Install and configure NFS server

Overview

NFS (Network File System) protocol allows you to share the data in your network.

Disable firewall

sudo systemctl disable ufw
sudo systemctl stop ufw
sudo systemctl status ufw

Apply default iptables configuration.

timedatectl

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Madrid
date

Server side

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

Create NFS export directory

sudo mkdir /data
sudo chown nobody:nogroup /data
sudo chmod 777 /data

Grand NFS access to a client

man 5 exports

/etc/exports

/data IP(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
# for k8s
/data IP(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)

Export NFS share directory

sudo exportfs -a

Check.

sudo systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server
sudo systemctl status nfs-kernel-server

Install NFS client (client side)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y nfs-common

Create NFS mount point (client side)

sudo mkdir /data/nfs-share

sudo mount NFS-Server-IP:/data /data/nfs-share

sudo mount 192.168.56.20:/data /data/nfs-share 

Testing (server side).

sudo touch file{1,2,3} /data

ls /data