Mount a volume
Mounting an NFS volume makes it appear in the operating system just like any other volume.
Before you can mount the volume, you need to find its address. You find it at the top of the volume page in the control panel.
The process for mounting NFS volumes differs between Linux and Microsoft Windows. Here, we'll cover both operating systems.
Before you can mount the NFS volume, you need to install some software.
On Debian and Ubuntu, install the nfs-common package using:
On CentOS, AlmaLinux, and Fedora, install the package nfs-utils with the command:
Once the correct package is installed for your Linux distribution, proceed to mount the volume. However, you first need to create a directory where the volume can be mounted.
You can now add the volume to the /etc/fstab file so it mounts automatically at system startup. Add the following line to the /etc/fstab file, replacing the address with the one shown for the volume in the control panel (but without the nfs:// part). You also need to add a colon between the glesys.net part and the directory /dpool/nfs, as below.
Now, you mount the volume using the mount command along with the mount point (the directory /mnt/nfs where the volume will be mounted):
When you list all mounted file systems on the server using the df command, the new volume will be visible:
First, you need to install the NFS features in Windows. This can be done by starting PowerShell as an administrator.
Find PowerShell in the Start menu under the folder with the same name. Right-click on Windows PowerShell and select Run as Administrator.
In the PowerShell console, you activate the NFS features by typing the following command:
Now, mount the NFS volume to the next available drive letter. In this example, we use F. Remember to replace the address in the example with the address of the volume, which can be found at the top of the volume page in the control panel. Once you have the address, you mount the volume using the PowerShell command New-PSDrive:
The volume is now available in This Computer under the drive letter F.
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