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Setting NFS Server in Windows Server and test mounting in Linux

05 Apr 2017

I just finished setting File Server for our developer team. Here I will explain how I set up a NFS server in windows server, and how to mount in Linux(Ubuntu) server.

Set up NFS Server in Windows:

  1. Open Administrative Tool > Server Manager
  2. Manage Roles > Add Roles
  3. In wizards, Select file server and find NFS server then Next and Install it
  4. Then, go to directory you want to share, and Open Property
  5. Select NFS Sharing > Share this folder
  6. Enter Share Folder Name, Click Apply

Now you already finished set up NFS Server and Folder in Windows part. We will go to mount it in our Ubuntu Server.

Mount NFS in Ubuntu Server:

  1. Create folder mkdir [remote folder name]
  2. mount.nfs [nfs host ip]:/[nfs share folder] [remote folder name]/