A question about documentation related to the proxmox_virtual_environment_container resource

[windowsrefund]

Hello,

In the example usage, we see this:

  mount_point {
    # bind mount, *requires* root@pam authentication
    volume = "/mnt/bindmounts/shared"
    path   = "/mnt/shared"
  }

What exactly does that comment mean? Does that mean SSH is used?

Thanks in advance.

[bpg]

Hi @windowsrefund 👋🏼

This config mounts "/mnt/bindmounts/shared" path from the host (PVE) under "/mnt/shared" path in the container. It requires the provider to be authenticated using root system user account (Linux PAM).
You can find more about mount points in the Admin Guide section 11.4.4.

SSH access is not used in container resource.

[windowsrefund]

Thanks for moving this to a discussion.

OK, I figured out what you mean. Based on this provider's documentation related to authentication, we're saying either the PROXMOX_VE_USERNAME environment variable needs to be set to root@pam or the provider block's username attribute needs to be set to the same. Either way, I get it. As I'm using an API Token with appropriate privileges, I'll probably just avoid managing the mounts. Thanks for the feedback as I clearly got confused.