¶ Mount and share dirve(s) via NFS
The screnario is that we have two servers with IP addresses as shown below. The server called Harvester will share a drive mounted on /local/disk-01 to the client called Farmer where it will be mounted on /remote/disk-01. We will also edit the /etc/fstab files and make sure that those shares mount automatically after reboot.
¶ Install DUF
- We have had df since the beginning of time to check disk usage. It works and it is great. We now have duf and it is way cooler and gives you a colorful output as a bonus. We need to install that first using the command below:
sudo apt install duf
- Once duf is installed we simply type duf on the command line and output is shown below - nice and pretty. We can see what we have for disks, where they are mounted and how much space is used.
¶ NFS Server
In order to share the drive we just made with a client we need to install a NFS Server. If you refer to the diagram on top of the page the server is called harvester and its IP address is 192.168.123.211 and the client is called farmer and its IP address is 192.168.123.212.
- Install the NFS Server by typing the command below
sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server
- Edit the exports file by typing the command below
sudo nano /etc/exports
Paste the following text at the bottom of the file and save it
/local/disk-01 192.168.123.212(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
- Restart the NFS Server by typing the command below:
sudo systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server
¶ NFS Client
- Login to the client machine and isntall the NFS Common utilities by tryping the command below:
sudo apt install nfs-common
- Make a mount point directory by typing the command below:
sudo mkdir /remote/disk-01 -p
- Mount the remote disk via NFS by typing the command below:
sudo mount -t nfs4 192.168.123.211:/local/disk-01 /remote/disk-01
- This will mount the drive. To make sure it re-mounts on reboot, edit the /etc/fstab file by typing the command below:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
- Append the line below to the bottom of the file and save.
172.20.30.80:/storage/disk-01 /remote/disk-01 nfs auto,nofail,noatime,nolock,intr,tcp,rw 0 0
- Now type duf and the output will show you the mounted 256GB drive from the server called harvester
