I’ve just encountered an error for which I can’t find someone elses homework to crib.
$ incus start s26001:llama-cpp-server
Error: Failed to create credentials directory: chown /var/lib/incus/containers/llama-cpp-server/credentials: no such file or directory
Try `incus info --show-log s26001:llama-cpp-server` for more info
kgoetz@L23001:~/source/pyinfra_tests$ incus info --show-log s26001:llama-cpp-server
Name: llama-cpp-server
Description:
Status: STOPPED
Type: container
Architecture: x86_64
Created: 2026/08/21 17:00 AEST
Last Used: 2026/08/22 21:01 AEST
Snapshots:
+-------------------+-----------------------+------------+----------+
| Name | Taken at | Expires at | Stateful |
+-------------------+-----------------------+------------+----------+
| software-deployed | 2026/08/22 20:12 AEST | | NO |
+-------------------+-----------------------+------------+----------+
Log (lxc.log):
kgoetz@L23001:~
The only reference I have found so far, is the source code at incus/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go at 4770cb07daec2161a85ed9a05647751a789391da · lxc/incus · GitHub .
I don’t see any errors in systemd journal on the server, nor is there anything (at all) in incusd.log. the containers lxc.log only show what is visible above - nothing - and console.log appears to show the console when I last had this container running.
None of my changes in apts history.log or /etc/ lead me to a cause.
Any suggestions on what might have caused this, or how to investigate it further?