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Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours 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.

Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Why not NFS? Regardless, wouldn't it be slower anyway compared to virtiofs?

Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I think NFS would be a better choice if I decide to go that route. Isn't SAMBA slower and older than NFS?

Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

strace can be very verbose and requires a lot of knowledge that i doubt i can share through comments back and forth.

No worries. Thank a lot nonetheless.

is creating an intermediary like others have commented on in this post an option?

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.

Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

It does not, hence my question.

Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

do you have to provide a username/password or token when you try to access the drive now?

I do but it's through the proprietary GUI of the binary which has no CLI or API I can use.

Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I just checked and it is mounted as a fuse drive.

do you know how to use strace?

A very confident NO :)

Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That would be impossible since the cloud drive is 2TB and my physical storage space is under 500GB in size.

Virtualization: How do I share a cloud drive mounted inside the guest with the host? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I have no idea how it is mounted (how can I find out?) because the binary is proprietary. This is why it is contained inside a virtual machine.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 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.