Volumes (macOS & Linux)
Mount Type
reverse-sshfs
- macOS
- Linux
Users can enable the “reverse-sshfs“ mount type from the Volumes
tab. This exposes the filesystem by running an SFTP server on the host. The host instance will then intitiate an SSH connection into the guest allowing it to connect to the SFTP server. This is the default mount type used in the application.
9p
- macOS
- Linux
warning
This is an experimental setting.
Users can enable the “9p“ mount type from the Volumes
tab. This will expose the filesystem by using QEMU’s virtio-9p-pci
devices.
Cache Mode: Specifies a caching policy that has a default setting as
mmap
. The caching options are[none, loose, fscache, mmap]
.Memory Size In KiB: Users can specify the number of bytes to use for the “9p” packet size. The minimum value is 4 KiB and the default size is 128 KiB.
Protocol Version: Users can select the “9p” protocol version. The options include
[9p2000, 9p2000.u, 9p2000.L]
and the default protocol setting is9p200.L
.Security Model: Users can select a supported security model with options being
[passthrough, mapped-xattr, mapped-file, none]
. The default security setting value isnone
.
virtiofs
- macOS
- Linux
warning
This is an experimental setting.
Users can enable the virtiofs mount type from the Volumes
tab. This is implemented using the Apple Virtualization.Framework
shared directory device.