mount NFS share before log on

[net_tech]

Hello,

Is there a way to automate the mount of an NFS share during the OS startup, but before the log in?

Currently I am using mount -v x.x.x.x:/nfsshare /mnt/nfsshare, which I am guessing needs some tweaking before it could be added to fstab? (not even sure if fstab is where it needs to go)

Thank you

 

[kpa]

Put them in fstab(5) but use the late option to defer the mounts until networking and services are fully up.

 

[net_tech]

like this ?

x.x.x.x:/nfsshare  /nfsshare  nfs rw 2 2  late

 

[net_tech]

well, adding

x.x.x.x:/nfsshare  /nfsshare  nfs rw 2 2  late

to fstab prevents BSD from booting, however I was able to remove the code using the recomendation from this thread https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/11348/page-2

 

[tobik@]

like this ?

No, late goes after rw. Like this (see fstab(5)):

x.x.x.x:/nfsshare  /nfsshare  nfs rw,late 0 0

IMHO a nicer way is to set up autofs(5) to mount the share on demand. See https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-nfs.html#network-autofs.
It's easy to setup if you keep it simple and use the default /net automounter map. Your share is then accessible in /net/x.x.x.x/nfsshare.