[lxc-devel] [PATCH 2/2] lxc.container.conf: document the type: lxc.rootfs conventions
Michael H. Warfield
mhw at WittsEnd.com
Thu May 15 15:12:56 UTC 2014
On Thu, 2014-05-15 at 14:33 +0000, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
> ---
> doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> diff --git a/doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in b/doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in
> index 6e96889..39de1cc 100644
> --- a/doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in
> +++ b/doc/lxc.container.conf.sgml.in
> @@ -876,6 +876,20 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
> specified, the container shares its root file system
> with the host.
> </para>
> + <para>
> + For directory or simple block-device backed containers,
> + a pathname can be used. If the rootfs is backed by a nbd
> + device, then <filename>nbd:file:1</filename> specifies that
> + <filename>file</filename> should be attached to a nbd device,
> + and partition 1 should be mounted as the rootfs.
> + <filename>nbd:file</filename> specifies that the nbd device
> + itself should be mounted. <filename>overlayfs:/lower:/upper</filename>
> + specifies that the rootfs should be an overlay with <filename>/upper</filename>
> + being mounted read-write over a read-only mount of <filename>/lower</filename>.
> + <filename>aufs:/lower:/upper</filename> does the same using aufs in place
> + of overlayfs. <filename>loop:/file</filename> tells lxc to attach
> + <filename>/file</filename> to a loop device and mount the loop device.
> + </para>
> </listitem>
> </varlistentry>
>
> --
> 1.9.1
I may be off base here but, does this relate to that exchange on the
-users list a couple of weeks ago about the Fedora template and an lvm
backing store? Or is that one of these "simple block-device backed"
things? The OP never got back with us and I haven't tried testing it
myself.
Regards,
Mike
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