bug: vm-driver BYOC does not build the container properly causing VM process to exit with 0 #2149

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1. bornav

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   issue type on Jul 6, 2026
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3. bornav commented on Jul 6, 2026

   

   bornav

   on Jul 6, 2026

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   2 patches required to get this working

   0001-fix-vm-driver-cleanly-unmount-overlay-before-image-p.patch
   0002-fix-vm-driver-attach-image-cache-disk-as-hypervisor-.patch

   before:

   

   after:

   

   clean and run is a bash script consisting of these commands

   sudo rm -r /home/user/.local/share/openshell
   sudo rm -r /home/user/.local/state/openshell
   sudo rm -r /home/user/.config/openshell
   sudo rm -rf /home/user/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes/openshell*
   sudo rm -r /home/user/.local/libexec/openshell
   

   source ./exports.sh
   mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share/openshell
   sqlite3 $HOME/.local/share/openshell/db.sqlite "VACUUM;"
   

   source ./exports.sh
   mkdir -p ${OPENSHELL_LOCAL_TLS_DIR}
   openshell-gateway generate-certs --output-dir ${OPENSHELL_LOCAL_TLS_DIR}  --server-san host.openshell.internal --server-san "127.0.0.1"
   
   exec openshell-gateway \
     --bind-address 0.0.0.0 \
     --port 8085 \
     --db-url sqlite://$HOME/.local/share/openshell/db.sqlite \
     --driver vm
   

   and source is ether path to current public binaries, or locally compiled ones with the patch applied

   export PATH=/home/user/git/openshell_source/target/release:$PATH
   export OPENSHELL_DRIVER_VM_BINARY=/home/user/git/openshell_source/target/release/openshell-driver-vm
   
4. drew

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5. drew

   closed this as completedin #2150on Jul 17, 2026