How to use the BlobFuse2 mount all command to mount all blob containers in a storage account as a Linux file system

Article
04/04/2023

Use the blobfuse2 mount all command to mount all blob containers in a storage account as a Linux file system. Each container will be mounted to a unique subdirectory under the path specified. The subdirectory names will correspond to the container names.

Syntax

blobfuse2 mount all [path] --[flag-name]=[flag-value]

Arguments

[path]

Specify a file path to the directory where all of the blob storage containers in the storage account will be mounted. Example:

blobfuse2 mount all ./mount_path ...

Flags (options)

Flags that apply to blobfuse2 mount all are inherited from the parent commands, blobfuse2 and blobfuse2 mount.

Flags inherited from the BlobFuse2 command

The following flags are inherited from grandparent command blobfuse2:

Flag	Short version	Value type	Default value	Description
disable-version-check		boolean	false	Enables or disables automatic version checking of the BlobFuse2 binaries
help	-h	n/a		Help info for the blobfuse2 command and subcommands

Flags inherited from the BlobFuse2 mount command

The following flags are inherited from parent command blobfuse2 mount:

Flag	Value type	Default value	Description
allow-other	boolean	false	Allow other users to access this mount point
attr-cache-timeout	uint32	120	Attribute cache timeout _{(in seconds)}
attr-timeout	uint32		Attribute timeout _{(in seconds)}
config-file	string	./config.yaml	The path for the file where the account credentials are provided Default is config.yaml in current directory.
container-name	string		The name of the container to be mounted
entry-timeout	uint32		Entry timeout _{(in seconds)}
file-cache-timeout	uint32	120	File cache timeout _{(in seconds)}
foreground	boolean	false	Whether the file system is mounted in foreground mode
log-file-path	string	$HOME/.blobfuse2/blobfuse2.log	The path for log files
log-level	LOG_OFF LOG_CRIT LOG_ERR LOG_WARNING LOG_INFO LOG_DEBUG LOG_WARNING	LOG_WARNING	The level of logging written to `--log-file-path`.
negative-timeout	uint32		The negative entry timeout _{(in seconds)}
no-symlinks	boolean	false	Whether or not symlinks should be supported
passphrase	string		Key to decrypt config file. Can also be specified by env-variable BLOBFUSE2_SECURE_CONFIG_PASSPHRASE The key length shall be 16 (AES-128), 24 (AES-192), or 32 (AES-256) bytes in length.
read-only	boolean	false	Mount the system in read only mode
secure-config	boolean	false	Encrypt auto generated config file for each container
tmp-path	string	n/a	Configures the tmp location for the cache. (Configure the fastest disk (SSD or ramdisk) for best performance).

Examples

Note

The following examples assume you have already created a configuration file in the current directory.

Mount all blob storage containers in the storage account specified in the configuration file to the path specified in the command. (Each container will be a subdirectory under the directory specified):

sudo mkdir bf2all
sudo blobfuse2 mount all ./bf2all --config-file=./config.yaml

Example Output

Mounting container : blobfuse2a to path : bf2all/blobfuse2a
Mounting container : blobfuse2b to path : bf2all/blobfuse2b

sudo blobfuse2 mount list

Example output

1 : /home/<user>/bf2all/blobfuse2a
2 : /home/<user>/bf2all/blobfuse2b