How to Set Up NFS on SLES 15

Introduction

This tutorial covers How to Set Up NFS on SLES 15 on SLES 15. SLES 15 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management.

Step 1 — Install NFS Server

zypper install -y nfs-kernel-server

Step 2 — Configure Exports

echo "/srv/nfs *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)" >> /etc/exports
exportfs -a

Step 3 — Start NFS

systemctl enable --now nfs-server

AppArmor Considerations

Note: SLES 15 uses AppArmor for mandatory access control. Check AppArmor status with aa-status and enforce profiles with aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/<profile>.

Conclusion

You have successfully completed: How to Set Up NFS on SLES 15. For more SLES 15 tutorials, see our full SLES 15 series.