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title: "Mount NFS"
chapter: true
weight: 31
pre: "3.1 "
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# Mount the NFS server to the Application Server
Now that the "on-premises" infrastructure has been deployed. We now need to access the application server in order to mount the NFS server.
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#### 1. In the on-premises region. Navigate to CloudFormation.
- Select the stack named: ```DataMigrationWorkshop-onPremResources```.
#### Click on the **Outputs** tab, as shown in the image below.
You should see four values listed to copy down as these will be needed later:
1. **appServerPrivateIP** – This is the private IP address of the Application Server. You will use this when creating the Storage Gateway file share to limit access to the NFS export.
2. **dataSyncAgentPublicIP** – This is the public IP address of the EC2 instance running the DataSync agent. You will use this when activating the DataSync agent.
3. **fileGatewayPublicIP** – This is the public IP address of the EC2 instance running the File Gateway. You will use this when activating the Storage Gateway.
4. **nfsServerPrivateIP** – This is the private IP address of the NFS server. You will use this both on the Application Server and when creating a location for DataSync.
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#### 2. Connect to the Application server.
- From the AWS console in the on-premises region.
- Navigate to **EC2**.
- Select **Instances** from the menu on the left.
- Select the box on the **ApplicationServer** instance.
- Click **Connect**.
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If you configured an EC2 Key Pair when you deployed the on-premises CloudFormation template, then you can connect using an SSH client from your computer:
Otherwise you can connect to the instance directly through your browser using either EC2 Instance Connect or Session Manager:
If using EC2 Instance Connect or Session Manager, click Connect. A new tab will be opened in your browser with a command line interface (CLI) to the Application server. Keep this tab open - you will use the command line on the Application server throughout this workshop.
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#### 3. Mount and Validate.
In the CLI for the Application server, run the following commands to mount the NFS export and verify the files on the NFS server.
Use the **nfsServerPrivateIP** value from the **on-premises CloudFormation stack output**.
```
$ sudo mount -t nfs :/media/data /mnt/data
$ sudo wget https://secure.eicar.org/eicar.com.txt
$ sudo cp eicar.com.txt /mnt/data/eicar.txt
$ ls /mnt/data/images
```
In the **/mnt/data/images** folder are 200 image files, as shown below. These image files represent the NFS server data that will be migrated to the S3 bucket in the in-cloud region.
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> Amazing, you have deployed all of the resources necessary in both the on-premises region and the in-cloud region. You have also mounted the NFS export on the Application server and verified your data set. :rocket: