2 - Linux Network File System

Linux’s far-superior Network sharing

Previously using “Samba” which is Windows’s smb share, NFS is quite easy and great.
Setup is faster once you know it, and transfer speeds are much higher.
On a 2.5G connection, Samba maxxed at 1.4G, but NFS hit the full 2.5G transfer rate.

SERVER - the one hosting

• Install nfs server

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install -y nfs-kernel-server

• Setup your directory

sudo mkdir /mnt/Bonashare && \
sudo chown nobody:nogroup /mnt/Bonashare
sudo chmod 777 /mnt/Bonashare
echo list done

• Open config file & add directories to share

sudo nano /etc/exports

/mnt/Bonashare      192.168.88.0/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
/home/jedi          192.168.88.0/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)

• Update & restart NFS

sudo exportfs -a && \
sudo systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server

CLIENT - the one viewing

Setup is required on the viewer to ‘connect’ to the server

• Install nfs

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install nfs-common

• Create directory to ‘link’ to server share

sudo mkdir /mnt/Bonashare
sudo mkdir /mnt/jedihome

• CAREFULLY edit the fstab file - ONLY for 24/7 server drives

sudo nano /etc/fstab

192.168.88.234:/mnt/Bonashare	/mnt/Bonashare nfs defaults 0 0
192.168.88.234:/home/jedi	    /mnt/jedihome nfs defaults 0 0

• For temporary mounts, I also can connect to all other /home directories

sudo mkdir /mnt/brollihome
sudo mkdir /mnt/spencihome

sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.88.111:/home/brolliant /mnt/brollihome

sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.88.206:/home/spencer /mnt/spencihome