Connect NFSv3 clients

This page provides instructions for how to connect NFSv3 clients.

Before you begin

Install NFS client tools based on your Linux distribution type to prepare your client:

RedHat

Run the following command:

sudo yum install -y nfs-utils

SuSe

Run the following command:

sudo yum install -y nfs-utils

Debian

Run the following command:

sudo apt-get install nfs-common

Ubuntu

Run the following command:

sudo apt-get install nfs-common

Connect NFSv3 clients

Use the following instructions to connect NFSv3 clients using either the Google Cloud console or Google Cloud CLI:

Console

  1. Go to the NetApp Volumes page in the Google Cloud console.

    Go to NetApp Volumes

  2. Click Volumes.

  3. Click Show more.

  4. Select Mount instructions.

  5. Follow the mount instructions shown in the Google Cloud console.

  6. Identify the mount command and use the mount options unless your workload has specific mount option requirements. If your application doesn't use locks or you didn't configure your clients to enable NSM communication, we recommend that you add the nolock mount option.

gcloud

Look up the mount instructions for a volume:

 gcloud netapp volumes describe VOLUME_NAME \
    --project=PROJECT_ID \
    --location=LOCATION \
    --format="value(mountOptions.instructions)"

Replace the following information:

  • VOLUME_NAME: the name of the volume.

  • PROJECT_ID: the name of the project the volume is in.

  • LOCATION: the location of the volume.

For more information on additional optional flags, see Google Cloud SDK documentation on volumes.

Connect Linux to LDAP

If you are using NFSv3 extended groups, you might need to configure your client to use Active Directory as LDAP name service for user and group information as well. Use the following resources to configure LDAP:

What's next

Connect NFSv4.1 clients.