Let’s take a closer look at how to add NFS on Proxmox VE. At Bobcares, with our Proxmox Support Services, we can handle your Proxmox issues.

Add NFS-Proxmox

Sun Microsystem’s NFS (Network File System) is a distributed file system technology. A server can distribute files and directories of a folder over the network using NFS. A user can access files and folders on the remote system as if they were stored locally once the NFS share has been mounted on the client machine.

Since the directory backend provides the foundation for the NFS backend, most properties are shared. Both the directory structure and the file naming patterns are consistent. The primary benefit is that we can immediately set the NFS server parameters, allowing the backend to mount the share without user intervention. It is not necessary to change /etc/fstab. The backend offers a way to query the server for exported shares as well as a way to check if the server is online.

How To Add NFS-Proxmox?

Proxmox VE allows us to set up local storage as well as several network storages, including NFS, ISCSI, GlusterFS, and others, to store the disc images, ISO files, templates, and other data for guest virtual machines. Let’s look at how to configure an NFS storage for Proxmox VE now.

1. Firstly, login to the NFS server.
2. Then install the NFS service packages by using the following commands:

   [root@localhost ~]# yum install nfs* -y
   Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
   base                                                                                                                                                               | 3.6 kB  00:00:00     
   extras                                                                                                                                                             | 3.4 kB  00:00:00     
   updates                                                                                                                                                            | 3.4 kB  00:00:00     
   (1/4): base/7/x86_64/group_gz                                                                                                                                      | 156 kB  00:00:01     
   (2/4): extras/7/x86_64/primary_db                                                                                                                                  | 145 kB  00:00:01     
   (3/4): updates/7/x86_64/primary_db                                                                                                                                 | 5.2 MB  00:00:16     
   (4/4): base/7/x86_64/primary_db                                                                                                                                    | 5.7 MB  00:00:16     
   Determining fastest mirrors
    * base: mirror.xeonbd.com
    * extras: mirror.xeonbd.com
    * updates: mirror.xeonbd.com
   Resolving Dependencies
   -->  Running transaction check
   --->  Package nfs-utils.x86_64 1:1.3.0-0.48.el7 will be updated
   --->  Package nfs-utils.x86_64 1:1.3.0-0.48.el7_4 will be an update
   --->  Package nfs4-acl-tools.x86_64 0:0.3.3-15.el7 will be installed
   --->  Package nfsometer.noarch 0:1.7-1.el7 will be installed
   -->  Processing Dependency: python-matplotlib for package: nfsometer-1.7-1.el7.noarch
   -->  Processing Dependency: python-mako for package: nfsometer-1.7-1.el7.noarch
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     python-paste.noarch 0:1.7.5.1-9.20111221hg1498.el7   python-tempita.noarch 0:0.5.1-6.el7                               t1lib.x86_64 0:5.1.2-14.el7                                    
     texlive-base.noarch 2:2012-38.20130427_r30134.el7    texlive-dvipng.noarch 2:svn26689.1.14-38.el7                      texlive-dvipng-bin.x86_64 2:svn26509.0-38.20130427_r30134.el7  
     texlive-kpathsea.noarch 2:svn28792.0-38.el7          texlive-kpathsea-bin.x86_64 2:svn27347.0-38.20130427_r30134.el7   texlive-kpathsea-lib.x86_64 2:2012-38.20130427_r30134.el7      
   Updated:
     nfs-utils.x86_64 1:1.3.0-0.48.el7_4                                                                                                                                                     
   Complete!

    
3. Now create a storage directory by using the following command:

   [root@localhost ~]# mkdir /pve 

    
4. Then configure the NFS share in the exports file as follows:

   [root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/exports
   /pve        192.168.7.223{rw,sync}

    
5. Also, update the NFS Configuration to Kernel.

   [root@localhost ~]# exportfs -r
   [root@localhost ~]# exportfs &ndash a

    
6. Use the following commands to launch and enable NFS Service.

   [root@localhost ~]# systemctl start nfs-server
   [root@localhost ~]# systemctl enable nfs-serve

    
7. This creates symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nfs-server.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service. Now configure the firewall to allow NFS service for all remote hosts.

   [root@localhost ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=nfs
   success
   [root@localhost ~]# firewall-cmd --reload
   Success
   

    
8. We must now log into the Proxmox interface using a browser after configuring the NFS server, then select Datacenter Storage NFS.
9. Finally provide the details of the NFS server like ID, Server IP, and export path then clicks Add button.

Thus the above steps add NFS to Proxmox VE.

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Conclusion

In this article, we provide the simple method from our Support team to add NFS storage to Proxmox VE.