VSock

Expose a host Unix socket or local Windows named pipe to a sandbox over virtio-vsock. See VSock for guest connection details, platform support, and security considerations.

VSock routes are local-only and unavailable with the multi-tenant deployment profile.

Typical flow

from microsandbox import Sandbox

sandbox = await Sandbox.create(
    "worker",
    image="alpine",
    vsock={"/run/host-api.sock": 5000},
)

Sandbox.create()

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`vsock`	`Mapping[str, int] \| Sequence[VsockRoute] \| None`	`None`	Host IPC routes exposed on guest host-CID ports

A mapping creates stream routes. Use typed VsockRoute values for datagram routes or when the socket type should be explicit.

VsockRoute

VsockRoute(host_socket, port, socket_type=VsockSocketType.STREAM)

Frozen route configuration imported from microsandbox.

Class method	Returns	Description
`stream(host_socket, port)`	`VsockRoute`	Create a stream route
`dgram(host_socket, port)`	`VsockRoute`	Create a datagram route

Datagram routes are unavailable on Windows. Host paths must be absolute, and each socket type and port pair must be unique.

VsockSocketType

String enum imported from microsandbox.

Member	Value	Description
`STREAM`	`"stream"`	Reliable, ordered byte stream; the default
`DGRAM`	`"dgram"`	Best-effort messages with preserved datagram boundaries

Getting Started

SDKs

CLI

Typical flow

Sandbox.create()

VsockRoute

VsockSocketType

​Typical flow

​Sandbox.create()

​VsockRoute

​VsockSocketType

Typical flow

Sandbox.create()

VsockRoute

VsockSocketType