sshfs sounds great since this probably allows me to also select the folders I want to share with the SMALL AppVM instead of revealing all files.
Thanks for taking the time to look into this and I'm looking forward to the push :) On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 4:30:11 PM UTC+1 unman wrote: > On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 06:56:47AM -0800, 'heinrich...@googlemail.com' > via qubes-users wrote: > > >From one AppVM I need to temporarily access a large amount of files > from > > another AppVM. Can this be done without copying the files around? > > > > *Background: * > > I have a large amount of files stored in AppVM "BIG". That's hundreds of > GB > > in a separate pool on a spinning HDD. > > I also have a small AppVM "SMALL" running a program that needs to access > > files from "BIG". This AppVM resides on a small SSD. > > > > In the past I copied files from BIG to SMALL. But this takes time and I > > need to sort the files beforehand because there is not enough space on > the > > SSD. I don't want to do that anymore. It would be okay to allow AppVM > > "SMALL" to access files from "BIG"'s private storage directly. > > > > Googling around tells me to mount "private.img", but I'm using LVM so > > that's not an option. But how can this be done? Can it be done? (Or is > > there even a better "file sharing" approach for this amount of data > without > > having to revert to a NAS?) > > > > Any tips are appreciated. > > > > (I'm on Qubes OS v4 latest) > > > > Take a look at https://qubes-os.org/doc/mount-lvm-image/ > That explains how to mount an lvm image. > > Alternatively you could look at https://github.com/unman/qubes-sync > where I outline how to rsync data over qrexec. > I've updated that to include sshfs over qrexec, but don't seem to have > pushed it up yet. That'll have to wait until the morning. > But the principle is simple - run sshd on the target > instead of rsyncd: use a forwarder, and then mount the remote directory > using sshfs on the client. That removes the need to copy files around, > and keeps a single archive accessible from other qubes. > That should give you idea of how to get started - if you need help let > me know and I'll try to help in the morning. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/909961b5-b4fc-4a34-90c0-f4614a4bede4n%40googlegroups.com.
