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title: "How to Add a Hard Drive or USB Memory to an LXC for Use and Network Sharing"
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description: "Add a USB hard drive to an LXC in Proxmox, set up Samba for network sharing, and utilize the added storage for various purposes."
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---
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Sometimes, it can be useful to add a hard drive or USB memory to our Proxmox setup, especially if we have a mini PC with limited expansion possibilities.
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We'll see how to add a USB hard drive to an LXC where we'll use it and also share its content via Samba.
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#### Note: The LXC must have privileges for us to add the disk.
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There can be various uses, such as:
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- Hosting Torrent files and making them available on the network
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- Using it with our media server
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- Using it to host documents that are auto-scanned with Paperless
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- And many more...
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We will:
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1. Add the USB disk to the LXC
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2. Install Samba
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3. Configure the disk sharing
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## 1. Adding USB disk to our LXC
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### 1.1 Identify the USB disk or memory
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To do this, it's as simple as looking at the disk section we have on our server before and after connecting the USB disk.
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Before adding our disk:
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After adding our USB disk:
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### 1.2 Format the disk
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For us to use it, we have to format it in a compatible file system, for example ext4 in the case of a hard drive. We do this from the Proxmox console:
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```bash
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mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
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```
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### 1.3 Create the mount directory in the LXC
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We can name the directory whatever we want:
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```bash
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mkdir /mnt/lxc_USB
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```
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### 1.4 Create a mount point in our LXC
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To do this, we go to the Proxmox console (not in the LXC), and edit the LXC's configuration file. Change the id (100) to the corresponding one for your LXC:
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```bash
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nano /etc/pve/lxc/100.conf
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```
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Add this line to the file:
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```
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mp0: /dev/sdb1,mp=/mnt/lxc_USB,backup=0
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```
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### 1.5 Start the LXC and set permissions
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Start the LXC, log in, and give permissions to the mount directory:
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```bash
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chmod -R 777 /mnt/lxc_USB
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```
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## 2. Install Samba
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Now that we have our disk mounted, let's install Samba to share it over the network.
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### 2.1 Install Samba inside the LXC:
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```bash
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apt-get install samba -y
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```
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Confirm the service is running:
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```bash
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systemctl status smbd.service
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```
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### 2.2 Create a new user
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Create a new user with the name we want, add a password for the user and confirm everything:
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```bash
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adduser proxmenux
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```
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Now let's add the new user to Samba:
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```bash
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smbpasswd -a proxmenux
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```
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### 2.3 Set permissions
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Set the permissions for the proxmenux user to the path where we mounted the disk:
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```bash
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apt-get install acl
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setfacl -R -m "u:proxmenux:rwx" /mnt/lxc_USB
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```
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## 3. Configure Samba sharing
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### 3.1 Edit the Samba configuration file
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Edit the smb.conf file to share the disk directory:
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```bash
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nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
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```
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At the end of the file add:
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```
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[lxc_usb]
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comment = shared folder
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path = /mnt/lxc_USB
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read only = no
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writable = yes
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browseable = yes
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guest ok = no
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valid users = @proxmenux
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```
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## 4. Verify access and usage
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We now have our Samba server installed and our USB drive shared. Let's verify that we can access it:
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Now we can use our hard drive, use it inside the container and also share its content:
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---
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</div>
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