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Network File System (NFS)

On a server

sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server

sudo mkdir /net-disk

Careful with ownerships.

sudo chown nobody:nogroup /net-disk

sudo chmod 777 /net-disk

Edit

sudo nano /etc/exports

/net-disk       IP or hostname(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) IP-2(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
  • or add subnet
/somedisk   {subnetIP}/{subnetMask}(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)
  • Give permission to client to change permissions (no_root_squash):
/somedisk   *(rw,insecure,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)

After adding hostnames or IP you need to run:

sudo exportfs -a

On client

sudo apt install nfs-common

sudo mkdir /net-disk-client

sudo mount -t nfs IP:/net-disk /net-disk-client

sudo nano /etc/fstab

{IP of NFS server}:{folder path on server} /net-disk-client nfs defaults 0 0

mount /net-disk-client

mount {IP of NFS server}:{folder path on server}