~/.colima config is symlink to a dotfiles repository. This dotfiles repository full path is longer than UNIX_PATH_MAX characters. Due to this constraint, colima fails to start.
INFO[0000] starting colima
INFO[0000] runtime: docker
INFO[0000] creating and starting ... context=vm
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instance name "colima" too long: "/Users/davidandreoletti/Documents/Developments/DOTFILES_WORKSPACE/dotfiles/.colima/_lima/colima/ssh.sock.1234567890123456" must be less than UNIX_PATH_MAX=104 characters, but is 121
FATA[0000] error starting vm: error at 'creating and starting': exit status 1
Expected behaviour
Successful colima start
Additional context
Workaround:
With a user defined LIMA_HOME set a to short path (eg: ~/.colima_lima), the issue is gone.
Description
~/.colima config is symlink to a dotfiles repository. This dotfiles repository full path is longer than UNIX_PATH_MAX characters. Due to this constraint, colima fails to start.
Version
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Operating System
Output of
colima status
colima: 0.69 limactl: 0.22.0 qemu-img: 9.0.0
Reproduction Steps
colima start -f
Expected behaviour
Successful colima start
Additional context
Workaround: With a user defined
LIMA_HOME
set a to short path (eg: ~/.colima_lima), the issue is gone.