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title: Share a host directory with a guest using virtiofs
description:
published: true
-date: 2022-08-13T00:16:17.437Z
+date: 2023-01-24T16:27:16.582Z
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dateCreated: 2022-08-13T00:16:17.437Z
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-# virtio-fs
+# Sharing a directory
-*to-be done*
+> *As of January 2023, virtio-fs is only available for virtual machines managed by the system libvirt instance (`qemu:///system`)*
+{.is-info}
-* Memory backing needs to be added:
+> *As of January 2023, virtio-fs does not feature a read-only mode. Do not share a host directory with a untrusted guest*.
+{.is-warning}
+
+[Virtio-fs](https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/), shorts for virtio shared filesystem, allows you to share a directory located on the host with a guest. It is designed to be fast and optimized for local usage, when the host and the guest are located on the same physical machine.
+
+## The guest
+
+### Edit XML configuration
+
+* Memory backing needs to be added to the XML definition:
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-* Then a a directory can be shared using the following definition:
+* A filesystem device has to be added.
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+### Mount the folder inside the guest
+
+* Inside the guest VM, mount the folder using the following commmand to mount the `/mnt` host directory on the guest, using also the `/mnt` point:
+
+`# mount -t virtiofs share /mnt/`
+
+## Resources
+
+* Official website: https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/index.html#status
+* In the context of a Windows guest: https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/wiki/VirtIO-FS:-Shared-file-system
+