These instructions are a basic guide for a super-user to install and configure NFS on Linux.
Installation
The basic installation commands are as follows.
For CentOS-RHEL:
yum -y install nfs-utils nfs-utils-lib
For Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
Configuration
Edit /etc/exports and add the following line:
/opt/vm_repository *(rw,no_root_squash,subtree_check,insecure)
Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf, empty the file, and add this configuration:
[global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = %h server dns proxy = no log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 syslog = 0 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d security = share guest account = root encrypt passwords = true passdb backend = tdbsam obey pam restrictions = yes unix password sync = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . pam password change = yes [vm_repository] path = /opt/vm_repository guest ok = yes read only = false locking = yes
The NFS shared directory must have an empty file named .abiquo_repository (the dot prefix is required).
To create the file, run the following command:
touch /<path-to-shared-dir>/.abiquo_repository