NFS Services Screen

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NFS Service Screen

The Services > NFS configuration screen displays settings to customize the TrueNAS NFS service.

You can access it from System Settings > Services screen. Locate NFS and click to open the screen, or use the Config Service option on the Unix (NFS) Share widget options menu found on the main Sharing screen.

Select Start Automatically to activate NFS service when TrueNAS boots.

ServicesNFSSettingsScreen

General Options Settings

Setting	Description
Bind IP Addresses	Select IP addresses to listen to for NFS requests. Leave empty for NFS to listen to all available addresses. You must configure static IPs on the interface to appear on the dropdown list.
Number of threads	Required. Enter an optimal number of threads used by the kernel NFS server.

NFSv4 Settings

Setting	Description
Enable NFSv4	Select to switch from NFSv3 to NFSv4. If selected, NFSv3 ownership model for NFSv4 clears, allowing you to select or leave it clear.
NFSv3 ownership model for NFSv4	Becomes selectable after selecting Enable NFSv4. Select when NFSv4 ACL support is needed without requiring the client and the server to sync users and groups.
Require Kerberos for NFSv4	Select to force NFS shares to fail if the Kerberos ticket is unavailable.

Ports Settings

Setting	Description
mountd(8) bind port	Enter a port to bind mountd(8).
rpc.statd(8) bind port	Enter a port to bind rpc.statd(8).
rpc.lockd(8) bind port	Enter a port to bind rpc.lockd(8).

Other Options Settings

Setting	Description
Serve UDP NFS clients	Select if NFS clients need to use the User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
Allow non-root mount	Select only if required by the NFS client to allow serving non-root mount requests.
Support >16 groups	Select when a user is a member of more than 16 groups. This assumes group membership is configured correctly on the NFS server.

Unless a specific setting is required, we recommend using the default NFS settings.

When TrueNAS is already connected to Active Directory, setting NFSv4 and Require Kerberos for NFSv4 also requires a Kerberos Keytab.