Configuring snapd on ubuntu core for a web proxy

[Max Brustkern]

So I've been able to get it to work by creating
/etc/systemd/system/snapd.service.d/proxy.conf
with the correct settings. Any suggestions on getting that to persist
across reboots?

Thanks,
Max

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Michael Hudson-Doyle <
michael.hudson at canonical.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 13 January 2017 at 08:14, Max Brustkern <max.brustkern at canonical.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So I created a system directory with the contents of /lib/systemd/system.
>> I edited that file to contain the environment variables:
>> nuclearbob at localhost:~$ cat /lib/systemd/system/snapd.service
>> [Unit]
>> Description=Snappy daemon
>> Requires=snapd.socket
>>
>> [Service]
>> ExecStart=/usr/lib/snapd/snapd
>> EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment
>> Restart=always
>> http_proxy=http://squid.internal:3128
>> https_proxy=https://squid.internal:3128
>>
>
> That's not the right syntax, it should be
>
> Environment=http_proxy=http://squid.internal:3128 https_proxy=
> https://squid.internal:3128
>
> See man systemd.exec for more details on this.
>
> Cheers,
> mwh
>
>
>> [Install]
>> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>>
>> I then did:
>> nuclearbob at localhost:~$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
>> nuclearbob at localhost:~$ sudo service snapd restart
>>
>> I still don't seem to see snapd picking up on the proxy. I tried:
>> sudo systemctl edit snapd
>> I pasted in the file contents to there, but after that I get:
>> nuclearbob at localhost:~$ sudo service snapd restart
>> Failed to restart snapd.service: Unit snapd.service is not loaded
>> properly: Invalid argument.
>> See system logs and 'systemctl status snapd.service' for details.
>> nuclearbob at localhost:~$ systemctl status snapd.service
>> ● snapd.service - Snappy daemon
>>    Loaded: error (Reason: Invalid argument)
>>   Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/snapd.service.d
>>            └─override.conf
>>    Active: active (running) since Thu 2017-01-12 19:11:46 UTC; 2min 26s
>> ago
>>  Main PID: 1339 (snapd)
>>    CGroup: /system.slice/snapd.service
>>            └─1339 /usr/lib/snapd/snapd
>>
>> Any additional tips to get snapd running on ubuntu core in the lab?
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:49 PM, Stuart Bishop <
>> stuart.bishop at canonical.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12 January 2017 at 01:44, Max Brustkern <max.brustkern at canonical.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm trying to run ubuntu core 16 in a kvm instance in an internal lab
>>>> that requires a web proxy. This bug:
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1579652
>>>> seems to cover how to do this on classic ubuntu, but the files that
>>>> hold the environment variables used by snapd on an ubuntu core system are
>>>> all on read-only filesystems. How do I set HTTPS_PROXY in a persistent way
>>>> for snapd on that system?
>>>>
>>>
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/+bug/1533899 is similar, but about
>>> adding support for proxies to snapd (rather than have it use the system
>>> environment variables, which is one implementation option but not always
>>> what you want since that affects everything on the system). But that
>>> doesn't help with your read-only filesystem sorry :-(
>>>
>>> (Hmm... disgusting hack idea.... since you can't create
>>> /etc/systemd/system/snapd.service.d/ on your read-only filesystem, try
>>> mounting that directory from somewhere. Extra points for using systemd to
>>> mount the systemd service file overrides and setting up dependencies so it
>>> does everything in the right order :-) )
>>>
>>>
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