Is there a way to mount a folder from proxmox based filesystem in a container?

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Roger Simpson

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Hi all,

I would like to know if there is a way to mount a folder from the proxmox based filesystem in a container?

I currently do that through nullfs mount on a FreeBSD system where I have folder I exposed in the based system to within a jail - similar principle as a container in proxmox.

Has anybody done that? I cannot find a way to do that from the CT creation wizard GUI.

To clarify, if on a proxmox node, I have a ZFS pool named zdata and folder like /zdata/for_my_container, can I create a container and mount the content of for_my_container in that container?
I am sure I can have NFS or CIFS running on proxmox and get it to mount, I was hoping for something closer to my setup with FreeBSD jails and nullfs.

I see the documentation: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container#_bind_mount_points

Is there way to do that from the GUI?

Thanks in advance.
 
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LnxBil said:
You cannot, PVE is not a fileserver and therefore has no capability to do that. If you want to do that nonetheless, you have to go to the CLI.
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Otherwise, you can create a subvolume then add a mount point for it on the container's ressources page :
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Is it correct ?
 
tom said:
This is possible since quite some time via GUI, see screenshot.
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As far I understand him, he is talking about binding a previously created mountpoint/directory somewhere on the disk to the container. The screenshot is for creating a mount and adding that previously created mountpoint to the container. Conceptually two different things.
 
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LnxBil said:
As far I understand him, he is talking about binding a previously created mountpoint/directory somewhere on the disk to the container. The screenshot is for creating a mount and adding that previously created mountpoint to the container. Conceptually two different things.
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Your understanding is correct.
I can see the mount point from the GUI after created from the CLI but it does not seem to be feasible from the GUI.
I will look into the Proxmox API to see if I can create manage this settings.

Thank you all for all the answers and guidance - much appreciated
 
It's secure to mount the proxmox dump folder? I want to automatically save backup files from proxmox running Syncthink inside the container.

Thank you.
 
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