How To Set Up NFS Ganesha

This guide covers the steps to set up NFS Ganesha. You can use NFS Ganesha instead of the kernel NFS server.

Steps

1. Install the following RPMs

   jemalloc-3.6.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
   nfs-ganesha-2.2.0-0.fc20.x86_64.rpm
   nfs-ganesha-vfs-2.2.0-0.fc20.x86_64.rpm
   

2. In /etc/ganesha/ganesha.conf, change Path and Pseudo from nonexistent to <your objectivefs directory> For more options, see config options

3. To start:

   # systemctl start nfs-ganesha

4. To verify that the export works:

   # showmount -e localhost

5. To mount:

   # mount.nfs -o <options> <ip addr>:<source directory> <target directory>

   Example: For NFS v3 export on localhost (assuming /ofs is exported and /nfs is an empty target directory):

   # mount.nfs -o vers=3 127.0.0.1:/ofs /nfs

Reference

• NFS Export Setup Guide for Red Hat and CentOS EC2
• NFS Export Setup Guide for Ubuntu EC2

by ObjectiveFS staff, August 28, 2016
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