minikube/site/content/en/docs/commands/mount.md

---
title: "mount"
description: >
  Mounts the specified directory into minikube
---


## minikube mount

Mounts the specified directory into minikube

### Synopsis

Mounts the specified directory into minikube.

```shell
minikube mount [flags] <source directory>:<target directory>
```

### Options

```
      --9p-version string   Specify the 9p version that the mount should use (default "9p2000.L")
      --gid string          Default group id used for the mount (default "docker")
      --ip string           Specify the ip that the mount should be setup on
      --kill                Kill the mount process spawned by minikube start
      --msize int           The number of bytes to use for 9p packet payload (default 262144)
      --options strings     Additional mount options, such as cache=fscache
      --port uint16         Specify the port that the mount should be setup on, where 0 means any free port.
      --type string         Specify the mount filesystem type (supported types: 9p) (default "9p")
      --uid string          Default user id used for the mount (default "docker")
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --add_dir_header                   If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages
      --alsologtostderr                  log to standard error as well as files (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
  -b, --bootstrapper string              The name of the cluster bootstrapper that will set up the Kubernetes cluster. (default "kubeadm")
  -h, --help                             
      --log_backtrace_at traceLocation   when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
      --log_dir string                   If non-empty, write log files in this directory (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
      --log_file string                  If non-empty, use this log file (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
      --log_file_max_size uint           Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to (no effect when -logtostderr=true). Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800)
      --logtostderr                      log to standard error instead of files
      --one_output                       If true, only write logs to their native severity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level; no effect when -logtostderr=true)
  -p, --profile string                   The name of the minikube VM being used. This can be set to allow having multiple instances of minikube independently. (default "minikube")
      --rootless                         Force to use rootless driver (docker and podman driver only)
      --skip-audit                       Skip recording the current command in the audit logs.
      --skip_headers                     If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
      --skip_log_headers                 If true, avoid headers when opening log files (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
      --stderrthreshold severity         logs at or above this threshold go to stderr when writing to files and stderr (no effect when -logtostderr=true or -alsologtostderr=true) (default 2)
      --user string                      Specifies the user executing the operation. Useful for auditing operations executed by 3rd party tools. Defaults to the operating system username.
  -v, --v Level                          number for the log level verbosity
      --vmodule moduleSpec               comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```