chroot ${lxc_root} $personality bash -x
 
     # create /etc/sysconfig/network if missing
     [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ] || /bin/echo NETWORKING=yes > /etc/sysconfig/network
 
-    # create symlink for /dev/fd
-    [ ! -e "/dev/fd" ] && /bin/ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
-
     # turn off regular crond, as plc invokes plc_crond
     /sbin/chkconfig crond off
 
-    # take care of loginuid in /etc/pam.d 
-    /bin/sed -i "s,#*\(.*loginuid.*\),#\1," /etc/pam.d/*
-
     # customize root's prompt
     /bin/cat << PROFILE > /root/.profile
 export PS1="[$lxc] \\w # "
@@ -859,44 +752,47 @@ PROFILE
 EOF
 }
 
-function lxc_start() {
+########################################
+# workaround for broken lxc-enter-namespace
+# 1st version was relying on virsh net-dhcp-leases
+# however this was too fragile, would not work for fedora14 containers
+# WARNING: this code is duplicated in lbuild-nightly.sh
+function guest_ipv4() {
+    local lxc=$1; shift
 
-    set -x
-    set -e
-    #trap failure ERR INT
-
-    lxc=$1; shift
-  
-    virsh -c lxc:/// start $lxc
-  
-    return 0
+    local mac=$(virsh -c lxc:/// domiflist $lxc | egrep 'network|bridge' | awk '{print $5;}')
+    # sanity check
+    [ -z "$mac" ] && return 0
+    arp -en | grep "$mac" | awk '{print $1;}'
 }
 
 function wait_for_ssh () {
     set -x
     set -e
-    #trap failure ERR INT
 
-    lxc=$1; shift
-  
-    echo $IP is up, waiting for ssh...
+    local lxc=$1; shift
 
-    #wait max 5 min for sshd to start 
-    ssh_up=""
-    stop_time=$(($(date +%s) + 300))
-    current_time=$(date +%s)
-    
-    counter=1
+    # if run in public_ip mode, we know the IP of the guest and it is specified here
+    [ -n "$1" ] && { guest_ip=$1; shift; }
+
+    #wait max 2 min for sshd to start
+    local success=""
+    local current_time=$(date +%s)
+    local stop_time=$(($current_time + 120))
+
+    local counter=1
     while [ "$current_time" -lt "$stop_time" ] ; do
          echo "$counter-th attempt to reach sshd in container $lxc ..."
-         ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" $IP 'uname -i' && { ssh_up=true; echo "SSHD in container $lxc is UP"; break ; } || :
-         sleep 10
-         current_time=$(($current_time + 10))
+         [ -z "$guest_ip" ] && guest_ip=$(guest_ipv4 $lxc)
+         [ -n "$guest_ip" ] && ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" $guest_ip 'uname -i' && {
+                 success=true; echo "SSHD in container $lxc is UP on IP $guest_ip"; break ; } || :
          counter=$(($counter+1))
+         sleep 10
+         current_time=$(date +%s)
     done
 
     # Thierry: this is fatal, let's just exit with a failure here
-    [ -z $ssh_up ] && { echo "SSHD in container $lxc is not running" ; exit 1 ; } 
+    [ -z $success ] && { echo "SSHD in container $lxc could not be reached (guest_ip=$guest_ip)" ; exit 1 ; }
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -907,24 +803,30 @@ function failure () {
 }
 
 function usage () {
-    set +x 
-    echo "Usage: $COMMAND_LBUILD [options] lxc-name"
-    echo "Usage: $COMMAND_LTEST [options] lxc-name"
+    set +x
+    echo "Usage: $COMMAND [options] lxc-name             (aka build mode)"
+    echo "Usage: $COMMAND -n hostname [options] lxc-name (aka test mode)"
     echo "Description:"
-    echo "   This command creates a fresh lxc instance, for building, or running a test myplc"
+    echo "    This command creates a fresh lxc instance, for building, or running a test myplc"
+    echo "In its first form, spawned VM gets a private IP bridged with virbr0 over dhcp/nat"
+    echo "With the second form, spawned VM gets a public IP bridged on public bridge br0"
+    echo ""
     echo "Supported options"
+    echo " -n hostname - the hostname to use in container"
     echo " -f fcdistro - for creating the root filesystem - defaults to $DEFAULT_FCDISTRO"
-    echo " -d pldistro - defaults to $DEFAULT_PLDISTRO"
+    echo " -d pldistro - defaults to $DEFAULT_PLDISTRO - current support for fedoras debians ubuntus"
     echo " -p personality - defaults to $DEFAULT_PERSONALITY"
-    echo " -n hostname - the hostname to use in container - required with $COMMAND_LTEST"
-    echo " -r repo-url - used to populate yum.repos.d - required with $COMMAND_LTEST"
-    echo " -P pkgs_file - defines the set of extra pacakges"
-    echo "    by default we use vtest.pkgs or devel.pkgs according to $COMMAND"
+    echo " -r repo-url - used to populate yum.repos.d - required in test mode"
+    echo " -P pkgs_file - defines a set of extra packages to install in guest"
+    echo "    by default we use devel.pkgs (build mode) or runtime.pkgs (test mode)"
+    echo " -i image - the location of the rootfs"
+    echo " -m memory - the amount of allocated memory in MB - defaults to $DEFAULT_MEMORY MB"
+    echo " -s do not start VM"
     echo " -v be verbose"
     exit 1
 }
 
-### parse args and 
+### parse args and
 function main () {
 
     #set -e
@@ -935,63 +837,84 @@ function main () {
           exit 1
     fi
 
-    case "$COMMAND" in
-	$COMMAND_LBUILD)
-	    BUILD_MODE=true ;;
-	$COMMAND_LTEST)
-	    TEST_MODE=true;;
-	*)
-	    usage ;;
-    esac
-
-    echo 'build mode=' $BUILD_MODE 'test mode=' $TEST_MODE
-
-    # the set of preinstalled packages - depends on vbuild or vtest
-    if [ -n "$BUILD_MODE" ] ; then
-	PREINSTALLED=devel.pkgs
-    else
-	PREINSTALLED=vtest.pkgs
-    fi
-    while getopts "f:d:p:n:r:P:v" opt ; do
-	case $opt in
-	    f) fcdistro=$OPTARG;;
-	    d) pldistro=$OPTARG;;
-	    p) personality=$OPTARG;;
-	    n) GUEST_HOSTNAME=$OPTARG;;
-	    r) REPO_URL=$OPTARG;;
-	    P) PREINSTALLED=$OPTARG;;
-	    v) VERBOSE=true; set -x;;
-	    *) usage ;;
-	esac
+    START_VM=true
+    while getopts "n:f:d:p:r:P:i:m:sv" opt ; do
+        case $opt in
+            n) GUEST_HOSTNAME=$OPTARG;;
+            f) fcdistro=$OPTARG;;
+            d) pldistro=$OPTARG;;
+            p) personality=$OPTARG;;
+            r) REPO_URL=$OPTARG;;
+            P) PREINSTALLED=$OPTARG;;
+            i) IMAGE=$OPTARG;;
+            m) MEMORY=$OPTARG;;
+            s) START_VM= ;;
+            v) VERBOSE=true; set -x;;
+            *) usage ;;
+        esac
     done
-	
+
     shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
 
     # parse fixed arguments
     [[ -z "$@" ]] && usage
-    lxc=$1 ; shift
+    local lxc=$1 ; shift
+    local lxc_root=$(lxcroot $lxc)
+
+    # rainchecks
+    almost_empty $lxc_root || \
+        { echo "container $lxc already exists in $lxc_root - exiting" ; exit 1 ; }
+    virsh -c lxc:/// domuuid $lxc >& /dev/null && \
+        { echo "container $lxc already exists in libvirt - exiting" ; exit 1 ; }
+    mkdir -p $lxc_root
+
+    # if IMAGE, copy the provided rootfs to lxc_root
+    if [ -n "$IMAGE" ] ; then
+        [ ! -d "$IMAGE" ] && \
+        { echo "$IMAGE rootfs folder does not exist - exiting" ; exit 1 ; }
+        rsync -a $IMAGE/ $lxc_root/
+    fi
 
     # check we've exhausted the arguments
     [[ -n "$@" ]] && usage
 
+    # NAT_MODE is true unless we specified a hostname
+    [ -n "$GUEST_HOSTNAME" ] || NAT_MODE=true
+
+    # set default values
     [ -z "$fcdistro" ] && fcdistro=$DEFAULT_FCDISTRO
     [ -z "$pldistro" ] && pldistro=$DEFAULT_PLDISTRO
     [ -z "$personality" ] && personality=$DEFAULT_PERSONALITY
-    
-    if [ -n "$BUILD_MODE" ] ; then
-        [ -z "$GUEST_HOSTNAME" ] && GUEST_HOSTNAME=$lxc
+    [ -z "$MEMORY" ] && MEMORY=$DEFAULT_MEMORY
+
+    # set memory in KB
+    MEMORY=$(($MEMORY * 1024))
+
+    # the set of preinstalled packages - depends on mode
+    if [ -z "$PREINSTALLED" ] ; then
+        if [ -n "$NAT_MODE" ] ; then
+            PREINSTALLED=devel.pkgs
+        else
+            PREINSTALLED=runtime.pkgs
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$NAT_MODE" ] ; then
+        # we can now set GUEST_HOSTNAME safely
+        [ -z "$GUEST_HOSTNAME" ] && GUEST_HOSTNAME=$(echo $lxc | sed -e 's,\.,-,g')
     else
-	[[ -z "$GUEST_HOSTNAME" ]] && usage
-	# use -r none to get rid of this warning
-	if [ "$REPO_URL" == "none" ] ; then
-	    REPO_URL=""
-	elif [ -z "$REPO_URL" ] ; then
-	    echo "WARNING -- setting up a yum repo is recommended" 
-	fi
+        # as this command can be used in other contexts, not specifying
+        # a repo is considered a warning
+        # use -r none to get rid of this warning
+        if [ "$REPO_URL" == "none" ] ; then
+            REPO_URL=""
+        elif [ -z "$REPO_URL" ] ; then
+            echo "WARNING -- setting up a yum repo is recommended"
+        fi
     fi
 
     ##########
-    release=$(echo $fcdistro | cut -df -f2)
+    fedora_release=$(echo $fcdistro | cut -df -f2)
 
     if [ "$personality" == "linux32" ]; then
         arch=i386
@@ -1003,50 +926,33 @@ function main () {
         echo "Unknown personality: $personality"
     fi
 
-    if [ -n "$BUILD_MODE" ] ; then
+    # compute networking details for the test mode
+    # (build mode relies entirely on dhcp on the private subnet)
+    if [ -z "$NAT_MODE" ] ; then
 
-	# Bridge IP affectation
-	byte=$(random_private_byte)
-	IP=${PRIVATE_PREFIX}$byte
-	NETMASK=$(masklen_to_netmask $PRIVATE_MASKLEN)
-	GATEWAY=$PRIVATE_GATEWAY
-	VIF_HOST="i$byte"
-    else
-        [[ -z "GUEST_HOSTNAME" ]] && usage
-       
-	create_bridge_if_needed
-
-	IP=$(gethostbyname $GUEST_HOSTNAME)
-	# use same NETMASK as bridge interface br0
-	MASKLEN=$(ip addr show $PUBLIC_BRIDGE | grep -v inet6 | grep inet | awk '{print $2;}' | cut -d/ -f2)
-        NETMASK=$(masklen_to_netmask $MASKLEN)
-        GATEWAY=$(ip route show | grep default | awk '{print $3}')
-        VIF_HOST="i$(echo $GUEST_HOSTNAME | cut -d. -f1)"
-    fi
+        #create_bridge_if_needed $PUBLIC_BRIDGE
+        lbuild-bridge.sh $PUBLIC_BRIDGE
 
-    echo "the IP address of container $lxc is $IP, host virtual interface is $VIF_HOST"
-
-    path=/vservers
-    [ ! -d $path ] && mkdir $path
-    rootfs_path=$path/$lxc/rootfs
-    config_path=$path/$lxc
-    cache_base=/var/cache/lxc/fedora/$arch
-    cache=$cache_base/$release
-    
-    # check whether the rootfs directory is created to know if the container exists
-    # bacause /var/lib/lxc/$lxc is already created while putting $lxc.timestamp
-    [ -d $rootfs_path ] && \
-	{ echo "container $lxc already exists in filesystem - exiting" ; exit 1 ; }
-    virsh -c lxc:/// domuuid $lxc >& /dev/null && \
-	{ echo "container $lxc already exists in libvirt - exiting" ; exit 1 ; }
+        GUEST_IP=$(gethostbyname $GUEST_HOSTNAME)
+        # use same NETMASK as bridge interface br0
+        masklen=$(ip addr show $PUBLIC_BRIDGE | grep -v inet6 | grep inet | awk '{print $2;}' | cut -d/ -f2)
+        NETMASK=$(masklen_to_netmask $masklen)
+        GATEWAY=$(ip route show | grep default | awk '{print $3}' | head -1)
+        VIF_HOST="vif$(echo $GUEST_HOSTNAME | cut -d. -f1)"
+    fi
 
-    setup_lxc $lxc $fcdistro $pldistro $personality 
+    setup_lxc $lxc $fcdistro $pldistro $personality
 
-    devel_or_vtest_tools $lxc $fcdistro $pldistro $personality
+    # historically this command is for setting up a build or a test VM
+    # kind of patchy right now though
+    devel_or_test_tools $lxc $fcdistro $pldistro $personality
 
+    # container gets started here
     post_install $lxc $personality
-    
+
     echo $COMMAND Done
+
+    exit 0
 }
 
 main "$@"