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Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone! I want to be able to access a folder inside the guest that corresponds to a cloud drive that is mounted inside the guest for security purposes. I have tried setting up a shared filesystem inside Virt-Manager (KVM) with virtiofs (following this tutorial: https://absprog.com/post/qemu-kvm-shared-folder) but as soon as I mount the folder in order for it to be accessible on the ~~guest~~ host the cloud drive gets unmounted. I guess a folder cannot have two mounts at the same time. Aliasing the folder using bind and then sharing the aliased folder with the host doesn't work either. The aliased folder is simply empty on the host.

Does anyone have an idea regarding how I might accomplish this? Is KVM the right choice or would something like docker or podman better suited for this job? Thank you.

Edit: To clarify: The cloud drive is mounted inside a virtual machine for security purposes as the binary is proprietary and I do not want to mount it on the host (bwrap and the like introduce a whole lot of problems, the drive doesn't sync anymore and I have to relogin each time). I do not use the virtual machine per se, I just start it and leave it be.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you mean by intermediary? Do you mean syncing the files with the VM and then sharing the synced copy with the host?That wouldn’t work since my drive is smaller than the cloud drive and I need all the files on-demand.

that's one way. do you need them all at the same time? are they mostly the same size and type?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

do you need them all at the same time?

I need to access all files conveniently and transparently depending on what I need at work in that particular moment.

are they mostly the same size and type?

Hard no.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sshfs might work if your fuse drive is mounted with options that will let it be shared and you have sudo access to enable sshfs. also ssh access is a requirement.

how is it mounted now? it should also be in that same mount printout and usually at the end of the line inside parenthesis.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

user_id=0,group_id=0

do you have sudo access and are there any rules in /etc/sudo* that match your username or any of your groups? which distribution?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Since originally writing the post I have switched to a rootless podman container. Running it how I did before (inside a VM) would simply yield user_id=1000,group_id=1000 I think.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

that implies that you're not using the binary anymore since you're in a container; is it using an overlay fs?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I am using the binary. Just running it inside a container instead of a VM.

overlay fs?

Yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

so the drive isn't mounted when the container starts; but you execute it after it started and then the drive is mounted?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

i've never seen a workflow like that so i don't think i can help you with the container.

if getting it from the host os an option, then it makes sense to see if it's possible and something like a sudoer rule or selinux could prevent that; my last question was my attempt to ascertain this.