Type: unix-hotplug

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Note

The unix-hotplug device type is supported for containers. It supports hotplugging.

Unix hotplug devices make the requested Unix device appear as a device in the container (under /dev). If the device exists on the host system, you can read from it and write to it.

The implementation depends on systemd-udev to be run on the host.

Device options

unix-hotplug devices have the following device options:

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gid

GID of the device owner in the container

mode

Mode of the device in the container

ownership.inherit

Whether this device inherits ownership (GID and/or UID) from the host

productid

Product ID of the Unix device

required

Whether this device is required to start the container

subsystem

Subsystem of the Unix device

uid

UID of the device owner in the container

vendorid

Vendor ID of the Unix device

Configuration examples

Add a unix-hotplug device to an instance by specifying its vendor ID, product ID, and/or subsystem:

lxc config device add <instance_name> <device_name> unix-hotplug vendorid=<vendor_ID> productid=<product_ID> subsystem=<subsystem>

See Configure devices for more information.