[lxc-users] How do you mount this file as an lxc rootfs?

[Mike Wright]

On 06/20/2016 07:22 AM, John Lewis wrote:
> On 06/20/2016 10:04 AM, Mike Wright wrote:
>> On 06/20/2016 06:47 AM, John Lewis wrote:
>>> I have a ext4 formatted file called pmd.simg with a directory structure
>>> like this.
>>>
>>> lost+found  rootfs
>>
>> You should be able to mount that via the loop device:
>>
>> <code>
>> mount pmd.simg <mount_point> -o loop
>> </code>
>>
>> Then rootfs will be available at <mount_point>/rootfs
>>
> Sorry I think I spoke too soon. Is there any way to do this inside the
> lxc container configuration file?
>
I may be out of my league here but you could try using a pre-start hook.

Put your mount command into a shell script and then invoke it from your 
config file:

lxc.hook.pre-start = <path to mount script>

Hope that works.