lxd: Add support for starting instances on creation (from Incus)

doc/api-extensions.md

@@ -2434,3 +2434,10 @@ This feature was added to prevent data loss which can happen when custom block v
 ## `instance_import_conversion`
 
 Adds the ability to convert images from different formats (e.g. VMDK or QCow2) into RAW image format and import them as LXD instances.
+
+## `instance_create_start`
+
+Adds a `start` field to the `POST /1.0/instances` API which when set
+to `true` will have the instance automatically start upon creation.
+
+In this scenario, the creation and startup is part of a single background operation.

doc/howto/instances_create.md

@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ To start an instance, send a PUT request to change the instance state:
 
 See {ref}`instances-manage-start` for more information.
 
+If you would like to start the instance upon creation, set the `start` property to true. The following example will create the container, then start it:
+
+    lxc query --request POST /1.0/instances --data '{
+      "name": "<instance_name>",
+      "source": {
+        "alias": "<image_alias>",
+        "protocol": "simplestreams",
+        "server": "<server_URL>",
+        "type": "image"
+      },
+      "start": true
+    }'
+
 ````
 
 ````{group-tab} UI

doc/rest-api.yaml

@@ -2752,6 +2752,11 @@ definitions:
                 x-go-name: Restore
             source:
                 $ref: '#/definitions/InstanceSource'
+            start:
+                description: Whether to start the instance after creation
+                example: true
+                type: boolean
+                x-go-name: Start
             stateful:
                 description: Whether the instance currently has saved state on disk
                 example: false

lxc/init.go

@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ func (c *cmdInit) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	_, _, err = c.create(c.global.conf, args)
+	_, _, err = c.create(c.global.conf, args, false)
 	return err
 }
 
-func (c *cmdInit) create(conf *config.Config, args []string) (lxd.InstanceServer, string, error) {
+func (c *cmdInit) create(conf *config.Config, args []string, launch bool) (lxd.InstanceServer, string, error) {
 	var name string
 	var image string
 	var remote string
@@ -164,10 +164,18 @@ func (c *cmdInit) create(conf *config.Config, args []string) (lxd.InstanceServer
 	}
 
 	if !c.global.flagQuiet {
-		if name == "" {
-			fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Creating the instance") + "\n")
+		if d.HasExtension("instance_create_start") && launch {
+			if name == "" {
+				fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Launching the instance") + "\n")
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Launching %s")+"\n", name)
+			}
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Creating %s")+"\n", name)
+			if name == "" {
+				fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Creating the instance") + "\n")
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf(i18n.G("Creating %s")+"\n", name)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -252,6 +260,7 @@ func (c *cmdInit) create(conf *config.Config, args []string) (lxd.InstanceServer
 		Name:         name,
 		InstanceType: c.flagType,
 		Type:         instanceDBType,
+		Start:        launch,
 	}
 
 	req.Config = configMap

lxc/launch.go

@@ -58,11 +58,16 @@ func (c *cmdLaunch) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Call the matching code from init
-	d, name, err := c.init.create(conf, args)
+	d, name, err := c.init.create(conf, args, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Check if the instance was started by the server.
+	if d.HasExtension("instance_create_start") {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Get the remote
 	var remote string
 	if len(args) == 2 {

lxd/instances_post.go

@@ -124,7 +124,13 @@ func createFromImage(s *state.State, r *http.Request, p api.Project, profiles []
 			return err
 		}
 
-		return instanceCreateFromImage(s, img, args, op)
+		// Actually create the instance.
+		err = instanceCreateFromImage(s, img, args, op)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return instanceCreateFinish(s, req, args)
 	}
 
 	resources := map[string][]api.URL{}
@@ -175,8 +181,13 @@ func createFromNone(s *state.State, r *http.Request, projectName string, profile
 	}
 
 	run := func(op *operations.Operation) error {
+		// Actually create the instance.
 		_, err := instanceCreateAsEmpty(s, args)
-		return err
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return instanceCreateFinish(s, req, args)
 	}
 
 	resources := map[string][]api.URL{}
@@ -602,6 +613,7 @@ func createFromCopy(s *state.State, r *http.Request, projectName string, profile
 	}
 
 	run := func(op *operations.Operation) error {
+		// Actually create the instance.
 		_, err := instanceCreateAsCopy(s, instanceCreateAsCopyOpts{
 			sourceInstance:       source,
 			targetInstance:       args,
@@ -614,7 +626,7 @@ func createFromCopy(s *state.State, r *http.Request, projectName string, profile
 			return err
 		}
 
-		return nil
+		return instanceCreateFinish(s, req, args)
 	}
 
 	resources := map[string][]api.URL{}
@@ -701,8 +713,9 @@ func createFromBackup(s *state.State, r *http.Request, projectName string, data
 	}
 
 	// Check project permissions.
+	var req api.InstancesPost
 	err = s.DB.Cluster.Transaction(s.ShutdownCtx, func(ctx context.Context, tx *db.ClusterTx) error {
-		req := api.InstancesPost{
+		req = api.InstancesPost{
 			InstancePut: bInfo.Config.Container.Writable(),
 			Name:        bInfo.Name,
 			Source:      api.InstanceSource{}, // Only relevant for "copy" or "migration", but may not be nil.
@@ -838,7 +851,8 @@ func createFromBackup(s *state.State, r *http.Request, projectName string, data
 		}
 
 		runRevert.Success()
-		return nil
+
+		return instanceCreateFinish(s, &req, db.InstanceArgs{Name: bInfo.Name, Project: bInfo.Project})
 	}
 
 	resources := map[string][]api.URL{}
@@ -1488,3 +1502,19 @@ func clusterCopyContainerInternal(s *state.State, r *http.Request, source instan
 	// Run the migration
 	return createFromMigration(s, nil, projectName, profiles, req)
 }
+
+// instanceCreateFinish finalizes the creation process of an instance by starting it based on
+// the Start field of the request.
+func instanceCreateFinish(s *state.State, req *api.InstancesPost, args db.InstanceArgs) error {
+	if req == nil || !req.Start {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Start the instance.
+	inst, err := instance.LoadByProjectAndName(s, args.Project, args.Name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load the instance: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return inst.Start(false)
+}

po/ar.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: lxd\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: lxd@lists.canonical.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-07-02 10:12-0700\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-07-24 14:26-0700\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: Automatically generated\n"
 "Language-Team: none\n"
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "As neither could be found, the raw SPICE socket can be found at:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:324 lxc/rebuild.go:130
+#: lxc/init.go:333 lxc/rebuild.go:130
 msgid "Asked for a VM but image is of type container"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Bad key/value pair: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/copy.go:139 lxc/init.go:224 lxc/move.go:380 lxc/project.go:129
+#: lxc/copy.go:139 lxc/init.go:232 lxc/move.go:380 lxc/project.go:129
 #, c-format
 msgid "Bad key=value pair: %q"
 msgstr ""
@@ -1492,12 +1492,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Created: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:170
+#: lxc/init.go:177
 #, c-format
 msgid "Creating %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:168
+#: lxc/init.go:175
 msgid "Creating the instance"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Device: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:384
+#: lxc/init.go:393
 msgid "Didn't get any affected image, instance or snapshot from server"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Instance name is mandatory"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:395
+#: lxc/init.go:404
 #, c-format
 msgid "Instance name is: %s"
 msgstr ""
@@ -3051,6 +3051,15 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Last used: never"
 msgstr ""
 
+#: lxc/init.go:171
+#, c-format
+msgid "Launching %s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: lxc/init.go:169
+msgid "Launching the instance"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: lxc/info.go:220
 #, c-format
 msgid "Link detected: %v"
@@ -4930,7 +4939,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Retrieve the instance's console log"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:338
+#: lxc/init.go:347
 #, c-format
 msgid "Retrieving image: %s"
 msgstr ""
@@ -5565,7 +5574,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Start instances"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/launch.go:82
+#: lxc/launch.go:87
 #, c-format
 msgid "Starting %s"
 msgstr ""
@@ -5770,7 +5779,7 @@ msgid ""
 "restarted"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:416
+#: lxc/init.go:425
 msgid "The instance you are starting doesn't have any network attached to it."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -5931,11 +5940,11 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Timestamps:"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:418
+#: lxc/init.go:427
 msgid "To attach a network to an instance, use: lxc network attach"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/init.go:417
+#: lxc/init.go:426
 msgid "To create a new network, use: lxc network create"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -6008,7 +6017,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Trust token for %s: "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lxc/action.go:287 lxc/launch.go:114
+#: lxc/action.go:287 lxc/launch.go:119
 #, c-format
 msgid "Try `lxc info --show-log %s` for more info"
 msgstr ""