With these systemd mount files I don’t need to touch the fstab, I can use ansible to copy the file, enable the service then start it. I can also have other services like Docker, Jellyfin or whatever to depend on that service. If the nfs share can’t be mounted then systemd won’t try to start docker.
With these systemd mount files I don’t need to touch the fstab, I can use ansible to copy the file, enable the service then start it. I can also have other services like Docker, Jellyfin or whatever to depend on that service. If the nfs share can’t be mounted then systemd won’t try to start docker.
Fwiw, as someone also recently new to Linux, I thought this captured part of the experience brilliantly, and without malice.
Of course op probably went on to google (and find) the answer, so I agree with you that getting the answer with this post was probably not the point. But it’s a quality shitpost, and I endorse it! 😀
Linux user here, this would have been super helpful to me in the past. I don’t think it’s that the world is full of master Linux users that don’t post, it’s that new people need more help and have more questions.
Here’s how to mount an nfs share:
#cat /etc/systemd/system/mnt.data.mount [Unit] Description=nfs mount script [Mount] What=192.168.0.30:/mnt/tank/Media Where=/mnt/data Type=nfs4 [Install] WantedBy=remote-fs.targetI’ve always mounted network shares in fstab, what’s the benefit to doing it with systemd?
(Also, for those of you learning, this method only works on systemd-based distros)
With these systemd mount files I don’t need to touch the fstab, I can use ansible to copy the file, enable the service then start it. I can also have other services like Docker, Jellyfin or whatever to depend on that service. If the nfs share can’t be mounted then systemd won’t try to start docker.
Systemd can retry mounting based on the restart policy in case you have an interruption.
Kinda interested now, why would you use systemd script for this instead of fstab ?
With these systemd mount files I don’t need to touch the fstab, I can use ansible to copy the file, enable the service then start it. I can also have other services like Docker, Jellyfin or whatever to depend on that service. If the nfs share can’t be mounted then systemd won’t try to start docker.
Oh that’s actually really good reason with docker containers that rely on the NFS share. Thanks, I’m gonna steal this
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Fwiw, as someone also recently new to Linux, I thought this captured part of the experience brilliantly, and without malice.
Of course op probably went on to google (and find) the answer, so I agree with you that getting the answer with this post was probably not the point. But it’s a quality shitpost, and I endorse it! 😀
Linux user here, this would have been super helpful to me in the past. I don’t think it’s that the world is full of master Linux users that don’t post, it’s that new people need more help and have more questions.