Virt-manager cannot find virtiofsd

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I can start a VM from virt-manager, however, I cannot define shared directory. I see a popup window with error message.

Error starting domain: operation failed: Unable to find a satisfying virtiofsd

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/k7gq8j86xhdqvqfdqqw7pyg9agpnaf7r-virt-manager-4.1.0/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 72, in cb_wrapper
    callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/nix/store/k7gq8j86xhdqvqfdqqw7pyg9agpnaf7r-virt-manager-4.1.0/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 108, in tmpcb
    callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/nix/store/k7gq8j86xhdqvqfdqqw7pyg9agpnaf7r-virt-manager-4.1.0/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py", line 57, in newfn
    ret = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/nix/store/k7gq8j86xhdqvqfdqqw7pyg9agpnaf7r-virt-manager-4.1.0/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line 1402, in startup
    self._backend.create()
  File "/nix/store/90qb43zkg0kyl7n3bs3l1q5v93s7883d-python3.10-libvirt-8.10.0/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 1373, in create
    raise libvirtError('virDomainCreate() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: operation failed: Unable to find a satisfying virtiofsd

I did follow instructions on following sites.

I updated channel NixOS 22.11 and rebuilt the system; Same error.

What should I do to fix this error?

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add virtiofsd into your systemPackages and add following into virt-manager filesystem xml:

  <binary path="/run/current-system/sw/bin/virtiofsd"/>
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Is there a different approach now?

$ find /run/current-system/ -iname *virtiofsd*

$ /run/current-system/sw/bin/virtiofsd
bash: /run/current-system/sw/bin/virtiofsd: No such file or directory
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I used

[user@nixos:~]$ which virtiofsd
/etc/profiles/per-user/user/bin/virtiofsd