Published image missing metadata.yaml

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Hello all,

I have an issue where I am pulling a root.squashfs and root.tar.xz from images.linuxcontainers.org for use in an offline container build.

I run

wget https://images.linuxcontainers.org/images/ubuntu/jammy/amd64/cloud/20231202_07%3A42/rootfs.squashfs
wget https://images.linuxcontainers.org/images/ubuntu/jammy/amd64/cloud/20231202_07%3A42/rootfs.tar.xz

Then
lxc image import rootfs.tar.xz rootfs.squashfs

However the import fails with “Error: Metadata tarball is missing metadata.yaml”

If I run tar -tf rootfs.tar.xz | grep metadata.yaml this xz doesn’t appear to include a metadata.yaml file, however I can see a metadata.tar.xz in the mirror directory- do I need to tar that into the rootfs.tar.xz somehow?

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That’s because you’re supposed to use incus.tar.xz and rootfs.squashfs OR incus.tar.xz and rootfs.tar.xz.

The first tarball needs to be metadata (tiny) and the second be the image itself (large).

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Thank you for your help, I’ll give that a try