NFS aide to memory

I had occasion to add NFS Read Only exports from several servers holding several generations of source RPMs to build, to be mounted on a build client. I always have to look at an existing setup, and replicate the configuration files ( /etc/exports and /etc/fstab ). Some RPM packages are needed as well

On the server side, we need to install the package: nfs-utils as a 'keystone' that pulls in other dependencies it needs


# yum install nfs-utils

Do an edit in /etc/exports


#
/path/to exported/directory 10.85.0.0/16(ro)
#

And finally enable the services, and start them:

# /sbin/chkconfig portmap on
# /sbin/chkconfig nfs on
# /sbin/service portmap start
# /sbin/service nfs start

Turning to the client side, we needs a running portmap and netfs


# yum install nfs-utils

Make any needed mountpoints:


# mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/1
# mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/2
# mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/3
# mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/4

Add needed entries in the /etc/fstab [Note: I spread the content over two lines for each entry for presentation purposes]


#
10.85.85.232:/var/ftp /mnt/nfs/1 nfs    rsize=32768,wsize=32768,soft,nolock 0 0
10.85.85.253:/var/ftp /mnt/nfs/2 nfs    rsize=32768,wsize=32768,soft,nolock 0 0
10.85.85.154:/var/ftp /mnt/nfs/3 nfs    rsize=32768,wsize=32768,soft,nolock 0 0
10.85.85.133:/var/ftp /mnt/nfs/4 nfs    rsize=32768,wsize=32768,soft,nolock 0 0
#

And finally enable the services, and start them:

# /sbin/chkconfig portmap on
# /sbin/chkconfig netfs on
# /sbin/service portmap start
# /sbin/service netfs start

Do the mounts:

# mount -a


Test using df -h and ls down in the mounts

All done