NFS.CONF(5) BSD File Formats Manual NFS.CONF(5)
NAME
nfs.conf -- The configuration file for NFS
SYNOPSIS
nfs.conf
DESCRIPTION
The nfs.conf file contains options used to specify NFS server and client configuration and tuning.
Each line contains an option field and a value field, separated by an equals character '='. For exam-ple: example:
ple:
some.nfs.option = value
Each line specifies a single option/value pair. Whitespace can be used freely before and after fields.
A hash character '#' begins a comment that extends to the end of the line. Lines containing only
whitespace or comments are ignored. The file format is intended to be easily read using functions like
fparseln(3).
Values are typically integers. For options that enable/disable functionality the value zero (0) indi-cates indicates
cates the option is off/disabled and the value one (1) (or any other non-zero value) indicates the
option is on/enabled.
The options are:
nfs.client.access_cache_timeout
How long (in seconds) that access(2) information is cached. The default is 60 seconds.
nfs.client.allow_async
Allow the use of the -o async mount option. This option must be enabled in order for the
async mount option to be honored because (accidental) use of the async mount option may result
in data loss if the server crashes. The default is 0 (off).
nfs.client.initialdowndelay
When an NFS server is not responding, this option specifies how long to wait (in seconds)
before the initial notification is posted. The default is 12 seconds.
nfs.client.iosize
This option specifies what size (in bytes) the NFS client reports for the recommended I/O
request size returned in stat(2) and statfs(2) calls. The default value is 1048576 bytes.
nfs.client.mount.options
Mount options to be used for NFS file systems mounted via mount(8) / mount_nfs(8). The value
is in the same format as the argument for the -o mount option (a comma-separated string of
options like: option1,option2=val,option3). The default value is empty. These options are
processed by mount_nfs(8) prior to processing any other command-line options. Therefore,
mount options set in the NFS configuration file may be added to or overriden by additional
command-line options.
nfs.client.nextdowndelay
When an NFS server is not responding, this option specifies how long to wait (in seconds)
between notifications. The default is 30 seconds.
nfs.client.nfsiod_thread_max
The maximum number of NFS client asynchronous I/O (nfsiod) threads to use. The default is 16.
nfs.client.statfs_rate_limit
The maximum number of times per second that an NFS client will send a "statfs" RPC request to
an NFS server to retrieve up-to-date file system information. Requests for this information
that occur faster than this rate will receive cached values. The default value is 10 times
per second. A value of zero means no limit.
nfs.lockd.grace_period
This option specifies the grace period (in seconds) during which lockd will only accept
requests from hosts which are reclaiming locks which existed before the restart. The default
value is 45 seconds.
nfs.lockd.host_monitor_cache_timeout
This option tells rpc.lockd how long (in seconds) to cache state records for monitored hosts.
Setting it to zero will disable the cache which will make lock and unlock requests from a sin-gle single
gle client more expensive because of additional interaction with the client's statd. The
default value is 60 seconds.
nfs.lockd.shutdown_delay_client
This option species how long (in seconds) the lockd daemon should remain running after the
unmounting of the last NFS file system for which it may need to perform file locking requests.
The default value is 180 seconds. (Note: lockd may also remain running if it is needed by the
NFS server.)
nfs.lockd.shutdown_delay_server
This option species how long (in seconds) the lockd daemon should remain running after the NFS
server daemon, nfsd(8), is stopped. The default value is 180 seconds. (Note: lockd may also
remain running if it is needed by any NFS file system mounts.)
nfs.lockd.port
This option can be used to specify a port that the NFS LOCK service (lockd) should be avail-able available
able on. The default value is unspecified, which means that any available port will be used.
nfs.lockd.verbose
This option controls how much logging lockd performs. It currently maps directly to the
rpc.lockd(8) -d debug_level option. The default value is 0.
nfs.server.async
This option specifies that the NFS server should report unstable writes as stable writes. The
default is 0 (off). While enabling this option can improve write performance, it will also
put data integrity at risk because the NFS client will be told that data is on stable storage
before it actually is. The data may be lost if the NFS server crashes.
nfs.server.bonjour
This option controls whether the NFS service is advertised via Bonjour. The default value is
1 (on).
nfs.server.fsevents
This option controls whether the NFS server will generate fsevents for operations performed on
an exported file system. The default value is 1 (enabled).
nfs.server.mount.port
This option can be used to specify a port that the MOUNT service (mountd) should be available
on. The default value is unspecified, which means that any available port will be used.
nfs.server.mount.regular_files
This option controls whether MOUNT requests for non-directory objects will be allowed. The
default value is 0 (off).
nfs.server.mount.require_resv_port
This option controls whether MOUNT requests are required to originate from a reserved port
(port < 1024). The default value is 1 (yes). Many NFS server implementations require this
because of the false belief that this requirement increases security.
nfs.server.nfsd_threads
This option controls how many NFS server (nfsd) threads are made available to service NFS
requests. The default value is 8.
nfs.server.port
This option can be used to specify a port that the NFS service (nfsd) should be available on.
The default value is 2049.
nfs.server.reqcache_size
This option specifies the size of the NFS server request cache. The default value is 64.
nfs.server.request_queue_length
This option specifies the maximum number of NFS requests that the NFS server can queue up
internally on the NFS server's UDP socket. The default value is 128. Note: using a large
value risks getting all the mbufs in the system placed on that queue which can cause all net-
working to hang.
nfs.server.require_resv_port
This option controls whether NFS requests are required to originate from a reserved port (port
< 1024). The default value is 0 (no). Many NFS server implementations require this because
of the false belief that this requirement increases security.
nfs.server.rquota.port
This option can be used to specify a port that the RQUOTA service (rquotad) should be avail-
able on. The default value is unspecified, which means that any available port will be used.
nfs.server.tcp
This option specifies whether the NFS server should support connections using TCP. The
default value is 1 (enabled).
nfs.server.udp
This option specifies whether the NFS server should support connections using UDP. The
default value is 1 (enabled).
nfs.server.user_stats
This option controls whether the NFS server maintains active user statistics. The default
value is 1 (enabled).
nfs.server.verbose
This option controls how much logging nfsd performs. The default value is 0 - where only mes-sages messages
sages up to priority LOG_WARNING are logged. Setting the verbose level to 1 will add
LOG_NOTICE messages which includes logging failed mount attempts. A verbose level of 2 will
increase the log level to LOG_INFO which includes logging successful mount attempts. A log
level of 3 or more will add LOG_DEBUG messages and cause increasing amounts of debug informa-tion information
tion to be logged. nfsd's verbose level can also be adjusted temporarily using the command:
nfsd verbose. Note: the syslog(8) configuration may need to be adjusted in order to see the
increased verbosity.
nfs.server.wg_delay
This option controls how long (in microseconds) NFSv2 writes will be gathered up before being
processed. The default value is 1000. Setting this option to 0 will disable write gathering
for NFSv2.
nfs.server.wg_delay_v3
This option controls how long (in microseconds) NFSv3 writes will be gathered up before being
processed. The default value is 0 (disabled). NFSv3's support of unstable writes effectively
eliminates the need for doing write gathering to increase performance.
nfs.statd.port
This option can be used to specify a port that the STATUS service (statd) should be available
on. The default value is unspecified, which means that any available port will be used.
nfs.statd.verbose
This option controls how much logging statd performs. It currently maps directly to the
rpc.statd(8) --d option. The default value is 0.
FILES
/etc/nfs.conf The NFS configuration file.
SEE ALSO
nfsd(8), rpc.lockd(8), rpc.rquotad(8), rpc.statd(8), mount_nfs(8)
BSD January 9, 2007 BSD
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