Export new exports without reloading/restarting NFS
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:45 pm
o In general when appending the /etc/exports file there is no need for the reload to occur.
o The critical component is to export the new entries via rpc:
o It is recommended to run a simple test of the above, in which the new subnet is appended to the /etc/exports and said file is exported via the above command.
o Following this you can test on one of the new clients to see if the mount is available.
o Overall, running the 'exportfs' command will not have any impact on currently mounted shares.
o We would not anticipate that running any daemon reload is needed for the changes.
o The critical component is to export the new entries via rpc:
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EX:
# exportfs -avr
o Following this you can test on one of the new clients to see if the mount is available.
o Overall, running the 'exportfs' command will not have any impact on currently mounted shares.
o We would not anticipate that running any daemon reload is needed for the changes.