Buffalo Linkstation: Add NFS function (support NFS v3)

By | December 26, 2018
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So I just noticed that the previous method only support NFS v2. ESXi require NFS v3 at minimum. So here’s the guide for NFS v3 on Buffalo Linkstation.

Step 1:
Gain SSH and optware (check my previous post)

Step 2:
Check for unfs package

#ipkg update
#ipkg list | grep unfs
unfs3 - 0.9.22-1 - Version 3 NFS server (not recommended, use nfs-utils instead)

Step 3:

Install unfs
#ipkg install unfs3
#ipkg install portmap (optional)

Step 4:
Configure

#nano /opt/etc/exports
/mnt/array1/share (rw,no_root_squash)

(ctrl-x to quit and save)

Restart services

#/opt/etc/init.d/S55portmap restart
#/opt/etc/init.d/S56unfsd restart

You can try mount this NFS from ESXi or ubuntu server

#apt-get install rpcbind nfs-common
#mkdir -p /mnt/mynfsshare
#mount IP-of-your-NFS-Server:/mnt/array1/share /mnt/mynfsshare/
#df -kh

When configuring NFS shares to use as network sources for Kodi’s music/video libraries, use the following format: nfs://1.2.3.4/path/to/folder (where “1.2.3.4” should be replaced with the IP of your NFS server, and “/path/to/folder” should be replaced with the path to the folder you want to share; a double slash between the server and the path is wrong, you should not use nfs://1.2.3.4//path/to/folder)

Reference(s):
http://web.archive.org/web/20151207200629/http://forum.buffalo.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?t=6531&start=15
https://serverfault.com/questions/554215/nfs-mount-with-nfs-3
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo#Installation

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