4.10. NFS Client and Server

4.10. NFS Client and Server
	Chapter 4. Configuration and Installation Options

Configuration of a system as an NFS client or an NFS server is possible and can be done using the configuration system. The following examples shows how both NFS client and server can be configured.

Up to SLE11 and openSUSE 11.2, the following structure of NFS client configuration is used:

Example 4.24. Network configuration: NFS client

  ...
    <nfs config:type="list">
      <nfs_entry>
        <mount_point>/home</mount_point>
        <nfs_options>defaults</nfs_options>
        <server_path>192.168.1.1:/home</server_path>
      </nfs_entry>
    </nfs>
...

From openSUSE 11.3 (SLE12 respectively) on, the structure of NFS client configuration has changed. Some global configuration options were introduced - enable_nfs4 to switch NFS4 support on/off and idmapd_domain to define domain name for rpc.idmapd (this only makes sense with enabled NFS4). Attention: the old structure is not compatible with the new one and the profiles with NFS section created on older releases will not work with newer products.

Example 4.25. Network configuration: NFS client - new style (openSUSE 11.3 and newer)

  ...  
  <nfs>
    <enable_nfs4 config:type="boolean">true</enable_nfs4>
    <idmapd_domain>suse.cz</idmapd_domain>
    <nfs_entries config:type="list">
      <nfs_entry>
        <mount_point>/home</mount_point>
        <nfs_options>sec=krb5i,intr,rw</nfs_options>
        <server_path>saurus.suse.cz:/home</server_path>
        <vfstype>nfs4</vfstype>
      </nfs_entry>
      <nfs_entry>
        <mount_point>/work</mount_point>
        <nfs_options>defaults</nfs_options>
        <server_path>bivoj.suse.cz:/work</server_path>
        <vfstype>nfs</vfstype>
      </nfs_entry>
      <nfs_entry>
        <mount_point>/mnt</mount_point>
        <nfs_options>defaults</nfs_options>
        <server_path>fallback.suse.cz:/srv/dist</server_path>
        <vfstype>nfs</vfstype>
      </nfs_entry>
    </nfs_entries>
  </nfs>
...

Example 4.26. Network configuration: NFS Server

        
  ....
    <nfs_server>
      <nfs_exports config:type="list">
        <nfs_export>
          <allowed config:type="list">
            <allowed_clients>*(ro,root_squash,sync)</allowed_clients>
          </allowed>
          <mountpoint>/home</mountpoint>
        </nfs_export>
        <nfs_export>
          <allowed config:type="list">
            <allowed_clients>*(ro,root_squash,sync)</allowed_clients>
          </allowed>
          <mountpoint>/work</mountpoint>
        </nfs_export>
      </nfs_exports>
      <start_nfsserver config:type="boolean">true</start_nfsserver>
    </nfs_server>
....


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