How to Configure NFS Share in FreeNAS OS

Configure NFS Share in FreeNAS

Configure NFS Share in FreeNAS, in our previous article, we have shown you how to set up FreeNAS. In this blog, I will explain to you the Configure NFS share in FreeNAS.

NFS stands for Network File System. It is used to allow users to access files/directory across a network.
NFS permits the user to mount all or a portion of a file system throughout the network. The share portion of the file system that is mounted could be accessed by clients with have privileges like read-only or read-write.

How to share file/directory via NFS in FreeNAS.

Type your FreeNAS server IP address on the web browser.
FreeNAS is a free & open-source software network-attached storage (NAS) system based on the FreeBSD system. FreeNAS operating system supports Windows, OS X & Unix clients, and various virtualization hosts such as XenServer and VMware. To configure the NFS share on FreeNAS, please follow the below steps.
1- Login to FreeNAS

log in freenas

2- FreeNAS Dashboard.

freenas dashboard

3- Select the services menu and then enable NFS service.

freenas services

4- Select storage and then disks to check your disks.

freenas storage disks

5- Under storage select pools and click on ADD button.

freenas storage pool add

6- Select create new pool and then select create pool.

freenas create new pool

7- Type a name and select disk the one you want to use for NFS share.

freenas pool manager

8- Click on forward arrow key and click create.

freenas create pool

9- Select confirm and click create pool.

freenas create pool confirm

10- A pool successfully created.

freenas storage pool

11- To configure NFS click on Unix Shares (NFS) and click on ADD button.

freenas unix shares (nfs)

12- Type a path, select All dirs checkbox, select enable checkbox, and then click advanced mode.

freenas unix shares (nfs)

13- Authorized Network – type your network address
Maproot User – Select root
Maproot Group – Select nogroup and then click Save.

freenas unix shares (nfs) advanced

14- NFS path created.

freenas unix shares (nfs)

How to Add NFS shared with VMware Host as a datastore.

1- Log in to VMware vSphere client, navigate to Storage and then click New datastore.

esxi host vmware esxi storage

2- Select mount NFS datastore and click next.

esxi create new datastore

3- Enter Datastore Name, NFS server IP, NFS share path and then click next.

esxi provide mount nfs datastore

4- Review the summary and click finish.

esxi new datastore summary

5- Now we can see Datastore1 on storage list.

esxi host vmware esxi storage

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