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tips:accessing_dev_mem_for_host_from_lxc_container

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To Access /dev/mem for Host from container,

Please run the following commands.

lxc stop <container_name>
lxc config set <container_name> security.privileged true
lxc config set <container_name> raw.lxc 'lxc.cap.drop='
lxc config set <container_name> raw.lxc 'lxc.cap.keep='
lxc config device add <container_name> devmem unix-char source=/dev/mem
lxc exec <container_name> dmidecode
lxc start <container_name>

You can run these commands when you find the following errors.

/dev/mem: Operation not permitted
tips/accessing_dev_mem_for_host_from_lxc_container.1626262350.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/07/14 17:02 by navaneeth