# EFS Mounting on Ubuntu ## Get EFS ID ``` aws configure set preview.efs true aws efs describe-file-systems --profile TEST --region us-east-2 ``` ``` { "FileSystems": [ { "SizeInBytes": { "Timestamp": 71990.0, "Value": 614 }, "Name": "Shared-Storage-TEST", "CreationToken": "console-ac435345", "CreationTime": 14723446.0, "FileSystemId": "fz-83A2", "NumberOfMountTargets": 2, "LifeCycleState": "available", "OwnerId": "3423349" } ] } ``` To get only the ID: `aws efs describe-file-systems \ --profile TEST \ --region us-east-1 | \ grep FileSystemId | \ cut -f 4- -d '"' | \ cut -f -1 -d '"'` Or with `jq` installed: ``` aws efs describe-file-systems --profile TEST --region us-east-1 | jq -r ".FileSystems[] | .FileSystemId" ``` ## Install NFS Client `sudo apt-get install nfs-common` ## Mount the EFS Storage ``` mkdir efs-mount-point sudo mount -t nfs4 -o vers=4.1 $(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone).file-system-id.efs.$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document|grep region|awk -F\" '{print $4}').amazonaws.com:/ ~/efs-mount-point ``` For example: ``` sudo mount -t nfs4 -o vers=4.1 $(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone).fs-ebeb2f234242.efs.$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document|grep region|awk -F\" '{print $4}').amazonaws.com:/ ~/efs-mount-point2 ```