Mounting a remote NFS volume
If your server has access to a remote volume exported using NFS, Webmin can assist you with mounting the volume as part of your filesystem.
Getting ready
NFS client support may come installed by default on your system or have been installed together with NFS server software. Verify that the package named nfs-utils
or nfs-common
(depending on your system) is installed, or install it if needed. Refer to the Inspecting installed software packages and Installing software packages recipes in Chapter 1, Setting Up Your System, for more information.
How to do it...
In this recipe, we'll mount the /home/shared
directory exported by a remote NFS server with the IP 192.168.1.50 in the local mount point /mnt/remoteshare
. Perform the following steps to mount a remote NFS volume:
Navigate to Networking | NFS Exports.
Select Network Filesystem (nfs) from the Type dropdown.
Click the Add mount button.
Set Mounted as to
/mnt/remoteshare
.Set NFS Hostname to
192.168.1.50
.Set NFS Directory...