pass networks to container clone

since the network config is a string map, json.unmarshal does not recognize
the config and spec as the same entity, need to map this option manually

resolves #13713

Signed-off-by: cdoern <cbdoer23@g.holycross.edu>

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
index 831c1d7b9..63caaa77c 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
@@ -501,6 +501,8 @@ func ConfigToSpec(rt *libpod.Runtime, specg *specgen.SpecGenerator, contaierID s
 	_, mounts := c.SortUserVolumes(c.Spec())
 	specg.Mounts = mounts
 	specg.HostDeviceList = conf.DeviceHostSrc
+	specg.Networks = conf.Networks
+
 	mapSecurityConfig(conf, specg)
 
 	if c.IsInfra() { // if we are creating this spec for a pod's infra ctr, map the compatible options
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index 8b9ed8ffe..19a2b702c 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -175,13 +175,15 @@ func MakeContainer(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGener
 			return nil, nil, nil, errors.New("the given container could not be retrieved")
 		}
 		conf := c.Config()
-		out, err := json.Marshal(conf.Spec.Linux)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, nil, err
-		}
-		err = json.Unmarshal(out, runtimeSpec.Linux)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, nil, err
+		if conf != nil && conf.Spec != nil && conf.Spec.Linux != nil {
+			out, err := json.Marshal(conf.Spec.Linux)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, nil, err
+			}
+			err = json.Unmarshal(out, runtimeSpec.Linux)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, nil, err
+			}
 		}
 		if s.ResourceLimits != nil {
 			switch {