NFS Server & Client

Steps to create an NFS Server and mount the remote directory. My lab server IP is “192.168.1.72”.

Server

1. Install the nfs utilities.

   sudo dnf install nfs-utils -y
   

2. Start the nfs-server daemon.

   sudo systemctl enable --now nfs-server
   

3. Verify the listener.

   rpcinfo -p | grep nfs
   

4. Create the directory, set the owner, and permissions.

   sudo mkdir -p /mirror/nfs
   sudo chown -R nobody: /mirror/nfs
   sudo chmod -R 777 /mirror/nfs
   

5. Restart the nfs utilities.

   sudo systemctl restart nfs-utils
   

6. Update “/etc/exports”.

   Note

   Set the subnet to match your requirements. In this example I’m allowing all clients on subnet “192.168.1.0/24” access to the mount.

   echo "/mirrro/nfs 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,no_all_squash,root_squash)" | sudo tee -a /etc/exports
   

7. Export and check mount.

   sudo exportfs -arv
   sudo exportfs -s
   

8. Update firewall to allow nfs.

   sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=nfs --permanent
   sudo firewall-cmd --reload
   sudo firewall-cmd --list-all
   

   Note

   For older nfs clients you may need to open the following ports

   sudo firewall-cmd --add-service={nfs3,mountd,rpc-bind} --permanent
   sudo firewall-cmd --reload
   

Client

1. Install the nfs utilities.

   sudo dnf insatll nfs-utils -y
   

2. Create the mount directory.

   sudo mkdir -p /mnt/nfs
   

3. Mount the remote nfs directory.

   sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.1.72:/mirror/nfs /mnt/nfs
   

4. Verify nfs mount.

   mount | grep -i nfs