In part 1, I explained how to set up an NFS server on Ubuntu. In this part, I will explain how to set up NFS on the client machine so that you can access the shared directory and files remotely.
The client machine can be any Linux device connected to the same network as the server. On the client machine, install the nfs-common package. As usual, make sure to update the local package repository on the machine before installing any packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nfs-common
A mount point is a virtual directory used to access the contents of the share directory locally. To create a mount point, navigate to the desired directory, then execute:
sudo mkdir /mnt/nfs_share_client
In this case, I created a mount point with the name nfs_share_client. Feel free to use any name you like.
Lastly, to complete the mounting process, you can mount the shared directory onto the mount point you created.
sudo mount *server_IP_address*:/mnt/nfs_share /mnt/nfs_share_client
Remember to replace the server_IP_address field in the command with the IP address of the server. To get the IP address of the server, run the ifconfig command.
And that’s all! Now you can view the files and folders hosted on the server remotely. I hope you found this tutorial interesting. I’ll see you in my next post!