Mounting shares into containers from the host

[ethhack]

I know container run allows the user to add host directories as shares within the container, however, is there a method to do it for container start (adding a mount point to config.json or other way)? I can't seem to find an easy way to accomplish this. Tried adding mounts (in different formats) to config.json's mounts section, with no success so far.

[jglogan]

@ethhack We don't offer a CLI method for changing container configuration today (though there is #317 that touches on this).

If you want to wrench around, I think you're actually on the correct path. As a test, could you try this procedure when editing the JSON?

1. run your container
2. stop your container
3. edit the JSON to modify the mount(s)
4. container system stop
5. container system start
6. start your container

If this works, then try this:

1. run your container
2. stop your container
3. edit the JSON to modify the mount(s)
4. launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/com.apple.container.container-runtime-linux.{your-container-id}
5. start your container

[ethhack]

I’ll give this a shot this week, when I’m back at my desk (took a much needed week of PTO), and update this thread. Thanks.

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