Mount your NFS file share on your client

To mount a file share and map it to an Amazon S3 bucket

1. If you are using a Microsoft Windows client, we recommend that you create an SMB file share and access it using an SMB client that is already installed on Windows client. If you use NFS, turn on Services for NFS in Windows.

2. Mount your NFS file share:

   • For Linux clients, type the following command at the command prompt.

     sudo mount -t nfs -o nolock,hard [GatewayVMIPAddress]:/[FileShareName] [ClientMountPath]

   • For MacOS clients, type the following command at the command prompt.

     sudo mount -t nfs -o vers=3.0,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,nolock -v [GatewayVMIPAddress]:/[FileShareName] [ClientMountPath]

   • For Windows clients, type the following command at the command prompt (cmd.exe).

     mount –o nolock -o mtype=hard [GatewayVMIPAddress]:/[FileShareName] [WindowsDriveLetter]

   For example, suppose that on a Windows client your VM's IP address is 123.123.1.2 and your file share name name is test-fileshare. Suppose also that you want to map to drive T. In this case, your command looks like the following.

   mount -o nolock -o mtype=hard 123.123.1.2:/test-fileshare T:

   Note

   When mounting file shares, be aware of the following:

   • S3 File Gateway does not support NFS file locking. Always use the -o nolock option to turn off file locking when mounting NFS file shares.

   • You might have a case where a folder and an object exist in an Amazon S3 bucket and have the same name. In this case, if the object name doesn't contain a trailing slash, only the folder is visible in a File Gateway. For example, if a bucket contains an object named test or test/ and a folder named test/test1, only test/ and test/test1 are visible in a File Gateway.

   • You might need to remount your file share after a reboot of your client.

   • By default Windows uses a soft mount for mounting your NFS share. Soft mounts time out more easily when there are connection issues. We recommend using a hard mount because a hard mount is safer and better preserves your data. The soft mount command omits the -o mtype=hard switch. The Windows hard mount command uses the -o mtype=hard switch.

   • If you are using Windows clients, check your mount options after mounting by running the mount command with no options. The response should that confirm the file share was mounted using the latest options you provided. It also should confirm that you are not using cached old entries, which take at least 60 seconds to clear.