Install and Configure nfs¶
nfs functions as a remote Hard Disk. If you need to access files locally but are stored on a remote server shared using nfs then this nfs will behave as its a Hard Disk setup locally.
We do have use cases for nfs so lets set this up.
# in this lab we will mount the ubuntu ISO to be served via nfs.
# the first part will be to mount the ubuntu ISO files to a folder.
# Copy and paste each row without a # at the begining.
# create the folder to download the iso file to.
mkdir -p /srv/tftp/iso
# Download the ISO
wget -P /srv/tftp/iso https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04.6/ubuntu-20.04.6-live-server-amd64.iso
#Create folder to mount ISO file
mkdir -p /srv/isoubuntu
# this will mount the ISO file until the server is rebooted
mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 /srv/tftp/iso/ubuntu-20.04.6-live-server-amd64.iso /srv/isoubuntu
ls /srv/isoubuntu
# to make the iso mounted permanantly
# update the fstab
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#add following entry
/srv/tftp/iso/ubuntu-20.04.6-live-server-amd64.iso /srv/isoubuntu iso9660 loop 0 0
Validate by rebooting the server and check if the iso files are listed.
ls /srv/isoubuntu
#install nfs
apk update
apk add nfs-utils
# set nfs to start at boot
rc-update add nfs
# check status
rc-service nfs status
# start nfs service
rc-service rpcbind start
rc-service nfs start
#### revalidate config and validation
#nfs configuration
# update file with the entry below.
vi /etc/exports
/srv/isoubuntu 192.168.100.1/24(async,ro,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)
# refresh the nfs with the updated row.
exportfs -arv
#test mount using the following command
mkdir mntnfs
mount 192.168.100.1:/srv/isoubuntu mntnfs
# List files in mount
ls mntnfs/
Setup alpine1 nfs is complete.¶
Next step¶
We will proceed with the tftp server installation
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