Merge pull request #3465 from baude/nostore

configure runtime without store

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index 0f23a6c97..78634e953 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -300,6 +300,15 @@ func WithTmpDir(dir string) RuntimeOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithNoStore sets a bool on the runtime that we do not need
+// any containers storage.
+func WithNoStore() RuntimeOption {
+	return func(rt *Runtime) error {
+		rt.noStore = true
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithMaxLogSize sets the maximum size of container logs.
 // Positive sizes are limits in bytes, -1 is unlimited.
 func WithMaxLogSize(limit int64) RuntimeOption {
diff --git a/libpod/runtime.go b/libpod/runtime.go
index 02aa76731..e358fe4c4 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime.go
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ type Runtime struct {
 
 	// mechanism to read and write even logs
 	eventer events.Eventer
+
+	// noStore indicates whether we need to interact with a store or not
+	noStore bool
 }
 
 // RuntimeConfig contains configuration options used to set up the runtime
@@ -784,11 +787,14 @@ func makeRuntime(ctx context.Context, runtime *Runtime) (err error) {
 	var store storage.Store
 	if os.Geteuid() != 0 {
 		logrus.Debug("Not configuring container store")
+	} else if runtime.noStore {
+		logrus.Debug("No store required. Not opening container store.")
 	} else {
 		store, err = storage.GetStore(runtime.config.StorageConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		err = nil
 
 		defer func() {
 			if err != nil && store != nil {
@@ -1148,6 +1154,8 @@ func (r *Runtime) Shutdown(force bool) error {
 	}
 
 	var lastError error
+	// If no store was requested, it can bew nil and there is no need to
+	// attempt to shut it down
 	if r.store != nil {
 		if _, err := r.store.Shutdown(force); err != nil {
 			lastError = errors.Wrapf(err, "Error shutting down container storage")