Mount NFS Folder

Server#

Create export#

Edit /etc/exports:

/opt/export_folder *(rw,async,wdelay,all_squash,no_root_squash,anonuid=555,anongid=555)

Disable iptables#

$ service iptables save
$ service iptables stop
$ chkconfig iptables off

Start portmap#

$ sudo service portmap start

If portmap is not found, do

# CentOS
$ sudo yum install portmap

and try again.

Start NFS#

$ sudo service nfs start

If nfs is not found, do

# CentOS
$ sudo yum install nfs-utils

and try again

Export NFS#

$ sudo exportfs -av

Client#

Start portmap#

$ sudo service portmap start

Create mountpoint#

$ mkdir ~/mountpoint

Mount#

$ sudo mount -v server.domain.com:/opt/export_folder ~/mountpoint

On Mac, type

$  sudo mount -v -t nfs -o resvport server.domain.com:/opt/export_folder ~/mountpoint

Debug#

Client#

From the client, run

$ rpcinfo server.domain.com

You should see NFS listed.

You can also do

$ showmount -e server.domain.com

to get a list of the exports.

Server#

Doing

$ rpcinfo -p

should show you nfs.

Doing

$ sudo service --status-all | grep nfs

should show you the nfs process.

External References#


Linux - Networking