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authorAnders F Björklund <anders.f.bjorklund@gmail.com>2021-09-05 22:16:59 +0200
committerAnders F Björklund <anders.f.bjorklund@gmail.com>2021-12-30 13:36:56 +0100
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Implement virtfs volumes for podman machine
Allow using the built-in 9pfs feature of qemu, mounting host directories into vm mountpoints. The volumes are generic, the mounts are specific. Wait for the machine to be "running", otherwise the SSH function might throw an error instead. Increase the default msize from 8 KiB to 128 KiB [NO NEW TESTS NEEDED] Signed-off-by: Anders F Björklund <anders.f.bjorklund@gmail.com>
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@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ Set the timezone for the machine and containers. Valid values are `local` or
a `timezone` such as `America/Chicago`. A value of `local`, which is the default,
means to use the timezone of the machine host.
+#### **--volume**, **-v**=*source:target*
+
+Mounts a volume from source to target.
+
+Create a mount. If /host-dir:/machine-dir is specified as the `*source:target*`,
+Podman mounts _host-dir_ in the host to _machine-dir_ in the Podman machine.
+
+The root filesystem is mounted read-only in the default operating system,
+so mounts must be created under the /mnt directory.
+
#### **--help**
Print usage statement.
@@ -72,6 +82,7 @@ $ podman machine init
$ podman machine init myvm
$ podman machine init --disk-size 50
$ podman machine init --memory=1024 myvm
+$ podman machine init -v /Users:/mnt/Users
```
## SEE ALSO