Access Files (using NFS) on the Synology NAS from a Virtual Machine on the Synology NAS

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

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