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Edited and updated nfs-utils doc for GA.
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Reviewed-on: http://photon-jenkins.eng.vmware.com/1102
Tested-by: jenkins-photon <wangnan2015@hotmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sharath George
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-# Photon NFS utils |
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+# Photon NFS Utilities for Mounting Remote File Systems |
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-To mount network file system in Photon |
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+This document describes how to mount a remote file system on Photon OS by using nfs-utils, a commonly used package that contains tools to work with the Network File System protocol (NFS). |
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-## Check a remote nfs server |
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+## Check a Remote Server |
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``` |
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showmount -e nfs-servername or ip |
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``` |
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-for example : |
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+Example: |
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``` |
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-showmount -e discus-filer.eng.vmware.com |
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-showmount -e 10.118.100.122 |
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+showmount -e eastern-filer.eng.vmware.com |
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+showmount -e 10.109.87.129 |
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``` |
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-## Mount the nfs in Photon full |
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-nfs-utils is installed by default in Photon full, just use it. |
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+## Mount a Remote File System in Photon Full |
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+The nfs-utils package is installed by default in the full version of Photon OS. Here is how to mount a directory through NFS on Photon OS: |
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``` |
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mount -t nfs nfs-ServernameOrIp:/exportfolder /mnt/folder |
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``` |
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-for example : |
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+Example: |
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``` |
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-mount -t nfs discus-filer.eng.vmware.com:/export/filer /mnt/filer |
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-mount -t nfs 10.118.100.122:/export /mnt/export |
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+mount -t nfs eastern-filer.eng.vmware.com:/export/filer /mnt/filer |
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+mount -t nfs 10.109.87.129:/export /mnt/export |
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``` |
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-## Mount the nfs in Photon minimal |
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-Nfs-utils is not installed in Photon minimal. So it should be installed by tdnf first. |
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+## Mount a Remote File System in Photon Minimal |
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-* tdnf Required repositories |
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+The nfs-utils package is not installed in the minimal version of Photon OS. You install it by running the following command: |
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-Create photon-extras.repo as follows (in /etc/yum.repos.d) - this is for likewise-open and dependencies. |
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-``` |
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-root@photon-machine [ /etc/yum.repos.d ]# cat photon-extras.repo |
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-[photon-extras] |
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-name=VMware Photon Extras |
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-baseurl=https://dl.bintray.com/vmware/photon_extras |
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-gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/PHOTON-RPM-GPG-KEY |
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-gpgcheck=0 |
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-enabled=1 |
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-skip_if_unavailable=True |
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-``` |
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-Create photon-demo.repo as follows (in /etc/yum.repos.d) - this is for tdnfd and tdnfd-cli |
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-``` |
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-root@photon-machine [ /etc/yum.repos.d ]# cat photon-demo.repo |
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-[photon-demo] |
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-name=VMware Photon Demo |
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-baseurl=http://discus-repo-mirror.eng.vmware.com/discus/releases/demo |
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-gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/PHOTON-RPM-GPG-KEY |
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-gpgcheck=0 |
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-enabled=1 |
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-skip_if_unavailable=True |
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-``` |
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+ tdnf install nfs-utils |
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+For more information on installing packages with the tdnf command, see the [Photon OS Administration Guide](https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/master/docs/photon-admin-guide.md). |
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+Once nfs-utils is installed, you can mount a file system by running the following commands, replacing the placeholders with the path of the directory that you want to mount: |
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-* install nfs-utils by tdnf |
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-``` |
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-root@photon94 [ ~ ]# tdnf install nfs-utils |
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``` |
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-* mount nfs |
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+mount nfs |
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``` |
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mount -t nfs nfs-ServernameOrIp:/exportfolder /mnt/folder |
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``` |