CentOS Stream 10: Use NFS External Storage with Podman

Mount NFS shares into Podman containers for persistent remote storage.

Prerequisites

An NFS server must be running on your LAN. This example uses nfs.srv.world sharing the /home/nfsshare directory.

Create an NFS Volume

Create a volume configured for NFSv4:

podman volume create \
  --opt type=nfs4 \
  --opt o=rw \
  --opt device=10.0.0.35:/home/nfsshare nfs-volume

Verify the Volume

podman volume ls
podman volume inspect nfs-volume

Use the NFS Volume in a Container

podman run -it -v nfs-volume:/nfsshare centos:stream10

Inside the container, verify the mount:

df -hT /nfsshare
echo "Podman NFS Volume Test" > /nfsshare/testfile.txt
cat /nfsshare/testfile.txt