17.1 Ensuring NFS Services are running on Fedora 31

The first task is to verify that the NFS services are installed and running on your Fedora 31 system. This can be achieved either from the command-line, or using the Cockpit interface.

Behind the scenes, NFS makes use of Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) to share filesystems over a network between different computers in the form of the rpcbind service. Begin by installing both rpcbind and the NFS service by running the following command from a terminal window:

# dnf install rpcbind nfs-utils

Next, configure these services so that they automatically start at boot time:

# systemctl enable rpcbind

# systemctl enable nfs-server

Once the services have been enabled, start them as follows:

# systemctl start rpcbind

# systemctl start nfs-server