(ve):Install NFS Server and Client

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Support Request to enable NFS on (dv) or (ve) server

Admins will need to enable this for you.

Server

Debian 

/etc/init.d/portmap start

mt-test:~# update-rc.d portmap defaults
Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/portmap ...
/etc/rc0.d/K20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc1.d/K20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc6.d/K20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc2.d/S20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc3.d/S20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc4.d/S20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc5.d/S20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap

aptitude install unfs3

Centos

If you are using CentOS, unfs3 is not available in the standard repositories. You can get it from the DAG repository. 

yum -y install unfs3 nfs-utils
chkconfig unfsd on
chkconfig portmap on
reboot

Edit your /etc/exports file according to: http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs-howto/ar01s03.html

Client 

/etc/init.d/portmap start

mt-test:~# update-rc.d portmap defaults
Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/portmap ...
/etc/rc0.d/K20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc1.d/K20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc6.d/K20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc2.d/S20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc3.d/S20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc4.d/S20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
/etc/rc5.d/S20portmap -> ../init.d/portmap

aptitude install nfs-common

Setup your client to mount that share according to: http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs-howto/ar01s04.html

References

NFS server inside container - From the OpenVZ wiki (OpenVZ is the open-source version of the Virtuozzo technology that powers (mt) Media Temple (dv) and (ve) servers.

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