How to Configure NFS Server in FreeNas

To configure NFS - Server on FreeNAS

Introduction :

FreeNAS is an open source software that can be downloaded at no cost from freenas.org, It was created in 2005 and is based on the open source FreeBSD. FreeNAS provides various sharing services like nfs, smb, afp, iscsi NFS used for sharing files between linux operating systems

Installation steps:

Step 1: Enter the freeNAS IP in browser and Login in to the Freenas server.

Step 2: Create storage pools for NFS configuration, click storage

**Step 3: click pools and click add **

Step 4: click create pole

Step 5: It will not display the primary disk. So, add additional disk then Select disks as per your recruitments then Click the AERO mark to move selected disks to data Vdevs

Step 6: click create

Step 7: click create pool

Step 8: create datasets for sharing

Step 9 : Enter required credentials and click save

Now dataset was created

Step 10 : now we need to create a share . Click sharing

Step 11 : click UNIX share then click add option

Step 12 : Enter Required credentials click save

Step 13 : Its asking for to start service . click enable

Step 14 : verify the service is enabled by clicking services option

Step 15 : check the available shares from freeNAS server by typing freeNAS ip.

[root@localhost /]# showmount -e 192.168.6.133
Export list for 192.168.6.133:
/mnt/NFS (everyone)

Step 16 : mount the shares into local machine

[root@localhost /]# mount -t nfs 192.168.6.133:/mnt/NFS /client_access/

Step 17 : verify the mounting by typing mount command

[root@localhost /]# mount
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw,relatime)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=173896k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)
/dev/sr0 on /run/media/suthakar/OL-8-4-0-BaseOS-x86_64 type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmode=500,fmode=400,uhelper=udisks2)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw,relatime)
192.168.6.133:/mnt/NFS on /client_access type nfs (rw,relatime,vers=3,rsize=131072,wsize=131072,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,mountaddr=192.168.6.133,mountvers=3,mountport=1020,mountproto=udp,local_lock=none,addr=192.168.6.133)

Step 18: move to the client_acces directory

[root@localhost /]# cd /client_access/

Step 19 : create files under this directory

 [root@localhost client_access]# touch abc{1..10}
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**Step 20 : list the available contents.**
```
[root@localhost client_access]# ls
abc1  abc10  abc2  abc3  abc4  abc5  abc6  abc7  abc8  abc9  Developers
```

**step 21: goto the freeNAS shell**
![snap18](https://assets.linuxhelp.com/scr/92499d968474ea772c9b4de5109b8808.png)
 

**Step 22 : check the contents are synchronised**
![step19](https://assets.linuxhelp.com/scr/a813cf9962cabd0fefcd6131ccfed5b8.png)
 

### Conclusion:
**Hence the Configure NFS Server in FreeNas has come to an end.**