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authorLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@microsoft.com>2020-07-30 19:37:10 +0100
committerLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@microsoft.com>2021-01-18 17:24:05 +0000
commit5e8deb94c6f05137942b10b5288a37d9b09fd43f (patch)
tree1cbed6e76c6398d4c183a6b71e0a9927386833d8 /man/systemd.exec.xml
parent94293d65cd4125347e21b3e423d0e245226b1be2 (diff)
downloadsystemd-5e8deb94c6f05137942b10b5288a37d9b09fd43f.tar.gz
core: add DBUS method to bind mount new nodes without service restart
Allow to setup new bind mounts for a service at runtime (via either DBUS or a new 'systemctl bind' verb) with a new helper that forks into the unit's mount namespace. Add a new integration test to cover this. Useful for zero-downtime addition to services that are running inside mount namespaces, especially when using RootImage/RootDirectory. If a service runs with a read-only root, a tmpfs is added on /run to ensure we can create the airlock directory for incoming mounts under /run/host/incoming.
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the service with a private, minimal version of <filename>/dev/</filename>, combine this option with
<varname>PrivateDevices=</varname>.</para>
+ <para>In order to allow propagating mounts at runtime in a safe manner, <filename>/run/systemd/propagate</filename>
+ on the host will be used to set up new mounts, and <filename>/run/host/incoming/</filename> in the private namespace
+ will be used as an intermediate step to store them before being moved to the final mount point.</para>
+
<xi:include href="system-only.xml" xpointer="singular"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>