NFSv3 Server and Client Installation / Ubuntu 16.04 Environment

1. Installation Environment

The installation environment is as follows.

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit, root user
• NFS Root: Refers to the absolute path of the root directory of the NFSv3 Server.
  • Use /nfs-root as NFS Root.
• NFS share: Refers to the absolute path of the directory to be actually shared through the NFSv3 Server.
  • Use /root/nfs-share as NFS share.

2. NFSv3 Server Configuration

2.1. Ubuntu Package Installation

$ sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common rpcbind

Install the NFSv3 Server package.

2.2. Shared Folder Creation and Bind Mount Configuration

$ mkdir -p /nfs-root
$ mkdir -p /root/nfs-share
$ chmod 777 /root/nfs-share
$ mount --bind /root/nfs-share /nfs-root

Create shared folders and perform bind mount.

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/root/nfs-share /nfs-root none bind  0  0
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Add the content from [File 1] to /etc/fstab to ensure bind mount after reboot.

### 2.3. Configuration

```text {caption="[File 2] /etc/exports", linenos=table}
/nfs-root      *(rw,nohide,insecure,no-subtree-check,async,no-root-squash)

Add the content from [File 2] to the /etc/exports file.

2.4. Restart

$ /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart

Restart the NFSv3 Server.

3. NFSv3 Client Configuration

$ apt-get install nfs-common

Install the NFSv3 Client package.

$ mount -t nfs localhost:/nfs-root /mnt

Perform NFSv3 mount.