Quick way to set up an NFS Server on Ubuntu?
Jan 08, 2020
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Question / Issue:
Can you show an example on how to set up an NFS server on Ubuntu Linux to serve up a Linux root file system for an NFS boot?
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Date: Jan. 8, 2020
Author: Mind Chasers
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$ sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server
...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nfs-kernel-server
...
Creating config file /etc/exports with new version
Creating config file /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server with new version
We export our /build directory using the NFS server. Add the following line to /etc/exports:
/build/ *(rw,no_root_squash,async,no_subtree_check)
On a Linux client, try the following:
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/<NFS server>
$ sudo mount -o vers=3 -o nolock <NFS server>:/build /mnt/<NFS server>
