In this video we show you how to set up shared storage in Proxmox using NFS Shared storage is extremely useful for hypervisors, especially if you have a cluster of them because it improves redundancy and makes VM migrations much quicker We use TrueNAS as an example, although other NFS servers can be used We show how to create a user account in TrueNAS, because Proxmox will try and connect as the root user, how to create a Dataset and then create an NFS share Then we cover how to connect Proxmox to the NFS share ============================= SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Donate through Paypal: https://paypal.me/DavidMcKone Donate through Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/dmckone Become a monthly contributor on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dmckone Become a monthly contributor on YouTube: null ============================== ============================== MEDIA LINKS: Website - https://www.techtutorials.tv/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/dsmckone1 Facebook - https://facebook.com/dsmckone Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmckone Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/david.mckone ============================== Steps Taken 1) Create a user account On the NFS server create a user account for Proxmox Proxmox will connect as root and doesn't provide an option to change this But in NFS you can map the root account to an account with less rights 2) Create a Dataset Folder To keep data separate and more secure, on the NFS server create a folder to be shared although in the case of TrueNAS a Dataset is better 3) File Permissions When connecting to an NFS share, file permissions can override the access provided by NFS Change the file permissions and ownership if necessary to allow access for the user account we created 4) Create an NFS Share Share the folder out using NFS Because Proxmox will connect as root, remap the root account and group to the user and group we created Ideally the root passwords would be different anyway This reduces the chance of elevated access through the NFS share However, anybody will have access if they login in as root, so use an isolated storage network You can limit access to certain computers using a firewall, or if performance is of greater concern, we'll just restrict computer access on the file server itself 5) Connect Proxmox to NFS Create a new NFS storage on Proxmox Point it to the server and NFS share TIP: Use the server's IP address to avoid being locked out during a cold boot up when the DNS server is likely unavailable Select the content that will be stored here and limit access to certain nodes if necessary Change the preallocation setting if needed, although the default option to only preallocate space for Metadata is usually fine Change the NFS version if you like, although chances are, you can restrict this on the NFS server anyway and it will apply to all incoming NFS connections Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:03 Create NFS User 03:58 Create Dataset/Folder 09:11 File Permissions 13:54 Create NFS Share 18:47 Connect Proxmox to NFS Credits LoveLife | Instrumental Prod. Blue Mango | EQMUSEQ.COM by Don Da Vinci https://soundcloud.com/eqmuseq/lovelife?in=eqmuseq/sets/royalty-free-music-for-youtube proxmo nfs shared storage,proxmo nfs share,proxmo nfs export,proxmo nfs preallocation,proxmo nfs user,proxmo nfs thin provisioning,proxmo nfs truenas,proxmo nfs setup,proxmox shared storage,proxmox,proxmox ve