Serial ports

Provide the container with access to serial ports.

The serial port must be disabled in the device's configuration, otherwise the container application may not receive all data.

Serial port access

Properties

Enable

Provide access to this serial port inside the container.

  • Data type: boolean
  • Default: true
  • Configuration

CLI: (cli)> config compute container <key> serial <index> enable

Serial port

The serial port on the host system to provide access to inside the container.

  • Data type: reference path
  • References instances of: Serial ports
  • Configuration
  • Required

CLI: (cli)> config compute container <key> serial <index> port

Character device path

Add a character device for the serial port at this path inside the container.

The pattern {name} will be replaced with the name of the selected serial port, for example, serial1.

  • Data type: string
  • Default: /dev/{name}
  • Configuration
  • Required

CLI: (cli)> config compute container <key> serial <index> device