Arch Linux template fails to start (connection refused)

[NateyB]

Description

Arch Linux template fails to start. The error that seems to switch the VM state from running to stopped is this one:

{
  "level": "debug",
  "msg": "stdout=\"\", stderr=\"ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1 port 63388: Connection refused\r\n\", err=failed to execute script \"ssh\": stdout=\"\", stderr=\"ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1 port 63388: Connection refused\r\n\": exit status 255",
  "time": "2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"
}

Host: Macbook Air M2, macOS Sequoia 15.1

Lima Info:

~ % limactl -v
limactl version 1.0.0

Starting the VM:

~ % limactl create --name=arch template://archlinux

? Creating an instance "arch" Proceed with the current configuration
WARN[0001] vmType vz: ignoring [User]
INFO[0001] Attempting to download the image              arch=aarch64 digest="sha512:27524910bf41cb9b3223c8749c6e67fd2f2fdb8b70d40648708e64d6b03c0b4a01b3c5e72d51fefd3e0c3f58487dbb400a79ca378cde2da341a3a19873612be8" location="https://github.com/mcginty/arch-boxes-arm/releases/download/v20220323/Arch-Linux-aarch64-cloudimg-20220323.0.qcow2"
Downloading the image (Arch-Linux-aarch64-cloudimg-20220323.0.qcow2)
588.38 MiB / 588.38 MiB [----------------------------------] 100.00% 12.11 MiB/s^[[C
INFO[0050] Downloaded the image from "https://github.com/mcginty/arch-boxes-arm/releases/download/v20220323/Arch-Linux-aarch64-cloudimg-20220323.0.qcow2"
INFO[0050] Converting "/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/basedisk" (qcow2) to a raw disk "/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/diffdisk"
2.00 GiB / 2.00 GiB [---------------------------------------] 100.00% 1.11 GiB/s
INFO[0052] Expanding to 100GiB
INFO[0052] Attempting to download the nerdctl archive    arch=aarch64 digest="sha256:fe085381a09aa240ae5d1e0bbef1beccfb7c1d6dbb98bdc55bd416581d46ebc8" location="https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v2.0.0/nerdctl-full-2.0.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz"
Downloading the nerdctl archive (nerdctl-full-2.0.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz)
195.48 MiB / 195.48 MiB [----------------------------------] 100.00% 11.73 MiB/s
INFO[0070] Downloaded the nerdctl archive from "https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v2.0.0/nerdctl-full-2.0.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz"
INFO[0070] Run `limactl start arch` to start the instance.
~ % 
~ % limactl start arch
INFO[0000] Using the existing instance "arch"
INFO[0000] Starting the instance "arch" with VM driver "vz"
WARN[0000] vmType vz: ignoring [User]
INFO[0000] [hostagent] hostagent socket created at /Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/ha.sock
INFO[0000] [hostagent] Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see "/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/serial*.log")
INFO[0000] SSH Local Port: 63388
INFO[0000] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: running
INFO[0000] [hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: "ssh"
INFO[0000] [hostagent] [VZ] - vm state change: stopped
INFO[0000] [hostagent] Driver stopped due to error: "vz driver state stopped"
INFO[0000] [hostagent] Shutting down the host agent
ERRO[0000] [hostagent] accept tcp 127.0.0.1:63388: use of closed network connection
WARN[0000] [hostagent] failed to exit SSH master         error="failed to execute `ssh -O exit -p 63388 127.0.0.1`, out=\"Control socket connect(/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/ssh.sock): No such file or directory\\r\\n\": exit status 255"
INFO[0000] [hostagent] Shutting down VZ
FATA[0001] exiting, status={Running:false Degraded:false Exiting:true Errors:[] SSHLocalPort:0} (hint: see "/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/ha.stderr.log")

Empty serial logs:

~ % cat ~/.lima/arch/serial*.log
~ %

Stderr logs:

~ % cat ~/.lima/arch/ha.stderr.log
{"level":"debug","msg":"ResolveVMType: resolved VMType \"vz\" (existing instance, with \"/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/vz-identifier\")","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:47-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Creating iso file /Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/cidata.iso","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:47-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Using /var/folders/hm/3bjlsptx67x0_thjl0rnn47c0000gn/T/diskfs_iso3225452499 as workspace","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:47-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Failed to detect CPU features. Assuming that AES acceleration is available on this Apple silicon.","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"OpenSSH version 9.8.1 detected","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"AES accelerator seems available, prioritizing [email protected] and [email protected]","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"hostagent socket created at /Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/ha.sock","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see \"/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/serial*.log\")","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Start udp DNS listening on: 127.0.0.1:63344","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Start tcp DNS listening on: 127.0.0.1:63389","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Kernel file \"/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/kernel\" not found","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"Using EFI Boot Loader","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"new connection from  to ","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"[VZ] - vm state change: \"VirtualMachineStateStarting\"","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"[VZ] - vm state change: running","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 2: \"ssh\"","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"executing script \"ssh\"","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"executing ssh for script \"ssh\": /usr/bin/ssh [ssh -F /dev/null -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/nateyb/.lima/_config/user\" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost=yes -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey -o Compression=no -o BatchMode=yes -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o Ciphers=\"^[email protected],[email protected]\" -o User=nateyb -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPath=\"/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/ssh.sock\" -o ControlPersist=yes -p 63388 127.0.0.1 -- /bin/bash -c $'while read -r line; do [ -n \"$line\" ] \u0026\u0026 export \"$line\"; done\u003c\u003cEOF\\n$(sudo cat /mnt/lima-cidata/param.env)\\nEOF\\n/bin/bash']","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"stdout=\"\", stderr=\"ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1 port 63388: Connection refused\\r\\n\", err=failed to execute script \"ssh\": stdout=\"\", stderr=\"ssh: connect to host 127.0.0.1 port 63388: Connection refused\\r\\n\": exit status 255","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"[VZ] - vm state change: stopped","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Driver stopped due to error: \"vz driver state stopped\"","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Shutting down the host agent","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"error","msg":"accept tcp 127.0.0.1:63388: use of closed network connection","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"shutting down the SSH master","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"debug","msg":"executing ssh for exiting the master: /usr/bin/ssh [ssh -F /dev/null -o IdentityFile=\"/Users/nateyb/.lima/_config/user\" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost=yes -o GSSAPIAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey -o Compression=no -o BatchMode=yes -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o Ciphers=\"^[email protected],[email protected]\" -o User=nateyb -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPath=\"/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/ssh.sock\" -o ControlPersist=yes -O exit -p 63388 127.0.0.1]","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"error":"failed to execute `ssh -O exit -p 63388 127.0.0.1`, out=\"Control socket connect(/Users/nateyb/.lima/arch/ssh.sock): No such file or directory\\r\\n\": exit status 255","level":"warning","msg":"failed to exit SSH master","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"info","msg":"Shutting down VZ","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}
{"level":"fatal","msg":"vz: CanRequestStop is not supported","time":"2024-11-07T08:45:48-06:00"}

[Da-Juan]

I ran into the same issue.
The aarch64 is from 2022 and does not seem maintained anymore, I didn't find any aarch64 cloud image for arch linux unfortunately.