4 files changed, 44 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/boltdb_state.go b/libpod/boltdb_state.go
index 7191b184a..37b309c0d 100644
--- a/libpod/boltdb_state.go
+++ b/libpod/boltdb_state.go
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@ func NewBoltState(path, lockDir string, runtime *Runtime) (State, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating initial database layout")
 	}
 
-	// Check runtime configuration
-	if err := checkRuntimeConfig(db, runtime); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	state.valid = true
 
 	return state, nil
@@ -243,6 +238,10 @@ func (s *BoltState) Refresh() error {
 // GetDBConfig retrieves runtime configuration fields that were created when
 // the database was first initialized
 func (s *BoltState) GetDBConfig() (*DBConfig, error) {
+	if !s.valid {
+		return nil, ErrDBClosed
+	}
+
 	cfg := new(DBConfig)
 
 	db, err := s.getDBCon()
@@ -282,6 +281,26 @@ func (s *BoltState) GetDBConfig() (*DBConfig, error) {
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
+// ValidateDBConfig validates paths in the given runtime against the database
+func (s *BoltState) ValidateDBConfig(runtime *Runtime) error {
+	if !s.valid {
+		return ErrDBClosed
+	}
+
+	db, err := s.getDBCon()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer s.closeDBCon(db)
+
+	// Check runtime configuration
+	if err := checkRuntimeConfig(db, runtime); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SetNamespace sets the namespace that will be used for container and pod
 // retrieval
 func (s *BoltState) SetNamespace(ns string) error {
diff --git a/libpod/in_memory_state.go b/libpod/in_memory_state.go
index 3a775eb43..8cd2f47b9 100644
--- a/libpod/in_memory_state.go
+++ b/libpod/in_memory_state.go
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ func (s *InMemoryState) GetDBConfig() (*DBConfig, error) {
 	return nil, ErrNotImplemented
 }
 
+// ValidateDBConfig is not implemented for the in-memory state.
+// Since we do nothing just return no error.
+func (s *InMemoryState) ValidateDBConfig(runtime *Runtime) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SetNamespace sets the namespace for container and pod retrieval.
 func (s *InMemoryState) SetNamespace(ns string) error {
 	s.namespace = ns
diff --git a/libpod/runtime.go b/libpod/runtime.go
index 8615e5e12..2e76f159b 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime.go
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ func makeRuntime(runtime *Runtime) (err error) {
 		return errors.Wrapf(ErrInvalidArg, "unrecognized state type passed")
 	}
 
+	// Validate our config against the database
+	if err := runtime.state.ValidateDBConfig(runtime); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if err := runtime.state.SetNamespace(runtime.config.Namespace); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error setting libpod namespace in state")
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/state.go b/libpod/state.go
index 7f4efa21b..99e2435a2 100644
--- a/libpod/state.go
+++ b/libpod/state.go
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ type State interface {
 	// validate runtime configuration.
 	GetDBConfig() (*DBConfig, error)
 
+	// ValidateDBConfig ralidates the config in the given Runtime struct
+	// against paths stored in the configured database.
+	// Libpod root and tmp dirs and c/storage root and tmp dirs and graph
+	// driver are validated.
+	// This is not implemented by the in-memory state, as it has no need to
+	// validate runtime configuration that may change over multiple runs of
+	// the program.
+	ValidateDBConfig(runtime *Runtime) error
+
 	// SetNamespace() sets the namespace for the store, and will determine
 	// what containers are retrieved with container and pod retrieval calls.
 	// A namespace of "", the empty string, acts as no namespace, and