[libvirt-users] LXC guest to have/make a device node (FUSE)

mxs kolo kolomaxes at gmail.com
Tue Jan 22 17:28:37 UTC 2019


 Hello

Device must be present on hardware node. For pass Character Device
inside lxc container:
<device>
  <hostdev mode='capabilities' type='misc'>
     <source>
       <char>/dev/CHAR_DEV_NAME</char>
     </source>
   </hostdev>
      .....
</device>

for Block Device:
<hostdev mode='capabilities' type='storage'>
   <source>
     <block>/dev/BLOCK_DEV_NAME</block>
   </source>
 </hostdev>

After LXC container start, corresponding device would be created
inside container's /dev/
Details here: https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsHostDevCaps

b.r.
 Maxim Kozin




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