Install NFS on CentOS 7

centos nfs

• Install NFS Server. Server and client install same pacakge nfs-utils.

  sudo yum install nfs-utils
  

• Create shared folder

  mkdir /var/nfsshare
  mod -R 755 /var/nfsshare
  chown nfsnobody:nfsnobody /var/nfsshare
  

• Add share folder in /etc/exports

  /var/nfsshare    192.168.0.101(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_all_squash)
  

• Enable and start NFS server

  sudo systemctl enable rpcbind
  sudo systemctl enable nfs-server
  sudo systemctl enable nfs-lock
  sudo systemctl enable nfs-idmap
  sudo systemctl start rpcbind
  sudo systemctl start nfs-server
  sudo systemctl start nfs-lock
  sudo systemctl start nfs-idmap
  

• Setup firewall if it is enabled

  sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=nfs
  sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=mountd
  sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=rpc-bind
  sudo firewall-cmd --reload
  

• Mount nfs folder on Client

  mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/var/nfsshare
  sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.0.100:/var/nfsshare /mnt/nfs/var/nfsshare/
  

• Permanent NFS mounting by editing /etc/fstab.

  192.168.0.100:/var/nfsshare    /mnt/nfs/var/nfsshare   nfs defaults 0 0
  

Source: https://www.howtoforge.com/nfs-server-and-client-on-centos-7

Written on March 5, 2019