Set up CentOS 6 as NFS Server

These are minimal instructions on how to set up an NFS server running on CentOS 6.

  1. Install the required packages:

    yum install nfs-utils nfs-utils-lib
    
  2. Enable and start the required services:

    chkconfig rpcbind on 
    chkconfig nfs on
    
    service rpcbind restart
    service nfs restart
    
  3. Create shares by editing: /etc/exports

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