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2. How to setup an NFS share on Truenas?

You need to have already created a Truenas disk pool before setting this up

To set this up, Click on the Hamburger Menu button, and then navigate to Shares:

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And under UNIX (NFS) Shares, Press Add:

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Under Paths, press Add and navigate to the directory on your pool you wish to create a share for and click on it:

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Next, scroll down and click on Advanced Options:

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Ensure the Read Only toggle is unchecked:

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Next under Maproot user, select root from the dropdown

Then Click Save.

With that, you have successfully created a network share