NFS: The Network File System

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NFS is a protocol/application system that provides a standard, widely supported network file system.

Ubuntu has all code needed to mount an NFS network drive :

• Make sure a mount point directory (/local/ubuntu) exists and contains no files or subdirectories
  • Alternatively add this to /etc/fstab:
    • eample.hostname.com:/ubuntu /local/ubuntu nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr
• sudo mount hostname:/ubuntu /local/ubuntu
• Any errors, install (or verify it's installed) : sudo apt-get install nfs-common

To install / setup the server (i.e., a ubuntu machine that holds a portion of its filesystem for use by networked clients

• sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server
• Config:
  • add to /etc/exports
    • /ubuntu *(ro,sync,no_root_squash)
    • /home *(rw,sync,no_root_squash)
  • To start:
    • sudo systemctl start nfs-kernel-server.service

Additional information

• Ubuntu's page on NFS
  • Ubuntu: setting up NFS : Howto
  • Linux NFS FAQ

Last update 4/28/2018