# Container Device Interface (CDI) — syntax=docker/dockerfile:1-labs

> FROM busybox RUN --device=vendor1.com/device \ env | grep ^FOO= Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text Here we use the [`RUN --device` command](/reference/dockerfile.md#run---device) and set `vendor1.com/device` which requests the first device available in the sp

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FROM busybox RUN --device=vendor1.com/device \ env | grep ^FOO=

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
Here we use the [`RUN --device` command](/reference/dockerfile.md#run---device)
and set `vendor1.com/device` which requests the first device available in the
specification. In this case it uses `foo`, which is the first device in
`/etc/cdi/foo.yaml`.

&gt; [!NOTE]
&gt; [`RUN --device` command](/reference/dockerfile.md#run---device) is only
&gt; featured in [`labs` channel](../buildkit/frontend.md#labs-channel) since
&gt; [Dockerfile frontend v1.14.0-labs](https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/tag/dockerfile%2F1.14.0-labs)
&gt; and not yet available in stable syntax.

Now let's build this Dockerfile:
```

$ docker buildx build . [+] Building 0.4s (5/5) FINISHED docker:default =&gt; [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile 0.0s =&gt; =&gt; transferring dockerfile: 155B 0.0s =&gt; resolve image config for docker-image://docker/dockerfile:1-labs 0.1s =&gt; CACHED docker-image://docker/dockerfile:1-labs@sha256:9187104f31e3a002a8a6a3209ea1f937fb7486c093cbbde1e14b0fa0d7e4f1b5 0.0s =&gt; [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/busybox:latest 0.1s =&gt; [internal] load .dockerignore 0.0s =&gt; =&gt; transferring context: 2B 0.0s ERROR: failed to build: failed to solve: failed to load LLB: device vendor1.com/device=foo is requested by the build but not allowed

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
It fails because the device `vendor1.com/device=foo` is not automatically
allowed by the build as shown in the `buildx inspect` output above:
```

Devices: Name: vendor1.com/device=foo Automatically allowed: false

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
To allow the device, you can use the [`--allow` flag](/reference/cli/docker/buildx/build/#allow)
with the `docker buildx build` command:
```

$ docker buildx build --allow device .

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
Or you can set the `org.mobyproject.buildkit.device.autoallow` annotation in
the CDI specification to automatically allow the device for all builds:
```

cdiVersion: "0.6.0" kind: "vendor1.com/device" devices: name: foo containerEdits: env: FOO=injected annotations: org.mobyproject.buildkit.device.autoallow: true …

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