bootstrapping local environment as none root doesn't work

[Thibaut Brandscheid]

OS: Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 64-Bit in VirtualBox
juju-core: 1.16.6-0ubuntu1

Guide: https://juju.ubuntu.com/docs/config-LXC.html

What I did:
sudo apt-get install juju-core juju-local
juju generate-config
juju switch local

sudo juju bootstrap → ERROR bootstrapping a local enviroment must not be done as root
juju bootstrap → panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

I didn't use the PPA juju version, because I thought the version for the next LTS should work too, but it doesn't.

Edit:
The juju version in trusty is currently the same as in the PPA.

What I would like to do:
Bootstraping a local juju environment to lern how to use juju.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: juju (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-22.44-generic 3.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 4 14:08:09 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-28 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326.1)
SourcePackage: juju-core
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[James Page (james-page)]

Thibaut

Please can you confirm which juju version you are using; 14.04 should have 1.17.7.

[Ruben Laguna (ecerulm)]

I'm not an expert but I think https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju-core/+bug/1301663 is related. At least in my case the reason for the "invalid memory access" is a permision denied .

I advise to run "juju status" and check for "permission denied" in the output. if you see a

Error details:
open /home/vagrant/.juju/environments/local.jenv: permission denied

then it's the same as reported on https://bugs.launchpad.net/juju-core/+bug/1301663

[Ruben Laguna (ecerulm)]

By the way, in my case /home/vagrant/.juju/environments was owned by root . I guess because I tried to "sudo juju bootstrap" before.

[Thibaut Brandscheid (k1au3-is-37)]

@James Page
After installing the newest updates - without the juju PPA - the juju version is 1.17.7.

My ~/.juju/environments/ is owned by root, too.

I removed the ~/.juju folder and started again with:
juju generate-config
juju switch local
juju bootstrap

This time the bootstraping command could be executed.
I guess the bootstrap section of the juju lxc article should be updated by removing sudo from the bootstrap command. In addition, it would be nice if juju didn't create ~/.juju/environments when the user accidently runs sudo juju bootstrap.
https://juju.ubuntu.com/docs/config-LXC.html#bootstrap-destroy

Off-topic:
Next I tried to set-up juju-gui by typing:
juju deploy juju-gui
juju expose juju-gui

I executed the juju-gui commands around 1 min after the juju bootstrap command and it doesn't seem to work. Juju status gives me an agent-state-info error '(error: template container "juju-precise-template" did not stop)' (I could create a new bug ticket for this problem if you wish). The log command in the lxc article doesn't work either (no matches found). https://juju.ubuntu.com/docs/config-LXC.html#debug-log

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