`lxc export` to stdout doesn't work with VM instances
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Initial setup:
$ lxc init images:alpine/edge v1 -c security.secureboot=false --vm
$ lxc init images:alpine/edge c1
lxc export
to stdout doesn't work for VM instances:
$ lxc export v1 --compression=none - | tar -t backup/virtual-machine.img
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: backup/virtual-machine.img: Not found in archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
but works for containers:
$ lxc export c1 --compression=none - | tar -t backup/container/templates
backup/container/templates
backup/container/templates/hostname.tpl
backup/container/templates/hosts.tpl
backup/container/templates/inittab.tpl
It seems that for VMs, the exported stream isn't a tar file:
$ lxc export v1 --compression=none - | file -
/dev/stdin: data
$ lxc export c1 --compression=none - | file -
/dev/stdin: POSIX tar archive
Update: here's a workaround found after the bug fix was merged: add --quiet
when exporting the VM:
$ lxc export v1 --quiet --compression=none - | tar -t backup/virtual-machine.img
backup/virtual-machine.img