How to enable NFS on the Synology Server

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This is a guide on how to enable the NFS capabilities of the Synology product. This procedure is aimed for users who are experienced with Telnet and the Linux Operating System

Please make sure that the Synology product has firmware 2.0.3 - 0518 or above, along with the Telnet service enabled.
Both files can be found here.

Instructions for the NFS Server

Telnet into the Synology product and perform the following

Enabling Service

cd /usr/syno/etc/rc.d
mv S83nfsd.sh.sample S83****.sh
reboot (or /usr/syno/etc/rc.d/S83****.sh start)
vi /etc/exports

Note: * needs to be replaced with a number

Exports file

In the exports file, add the following line 

/directory/to/export ip.of.NFS.client(ro,root_squash)

After saving the exports file, perform the following 

cd /
/usr/sbin/exportfs -a


Instructions for NFS Client

On your NFS client, perform the following to mount the NFS Server share 

mount IP.of.NFS.Server:/directory/to/export /volume1/local/share/folder

Note: /volume1/local/share/folder must exist locally, otherwise the mount will fail


Further Reading

The /etc/exports file
Mounting NFS File Systems

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