Notes on set up nfs on ArchLinux

• see Redhat documenation, best doc on exportfs
• Understanding Subnet mask and essential Subnet mask
• sudo exportfs -r to reload /etc/exports
• sudo exportfs -v to see current nfs exports
• content of /etc/exports:

/srv/nfs4/z 192.168.0.0/16(ro,insecure,no_subtree_check)

• check optimizatioin tips
• man 5 exports for the documentation of /etc/exports
• Debugging NFS File Access on Server and Client Side

# turn on the log

sudo rpcdebug -m nfsd -s proc

# turn off the log

• then sudo tail -f /var/log/messages.log
• Basically you need sudo systemctl enable syslog-ng.service to enable system log before you use rpcdebug

On server side:

sudo exportfs

# got output like:

# /srv/nfs4/z   192.168.0.0/16

Then on client side:

# 131072 is 128K

sudo mount 192.168.1.9:/srv/nfs4/z ~/z -o rsize=131072,wsize=131072,noatime,nodiratime,intr