Setting Up an NFS Server and Client on CentOS 7.2 | Linux Today

Setting Up an NFS Server and Client on CentOS 7.2

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Till Brehm
Jun 30, 2016

This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on CentOS 7. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk. I’ll use a CentOS 7.2 minimal server as basis for the installation.

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Till Brehm

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