If one pastes from the output of virt-sansbox-image $ virt-sandbox-image list docker:/library/ubuntu?tag=17.04 docker:/library/debian?tag=latest verbatim $ virt-sandbox-image run -c qemu:///session docker:/library/debian?tag=latest This fails like /home/<usr>/.local/share/libvirt/images/library/debian:qbeilwxard.qcow2: Could not create file: No such file or directory Unable to start sandbox: Failed to create domain: XML error: name library/debian:qbeilwxard cannot contain '/' /usr/bin/virt-sandbox-image: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/<user>/.local/share/libvirt/images/library/debian:qbeilwxard.qcow2' so strip of any leading components. --- This might not be the correct fix but I hope you get the idea. libvirt-sandbox/image/cli.py | 2 +- libvirt-sandbox/image/sources/docker.py | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/libvirt-sandbox/image/cli.py b/libvirt-sandbox/image/cli.py index 3a5ccfa..0f27a16 100644 --- a/libvirt-sandbox/image/cli.py +++ b/libvirt-sandbox/image/cli.py @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def run(args): name = args.name if name is None: randomid = ''.join(random.choice(string.lowercase) for i in range(10)) - name = tmpl.path[1:] + ":" + randomid + name = tmpl.path[1:].split('/')[-1] + ":" + randomid diskfile = source.get_disk(template=tmpl, templatedir=template_dir, diff --git a/libvirt-sandbox/image/sources/docker.py b/libvirt-sandbox/image/sources/docker.py index aa5675e..6ca086c 100755 --- a/libvirt-sandbox/image/sources/docker.py +++ b/libvirt-sandbox/image/sources/docker.py @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ class DockerSource(base.Source): def get_disk(self, template, templatedir, imagedir, sandboxname): image = DockerImage.from_template(template) configfile, diskfile = self._get_template_data(image, templatedir) - tempfile = imagedir + "/" + sandboxname + ".qcow2" + tempfile = imagedir + "/" + sandboxname.split('/')[-1] + ".qcow2" if not os.path.exists(imagedir): os.makedirs(imagedir) cmd = ["qemu-img","create","-q","-f","qcow2"] -- 2.11.0