Mount NAS Storage in Linux Overview

Mount NAS Storage in Linux

Overview

Mounting your NAS Storage to a device that runs on a Linux-based Operating System can be done using a series of simple commands in the shell or terminal within the OS.  This procedure outlines the steps required to mount NAS Storage on any of the following operating systems:

• RedHat Enterprise Linux
• CentOS
• CloudLinux
• Debian
• Ubuntu

Please note that while the majority of steps apply to all of the operating systems listed above, the commands required to determine if your CIFS utility is installed on Debian and Ubuntu are unique.  Follow the steps below to mount NAS Storage to your Linux-based OS.

Mount NAS Storage

1. Determine if the OS on your device is RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS or CloudLinux -OR- Debian or Ubuntu.
   
   

If your device is running…	Then…
RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS or CloudLinux	Determine if the cifs-utils utility is installed by running the following command: root@slnastest [~]# rpm -q cifs-utils Note: If cifs-utils is not installed, the following message will appear:   package cifs-utils is  not installed If cifs-utils is installed, proceed to the next step. If cifs-utils is not installed, install the utility using the following command: root@slnastest [~]# yum install cifs-utils
Debian or Ubuntu	Determine if the cifs-utils utility is installed by running the following command:   root@slnastest:~# dpkg-query -S cifs-utils   Note: If cifs-utils is not installed, the following message will appear:   dpkg-query: no path found matching   pattern *cifs-utils*. If cifs-utils is installed, proceed to the next step. If cifs-utils is not installed, install the utility using the following command: root@slnastest [~]# apt-get install cifs-utils root@slnastest:~# dpkg-query -S cifs-utils cifs-utils: /usr/share/doc/cifs-utils cifs-utils: /usr/share/doc/cifs-utils/changelog.gz cifs-utils: /usr/share/doc/cifs-utils/NEWS.Debian.gz cifs-utils: /usr/share/doc/cifs-utils/changelog.Debian.gz cifs-utils: /usr/share/doc/cifs-utils/copyright

 

1. Create the directory and mount the device using the following commands:
   
   

   mkdir /local/mountpoint
   mount -t cifs //Hostname/Username -o username=username,password=password,rw,nounix,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755 /mnt
   
   Example:
   
       root@slnastest [~]# mkdir /mnt/nas
       root@slnastest [~]# mount -t cifs //nas05.service.softlayer.com/SL12345-1 -o username=SL12345-1,password=NASPASSWORD rw,nounix,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755 /mnt/nas
       root@slnastest [~]# df -Th /mnt/nas/
   Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
       //nas05.service.softlayer.com/SL12345-1
                 cifs     54T   49T  5.3T  91% /mnt/nas

2. Determine if the NAS should mount on reboot.
   
   

If the NAS should…	Then…
Mount on reboot	Add the following command to the /etc/fstab file:     //nas05.service.softlayer.com/SL12345-1        /mnt/nas         cifs defaults,username=SL12345-1,password=NASPASSWORD 0 0
Not mount on reboot	Proceed to the next step.

 

1. Unmount and mount the NAS to verify that the fstab was edited correctly.  Refer to the table below for the unmount and mount commands.
   
   

Action	Command
Unmount the NAS	root@slnastest [~]# umount /mnt/nas/ root@slnastest [~]# df -Th /mnt/nas Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/xvda2    ext3     25G  4.6G   19G  20% /
Mount the NAS	root@slnastest [~]# mount /mnt/nas/ root@slnastest [~]# df -Th /mnt/nas/ Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on //nas05.service.softlayer.com/SL12345-1               cifs     54T   49T  5.3T  91% /mnt/nas