Please follow the instructions below in order to successfully mount Storage VPS on other VPS.
1. Actions on the Storage Server-side
1.1. Install NFS packages:
yum install nfs-utils nfs-utils-lib
1.2. Edit configuration:
nano /etc/sysconfig/nfs
Uncomment and edit the following lines:
MOUNTD_NFS_V3=”yes”
RPCNFSDARGS=”-N 4″
NFSD_MODULE=”noload”
1.3. Start services:
chkconfig nfs on
service rpcbind start
service nfs start
1.4. Now edit exported directories:
nano /etc/exports
For example, we add /home directory (change VPS_IP):
/home VPS_IP(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
And export these settings:
exportfs -a
2. Actions on the VPS side
2.1. Install packages:
yum install nfs-utils nfs-utils-lib
2.2. Create a mount point:
mkdir -p /mnt/nfs/home
2.3. Mount (change STORAGE_SERVER_IP):
mount STORAGE_SERVER_IP:/home /mnt/nfs/home -o nolock
That’s it. Now check:
df -h
Results should be like this:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/simfs 40G 1.4G 39G 4% /
none 2.0G 4.0K 2.0G 1% /dev
none 512M 0 512M 0% /tmp
STORAGE_SERVER_IP:/home 40G 828M 40G 3% /mnt/nfs/home
In order to unmount execute the command:
umount /mnt/nfs/home