Lxd: Image retrieval is too slow

[smahi]

Required information

• Distribution: Ubuntu
• Distribution version: 20.04
• The output of "lxc info" or if that fails:
  
  
  
  • Kernel version: 5.4.0-21-generic
  
  
  • LXC version: 4.0.0
  
  
  • LXD version: 4.0.0
  
  
  • Storage backend in use: dir
  
  

Issue description

Image retrieval is too slow even though the connection is good on my part.

Steps to reproduce

1. $ lxc launch ubuntu:bionic

Creating the instance
Retrieving image: rootfs: 3% (8.06kB/s) 

Is there an other way to download the image, for example using a download manager like aria2 then import the downloaded image using lxc command.

[stgraber]

Does 'images:ubuntu/bionic/cloud' download faster?

[stgraber]

You can go and download the two files by hand and import with lxc image import as an alternative indeed.

[smahi]

@stgraber thank you for the reply
Where can i go to get these files and what are their names ?

[smahi]

@stgraber
Yes images:ubuntu/bionic/cloud is faster

[stgraber]

You need a .squashfs and the matching .tar.xz for it.

You can manually find them at https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com

[stgraber]

Make sure to import as lxc image import /path/to/lxd.tar.xz /path/to/img.squashfs (tar.xz first)

[stgraber]

Closing as bad performance/rounting on cloud-images.ubuntu.com is sadly out of our control.

[smahi]

@stgraber thank you so much