ACI privileges and possibility of blobfuse2 mounting

Question

Hello,

I have been trying to mount an Azure Blob Storage container within an Azure Container Instance (ACI) using blobfuse2, but I have been unsuccessful. I suspect the issue is due to the limited privileges available in ACIs, unlike Docker containers running on a local host.

The same setup works perfectly on local hosts and VMs when using the privileged mode, i.e., running: `docker run --privileged

Answer 1

Hello Punit, Welcome to MS Q&A
Blobfuse2 cannot be used in Azure Container Instances (ACI) because ACI does not support FUSE-based mounts, even when using the --privileged flag. If you need to mount storage in ACI, consider using Azure Files instead. Alternatively, you can interact with Blob Storage using SDKs or APIs. If full container privileges are required, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a better alternative as it provides more flexibility and control over container operations.

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