Here’s how to mount an nfs share:
#cat /etc/systemd/system/mnt.data.mount [Unit] Description=nfs mount script [Mount] What=192.168.0.30:/mnt/tank/Media Where=/mnt/data Type=nfs4 [Install] WantedBy=remote-fs.targetI’ve always mounted network shares in fstab, what’s the benefit to doing it with systemd?
(Also, for those of you learning, this method only works on systemd-based distros)
you can stop and start it via systemctl and systemd is going to make mounts for fstab entries automatically, I just put local drives in my fstab so that way I can copy mount files between machines
Systemd can retry mounting based on the restart policy in case you have an interruption.
With these systemd mount files I don’t need to touch the fstab, I can use ansible to copy the file, enable the service then start it. I can also have other services like Docker, Jellyfin or whatever to depend on that service. If the nfs share can’t be mounted then systemd won’t try to start docker.
Kinda interested now, why would you use systemd script for this instead of fstab ?
With these systemd mount files I don’t need to touch the fstab, I can use ansible to copy the file, enable the service then start it. I can also have other services like Docker, Jellyfin or whatever to depend on that service. If the nfs share can’t be mounted then systemd won’t try to start docker.
Oh that’s actually really good reason with docker containers that rely on the NFS share. Thanks, I’m gonna steal this
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Linux user here, this would have been super helpful to me in the past. I don’t think it’s that the world is full of master Linux users that don’t post, it’s that new people need more help and have more questions.
Meanwhile I found a solution using fstab.
What’s the advantage of using a systemd script?
I’ll probably switch to simple script, since I don’t like the idea of my laptop shouting my NAS access credentials into any available random network on startup.
How would you do this with fstab? (Working with an smb share which I’m assuming is standard)
I described what I did here.
You may want to consider adding nofail and x-systemd.device-timeout opinions on the mount as well if the NFS isn’t critical to the device booting, and speed up your boot process a bit.
Googling an issue and copy pasting the first terminal code you see on the first result.
It looks like the command you're trying to paste contains danger---yes, yes I know what paste is let gooooo
Best practice
My wifi stopped working
[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf --no-preserve-root / || echo *Click*Or a version for pussies:
[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && echo '*You dead*' || echo '*Click*'Googling is so difficult for a Linux noob, and it takes a whole weekend to go through forums looking for solutions and commands to paste. I’m having much more success asking ChatGPT. ChatGPT and the Steam Deck have been the biggest factors in making me use Linux more and more.
Oh wow, why haven’t I thought about asking chat gpt? That seems like a good place to start.
:() :;:
Something that works fairly well for me:
- Make a copy of the file you’re working
sudo copy /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak - Ask a particular question to ChatGPT
How do I mount a samba share in Ubuntu Server 22.04? - Read through the commands and try them out. ChatGPT is great for stuff like this, especially with follow-up questions, and giving you detailed info on error messages.
- If you fubar, then simply restore your backup file and try again.
- ChatGPT gives bad command, system fails to boot
- Drops into emergency shell
- Ask ChatGPT how to fix fstab from emergency shell
- Goto 1), rinse and repeat
You can also replace ChatGPT with Devin and achieve the same results*
*Your mileage may vary depending on the quality of your Devin
- Make a copy of the file you’re working
Me, trying to create a compressed tar archive
Compress Zee Vucking Files: tar -czvf out.tar files.
I saw that you figured it out using
fstab. Since it’s a network share, you may wanna check outautofstoo.I’ll definetly look deeper into this, thank you very much.
This is why the year of the Linux desktop will never come, common Linuxcuck L, many such cases!
