RickMakes

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In this video I access files on a Synology NAS from a virtual machine running on the Synology NAS. A prerequisite to this is to set up an SMB share on the Synology NAS.

Accessing using SMB: https://youtu.be/afHieDHizjc

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Install NFS Software

sudo apt install nfs-common

Create Mount Point

sudo mkdir /mnt/DS_Share

Mount Share

sudo mount.nfs ip_of_Synology:/volume1/DS_Share /mnt/DS_Share

Move to Share Directory

cd /mnt/DS_Share

List Directory Contents

ls

Create Test File

touch temp

Remove Test file

rm temp

Move to Home Directory

cd

Unmount Share

sudo umount /mnt/DS_Share

Mount Share on Boot

sudo nano /etc/fstab

ip_of_Synology:/volume1/DS_Share /mnt/DS_Share nfs defaults,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 0 0

Type control-o to save, control-x to exit.

Mount All Share in fstab

sudo mount -a

View NFS Manual Page

sudo man nfs