NFS on centos

It's been a long time I'm not using NFS.

Today i need to generate a backup for web and mysql, so preferable i save this backup to another HDD on the others place.

Then NFS come out on my head. So here is the simple step to mount network drive for your CENTOS box using NFS


Server IP : 172.31.0.1
Client IP : 172.31.0.2

On the Server
1. Create backup folder

mkdir /backup

2. Edit /etc/exports

vi /etc/exports

add this line

/home/sharing 172.31.0.2/255.255.255.255(rw,sync)

3. Edit /etc/hosts.allow

vi /etc/hosts.allow

add this line

portmap: 172.31.0.0/255.255.255.0

4. Restart NFS and portmap

/etc/init.d/nfs restart
/etc/init.d/portmap restart

On the Client
1. Start portmap

/etc/init.d/portmap start[quote]

2. Edit /etc/fstab and add this line

vi /etc/fstab
172.31.0.1:/backup /mnt/backup nfs rw,hard,intr 0 0

3. mount the nfs

mount 172.31.0.1:/backup /mnt/backup

If you r using CSF as firewall make sure add your server ip address on /etc/csf/csf.allow.

That's all.