{"id":707,"date":"2016-02-04T14:07:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=707"},"modified":"2016-02-04T14:07:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:07:06","slug":"how-to-set-up-a-nfs-server-and-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"How To Set Up a NFS Server and Client For File Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up an NFS server and client configurations for mounting an NFS share across systems in a network.[alert style=”e.g. white,<\/p>\n

[alert style=”e.g. white, grey, red, yellow, green”] Note: This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 14.04 server. You can create a VM easily on the cloud or using vagrant. [\/alert]<\/p>\n

Setup an NFS server<\/h2>\n

In this setup, I have a ubuntu server with IP address 192.168.0.2.<\/p>\n

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  1. Refresh the apt package index<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    sudo apt-get update<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Install the NFS package.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. Next, we need to create a directory that can be shared with other hosts in the network. I am going to create a folder in var directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        sudo mkdir \/var\/nfs<\/code><\/pre>\n
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        1. Change the ownership of the NFS folder to \u201cnobody\u201d<\/a> and \u201cnogroup\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          sudo chown nobody:nogroup \/var\/nfs<\/code><\/pre>\n
          The “nobody” is a user present in most of the Linux distros which belong to the “nogroup” which does not have any privileges on the system programs or files.<\/p>\n
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          1. All the NFS configurations are set in the \/etc\/exports file. In which we can give specific permissions for a client to access the files in the share.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            In this example, I have a client with IP 192.168.0.3. Open the exports file and make an entry as shown below.<\/p>\n
            \/var\/nfs    192.168.0.3(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)<\/code><\/pre>\n
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            1. NFS table holds all the exports of the shares. You can create one using the following command.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              sudo exportfs -a<\/code><\/pre>\n
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              1. Now, let\u2019s start the NFS service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                sudo service nfs-kernel-server start<\/code><\/pre>\n
                That’s it! We have an NFS server up and running.<\/p>\n
                Setup NFS client Node<\/h2>\n
                All the servers which need access to the NFS share need to install the NFS client packages.<\/p>\n
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                1. Refresh the apt list and install the client package.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                  sudo apt-get update \nsudo apt-get install nfs-common<\/code><\/pre>\n
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                  1. Let\u2019s create a folder that will be mounted to the remote NFS share.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                    sudo mkdir \/mnt\/nfs\/<\/code><\/pre>\n
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                    1. Now, mount the remote NFS directory with out local \/mnt\/nfs directory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                      sudo mount 192.168.0.2:\/var\/nfs  \/mnt\/nfs<\/code><\/pre>\n
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                      1. Verify the mount using the following command. You will see NFS share listed in the file system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                        df -h<\/code><\/pre>\n
                        The output looks like the following.<\/p>\n
                        192.168.0.2:\/var\/nfs   40G  1.4G   37G   4% \/mnt\/nfs<\/code><\/pre>\n
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                        1. Now you can test the share by creating a test file in \/var\/nfs folder of the NFS server and try to list that in your clients \/mnt\/nfs folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                          That’s it! You now have an NFS share server and client up and running. You can add more clients in the same way we set up our first client.<\/p>\n
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                          Ngu\u1ed3n:<\/strong> How To Set Up a NFS Server and Client For File Sharing \u2014 DevOpsCube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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