Network File System (NFS)

Export Shares via NFS

Rockstor uses Linux NFS server to support exporting Shares to remote clients via NFS. Both NFS v3 and v4 are supported. UID and GID mapping for the exported shares can be handled by manually creating users or by using directory services like LDAP, NIS or AD.

To manage NFS exports, click on NFS under the Storage tab in the Web-UI. If there are any exports in the system, they are displayed in a table. If there are large number of exports, the table is paginated and the current page number is displayed below the table along with Prev and Next buttons.

The display can be sorted by individual columns by clicking small up/down arrows displayed in each column header.

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Below are the main operations possible from the NFS view, which operate on one or more shares and is a convenient way to manage exports for the entire system. Rockstor also makes NFS export management possible for a specific share from within the NFS tab of a share’s detail view.

Add NFS export

A single NFS export represents a unique combination of clients to which a set of shares are made accessible via chosen options. Go to the NFS view under the Storage tab of the Web-UI and click on Add NFS Export button to add a new NFS export.

See YouTube Create NFS export of a share.

Various fields of the form are explained as follows.

  • Shares to export: Choose one or more shares to be exported.

  • NFS Clients or Host String: This field can be a single host, comma separated host names, hostnames with wildcards or IP networks. This field can be c omplex. For a detailed explanation, read the manpage of exports.

  • Writable: Choose ro to make the share(s) available read-only or rw for read-write.

  • Sync: async mode is the default and the norm. For synchronous IO, select sync.

Edit NFS export

An NFS export can be edited to add or remove a Share or allow different set of clients to be able to access it. In the displayed table of NFS exports under the NFS view of the Web-UI, click on the edit icon of the corresponding export to edit.

See YouTube Edit NFS export of a share.

Delete NFS export

In the Web-UI, click on the Storage tab to enter the main Storage view. Now click on NFS in the left sidebar to enter NFS view. In the displayed table of NFS exports, click on the trash icon of corresponding export to delete as shown below.

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