[lxc-users] DRI in LXD

[Tycho Andersen]

On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 08:58:16AM -0500, Pete Osborne wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using LXD for a few months now and really like how it's shaping
> up. I would like to know if it's possible to run opengl applications within
> an LXD container sharing the hosts' X server? The primary function is to
> build and test Qt5 based applications that use open gl.
> 
> I've found several guides on how to set it up in an LXC container but i'd
> prefer to use LXD. I'm using a privielged container, and I attempted
> creating all the device files (/dev/dri/card0, /dev/video0, dev/nvidia*,
> /dev/fb0, dev/tty* ) from withing my container using mknod, but I think I
> need some way of using a bind mount.
> 
> Can anyone provide some advice?

You probably want LXD's device configuration, it is detailed here:

https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/specs/configuration.md#devices-configuration

Tycho