Network File System (NFS)

NFS - Network File System is used to share file between Linux platforms.

Required packages: nfs_util

Port No: 2049,111

configuration file: /etc/exports

Services : rpcbind, nfs

Demon: nfs.quotad, nfs.mountd, portmap

Protocol Used: rpc

Steps to create NFS share

1. Install required packages

yum install nfs*

2. Create share directory

mkdir -p /home/share

3. Add the share details to /etc/exports. (Usually this file will be empty)

Template:

<sharename> <Client IP>(permission)

Example:

/home/share 192.168.1.15(rw,no_root_squash)

4. Restart services

service rpcbind restart

service nfs restart

5. Refresh the changes

exportfs -avr

5. List NFS drives

#From Server side

showmount -e

#From Client side

showmount -e

showmount -e 192.168.1.7

6. Now mount the NFS mount points

# Backup /etc/fstab

cp -pr /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup

#Temporary Mounting

mount -t nfs <hostname>:<shared location>  <Mount Point> 

mount -t nfs 192.168.1.7:/home/share /mnt

#Permanent Mounting. 

#Add the following line in /etc/fstab

<hostname>:<shared location>  <Mount Point> nfs  <permission> <Backup Available> <fsck priority>

192.168.1.7:/home/share  /mnt  nfs defaults  0   0

#Restart deamon

systemctl daemon-reload

#Mount all

mount -a

#Check mountpoint visible

df -h

#Check access

cd /mnt

ls -lrt

Related articles

• Nfs (wiki.archlinux.org)