3 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/create.go b/pkg/specgen/create.go
index e6ac53016..99a99083b 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/create.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 
 // MakeContainer creates a container based on the SpecGenerator
 func (s *SpecGenerator) MakeContainer(rt *libpod.Runtime) (*libpod.Container, error) {
-	var pod *libpod.Pod
 	if err := s.validate(rt); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "invalid config provided")
 	}
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ func (s *SpecGenerator) MakeContainer(rt *libpod.Runtime) (*libpod.Container, er
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	options, err := s.createContainerOptions(rt, pod)
+	options, err := s.createContainerOptions(rt)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ func (s *SpecGenerator) MakeContainer(rt *libpod.Runtime) (*libpod.Container, er
 	return rt.NewContainer(context.Background(), runtimeSpec, options...)
 }
 
-func (s *SpecGenerator) createContainerOptions(rt *libpod.Runtime, pod *libpod.Pod) ([]libpod.CtrCreateOption, error) {
+func (s *SpecGenerator) createContainerOptions(rt *libpod.Runtime) ([]libpod.CtrCreateOption, error) {
 	var options []libpod.CtrCreateOption
 	var err error
 
@@ -61,6 +60,10 @@ func (s *SpecGenerator) createContainerOptions(rt *libpod.Runtime, pod *libpod.P
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithName(s.Name))
 	}
 	if s.Pod != "" {
+		pod, err := rt.LookupPod(s.Pod)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		logrus.Debugf("adding container to pod %s", s.Pod)
 		options = append(options, rt.WithPod(pod))
 	}
@@ -116,7 +119,6 @@ func (s *SpecGenerator) createContainerOptions(rt *libpod.Runtime, pod *libpod.P
 	}
 	options = append(options, namespaceOptions...)
 
-	// TODO NetworkNS still needs to be done!
 	if len(s.ConmonPidFile) > 0 {
 		options = append(options, libpod.WithConmonPidFile(s.ConmonPidFile))
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go b/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
index 79a83819a..fa2dee77d 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/namespaces.go
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ func (n *Namespace) IsPrivate() bool {
 	return n.NSMode == Private
 }
 
-// validate perform simple validation on the namespace to make sure it is not
-// invalid from the get-go
-func (n *Namespace) validate() error {
+func validateNetNS(n *Namespace) error {
 	if n == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -82,6 +80,15 @@ func (n *Namespace) validate() error {
 	default:
 		return errors.Errorf("invalid network %q", n.NSMode)
 	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// validate perform simple validation on the namespace to make sure it is not
+// invalid from the get-go
+func (n *Namespace) validate() error {
+	if n == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	// Path and From Container MUST have a string value set
 	if n.NSMode == Path || n.NSMode == FromContainer {
 		if len(n.Value) < 1 {
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/validate.go b/pkg/specgen/validate.go
index 78e4d8ad5..dd5ca3a55 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/validate.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (s *SpecGenerator) validate(rt *libpod.Runtime) error {
 	if err := s.IpcNS.validate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := s.NetNS.validate(); err != nil {
+	if err := validateNetNS(&s.NetNS); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := s.PidNS.validate(); err != nil {