NFS

NFS mounts give you two options: connect to an NFS server that already exists outside Vantage, or expose an existing PVC as an NFS share so it can be mounted from any namespace.

Prerequisites

A Kubernetes cluster in Connected state.

For internal NFS: an existing PVC on the cluster to use as the backing store.

Create an NFS mount

1. Open Storage — Go to Compute, select your Kubernetes cluster, then click the Storage tab.

2. Select the NFS tab — Click NFS at the top of the Storage page.

3. Click Create NFS.

4. Select a namespace — Choose the namespace this NFS mount will be available in.

5. Enter a name — Lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.

6. Choose a source mode:

   External — Mount an NFS server running outside Vantage:

   • NFS Server — Hostname or IP address of the NFS server.
   • NFS Share Path — Absolute path to the exported share (e.g. /exports/data).

   Internal — Expose an existing PVC as an NFS share:

   • Source Namespace — The namespace where the source PVC lives (can differ from the target namespace).
   • Source PVC — Select the PVC to export.

7. Set capacity — Enter the size of the share (e.g. 100Gi). For external sources, this is informational; for internal sources it should match the backing PVC.

8. Advanced options (optional):

   • Access Modes — Default is ReadWriteMany. Uncheck modes your workloads don't need.
   • Read Only — Force all mounts of this share to be read-only.
   • Mount Options — Additional NFS mount flags, one per line. Defaults: nfsvers=4.1, hard, nointr.

9. Click Create.

tip

Internal NFS is the simplest way to share a PVC across namespaces. Create the PVC in one namespace, then create an internal NFS mount targeting it — pods in any namespace can mount the NFS share.