Docker loading kernel modules

Question

I tried to install a kernel module, xfsprogs. It was successfully installed inside a container. It is really surprising, but lsmod doesn\'t list th

Answer 1

• Run the container in privileged mode (--privileged)
• Add all capabilities (--cap-add=ALL)
• mount host /lib/modules into the container (-v /lib/modules:/lib/modules)

docker run --name container_name --privileged --cap-add=ALL -d \
       -v /dev:/dev -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules image_id

Caution: Here all Linux capabilities are added so capabilities can be refined.