NFS Configuration and Management

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Nexfs can optionally directly manage and/or configure the Linux NFS server. You can choose if Nexfs should configure the NFS server and if Nexfs should manage (start and stop) the NFS server.

 

NFS Service Configuration

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To allow Nexfs to configure the NFS server you must first enable the NFS service in Nexfs by setting NFSENABLED to 1 (enabled), to disable NFS management set NFSENABLED to 0

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Example of using nexfscli to enable the NFS service on Nexfs start:

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# nexfscli configfile set NFSENABLED 1
Updated Configuration file

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If Nexfs is already running, you can enable NFS without requiring a restart with:

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# nexfscli liveconfig set NFSENABLED 1

Updated Live Configuration

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More information on managing Nexfs using nexfscli can be found here

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By default Nexfs will manage up to 12 NFS exports, this is a soft limit that can be changed through the NFSMAXEXPORTS setting

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NFS Start/Stop Management

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Nexfs can be configured to start and stop the Linux NFS service, to enable NFS management set NFSSTARTSTOP to 1, or set NFSSTARTSTOP to 0 to disable direct management.

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Note: NFS configuration must also be enabled in Nexfs (see NEXFSENABLED above) in addition to NFSSTARTSTOP for Nexfs to start and stop the Linux NFS service.

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Example of using nexfscli to enable the NFS service management on Nexfs start:

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# nexfscli configfile set NFSSTARTSTOP 1
Updated Configuration file

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If Nexfs is already running, you can enable NFS management without requiring a restart with:

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# nexfscli liveconfig set NFSSTARTSTOP 1

Updated Live Configuration

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More information on managing Nexfs using nexfscli can be found here

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Configuring NFS exports

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NFS exports are managed through a standard JSON formatted configuration file, the easiest way to view and modify exports is by using the nexfscli management command.

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Viewing NFS exports​

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You can view or make a copy of the current loaded NFS export file using nexfscli, to view the export configuration run:

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# nexfscli nfs getexports

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To save a copy of the exports configuration to a file, include a filename at the end of the getexports command, for example, to save a copy to a file in /tmp called nexfsnfsexports, run:

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# nexfscli nfs getexports /tmp/nexfsnfsexports

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Updating, creating and removing NFS exports 

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You can add, remove and update existing NFS export using nexfscli, first create a correctly formatted JSON file which contains all exports, including all new and existing exports that should remain, to remove an existing export simply remove it from the JSON file, and run:

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# nexfscli nfs putexports /tmp/nexfsnfsexports

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Where /tmp/nexfsnfsexports is the location of the JSON file which contains the new configuration.

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Once loaded check that the configuration has been accepted by viewing the NFS exports as detailed above, check the nexfs logfile (defaults to syslog) for details if any formatting errors were encountered loading the new configuration file.