Add tun device to LXC Proxmox

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Add tun device to LXC

Shutdown container:

Where 100 is the container ID

pct shutdown 100

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Move into your container config file:

vi /etc/pve/lxc/100.conf

Add the following to the end of the file:

Type lthe letter i to edit in vi

i

Add the following into the file:

lxc.hook.autodev: /var/lib/lxc/100/tuntap
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 10:200 rwm

Save changes and exit:

Tap esc key to leave edit insert mode:

Then, Write and Quit saving the changes

:wq

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Create the tun device:

vi /var/lib/lxc/100/tuntap

Enter the following into the new file:

#!/bin/bash
cd ${LXC_ROOTFS_MOUNT}/dev
mkdir net
mknod net/tun c 10 200
chmod 0666 net/tun

Save and quit

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You are good to restart the container.

Type :

ip a

To view the devices, remembering the tun device will not be available until you start a script such as openvpn. Or manually start the device for whatever reason.