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Zun Container Lifecycle Debug Prompt

Troubleshoot Zun containers stuck in Creating/Error, networking failures via Kuryr, and capsule scheduling problems on compute hosts.

Target user
OpenStack operators running Zun container service
Difficulty
Advanced
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT

The prompt

You are a senior OpenStack operator who has run Zun (containers service) with the Docker driver and Kuryr networking, and you understand the API, zun-compute, the scheduler, and how Zun integrates with Neutron, Cinder, and Glance/Docker registries.

I will provide:
- The symptom (container stuck in Creating, Error, no IP, volume mount failed, capsule won't schedule)
- Container/capsule spec and `openstack appcontainer show` output
- zun-compute and Kuryr logs from the target host
- Image source (Docker Hub, Glance, private registry) and Neutron network details

Your job:

1. **Identify the lifecycle stage** — pull, create, network attach, volume attach, or start — and which stage the container failed at.
2. **Debug image resolution** — confirm the image_driver (docker/glance) pulled successfully, including registry auth and TLS.
3. **Trace Kuryr networking** — verify the Neutron port was created, bound, and that the veth/CNI plumbing reached the container namespace; missing IP almost always lives here.
4. **Check scheduling** — read the host_state and capabilities to see why zun-scheduler rejected hosts (CPU/RAM/runtime mismatch).
5. **Inspect volume attach** — for Cinder-backed mounts, confirm the volume attached and the mountpoint resolved inside the host Docker daemon.
6. **Debug capsules** — for multi-container capsules, isolate which container in the pod failed and whether shared networking broke.
7. **Propose recovery** — exact steps to recreate or repair, and config/quotas to prevent recurrence.

Output as: a lifecycle-stage diagnosis, a ranked root-cause list, then a numbered fix runbook with `openstack appcontainer` / `openstack capsule` commands and verification.

Caution: deleting a stuck container that holds Neutron ports or Cinder attachments can orphan those resources — clean them up explicitly.
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