NFS

Prerequisites

You need a PC running a Linux. Document here is made focused on Ubuntu but others Linux distributions can be used. 

The server and client must be in the same network.

Create a NFS server

NFS Server installation

On Ubuntu, you can install it using the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

Exports configurations

You can edit the various exports options by editing the file /etc/exports:

# /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be exported
# to NFS clients. See exports(5).
#
# Example for NFSv2 and NFSv3:
# /srv/homes hostname1(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) hostname2(ro,sync,no_subtree_check)
#
# Example for NFSv4:
# /srv/nfs4 gss/krb5i(rw,sync,fsid=0,crossmnt,no_subtree_check)
# /srv/nfs4/homes gss/krb5i(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
#
[your server directory to be exported] 192.168.1.0/24(rw,no_root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)

Restarting the service

Once exports file is configured, the NFS server service must be restarted. The following command can be used:

$ sudo service nfs-kernel-server reload

The mounting status can be verified using the command

$ showmount -e
Export list for :
[your server directory to be exported] 192.168.1.0/24

External ressources

More information can be found on the following links:

NFS how to - Official Ubuntu Documentation

NFS - French documentation

Mount the NFS node (client side)

On the client side, your LORIX One, the command is really easy and the NFS client is already installed by default on it. 

$ sudo mount -t nfs [server IP address]:[your exported server directory] [directory where NFS node shall be mounted]

A more concrete example:

$ sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.1.100:/home/test/nfs /mnt

Once mounted, the content of the directory /home/test/nfs on your server is binded to the /mnt directory on your LORIX One. It allows you to send/receive files in a very convenient way and can be used to easily debug system or backup configuration files.