Ubuntu Openstack cloud-installer error: kvm container creation failed

I'm trying to install OpenStack on an older server using the Ubuntu cloud-installer. I have virtualization enabled in BIOS and kvm-ok tells me that I'm good to use KVM with acceleration.

$ kvm-ok
INFO: /dev/kvm exists
KVM acceleration can be used

The Dashboard keeps showing a message that it's "Allocating" a new machine, which is immediately followed by this message

[INFO] ? Waiting for a machine. Machines summary: 18 unknown (error: kvm container creation failed: exit
status 1), 1 unknown

The number (18 above) increments each time. Any idea how to get around this or troubleshoot it?

1 Answer

This should be fixed with the latest packages in the testing ppa. Basically, we are dependent on the qemu-kvm package which wasn't installed by default for use with virtinst. Here is the associated bug for this:

So far I've gotten positive results from other testers who were able to continue once qemu-kvm package was installed on their system running the installer.