NFS (Network File System) is a distributed file system protocol that allows you to mount remote directories on your server. This lets you manage storage space in a different location and write to that space from
I’ve been asked several times how and why I setup my home lab to use NFS on my Synology NAS and thought a post detailing the steps would be best. First the why, when I purchased mySynology DS412+about two years I recall seeing several people stating NFS was out performing iSCSI (lik...
If you have a Synology NAS that has the resources and horsepower to run a PBS VM, this guide will walk you through that process. If you want your PBS running elsewhere, no worries, you can still follow the Synology NFS file share setup, regardless of where your PBS is running on you...
Hi, I could not find any reliable source of documentation for setting up NFS on macos Monterey. I have two machines, a mac mini and a macbook air m1. I would like to setup NFS on mac mini as server and mount the volume on the macbook. Please link me to the right documentation/re...
With the fast-growing pace ofKubernetes storage, here in this post, we are elaborating on establishing the Kubernetes NFS server. With our best intentions, the details to set up the “Dynamic NFS Provisioning server for Kubernetes” are furnished here. Let’s dive in!
Setup An NFS mount is set up between at least two servers. The machine hosting the shared network is called the server, while the ones that connect to it are called ‘clients’. This tutorial requires 2 servers: one acting as the server and one as the client. We will set up the serve...
Enable Kerberos security modes in the /etc/nfssec.conf file. Edit the /etc/nfssec.conf file and remove the “#” that is placed in front of the Kerberos security modes. # cat /etc/nfssec.conf . . # # Uncomment the following lines to use Kerberos V5 with NFS # krb5 390003 kerberos...
auto.directto/etc/ This file defines the mount options for the direct mounts. In our case we are just interested in/var/backup bash # direct map /var/backup -rw,soft,intr,retrans=1,timeo=5,tcp <IP>:/backup/nfs NOTE: Where IP could be a single IP or multiple IPs comma-separated (...
NFSv4 and NFSv3 can be used simultaneously on a NFS server as well as on a NFS client. You have to setup NFSv3 on your NFS server (seeSettingUpNFSHowTo). You can then export a file system with NFSv4 and NFSv3 simultaneously. Just put the appropriate export statements into/etc/exports...
When you don't see the list of exported shares, something went wrong in the previous step. Go back and make sure everything has been setup correctly. Next you want to mount hte NFS share: # mkdir /mnt/unifi-videos -- make sure the mount point exist. ...