From 4eee7346655d9c954ab595c05e9f5dad0f5efeda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hui Zhu Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 10:13:07 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] vsock: Add introduction about VMWare guest Add introduction about use Kata Containers with vsocks in a VMWare guest environment. Fixes: #326 Signed-off-by: Hui Zhu --- VSocks.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/VSocks.md b/VSocks.md index dc1357dd9b..302531592e 100644 --- a/VSocks.md +++ b/VSocks.md @@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ $ sudo modprobe -i vhost_vsock The Kata Containers version must be greater than or equal to 1.2.0 and `use_vsock` must be set to `true` in the runtime [configuration file][1]. +### With VMWare guest +To use Kata Containers with vsocks in a VMWare guest environment, first stop the vmware-tools service and unload the VMWare Linux kernel module. +``` +sudo systemctl stop vmware-tools +sudo modprobe -r vmw_vsock_vmci_transport +sudo modprobe -i vhost_vsock +``` + ## Advantages of using vsocks ### High density