Signed-off-by: Markus Frank <m.fr...@proxmox.com> --- qm.adoc | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)
diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc index 0726b29..8cc1678 100644 --- a/qm.adoc +++ b/qm.adoc @@ -934,6 +934,67 @@ recommended to always use a limiter to avoid guests using too many host resources. If desired, a value of '0' for `max_bytes` can be used to disable all limits. +[[qm_sharedfiles]] +Shared Filesystems +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +add directories for Shared Filesystems +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +To add a directory either add a directory to the "Shared Files" list in the node +config in the WebUI or add it to the /etc/pve/nodes/<nodename>/dirs config file +like this: + +---- +<dirid>: /path/to/share +---- + +9pfs (virtio-9p) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +QEMU's 9pfs uses the Plan 9 Filesystem Protocol to share a directory on the host +with a guest VM. + +To share a directory with 9p, run the following command: + +---- +qm set <vmid> -sharedfiles0 virtio-9p,dirid=<dirid>,tag=<mount tag> +---- + +To mount QEMU's 9pfs in a guest VM with the Linux kernel 9p driver, run the +following command: + +---- +mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L <mount tag> <mount point> +---- + +https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/9p_virtio + +https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup + +virtio-fs +^^^^^^^^^ + +Virtio-fs is a shared file system, that enables sharing a directory between +host and guest VM while taking advantage of the locality of virtual machines +and the hypervisor to get a higher throughput than 9p. +Numa must be disabled to use virtio-fs. + +To share a directory with virtio-fs, run the following command: + +---- +qm set <vmid> -sharedfiles0 virtio-fs,dirid=<dirid>,tag=<mount tag> +---- + +To mount virtio-fs in a guest VM with the Linux kernel virtiofs driver, run the +following command: + +---- +mount -t virtiofs <mount tag> <mount point> +---- + +https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/howto-qemu.html + [[qm_bootorder]] Device Boot Order ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.30.2 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel