Dead Simple NFS NixOS to MacOS Client

02 Oct, 2025

Creates /nfs folder with proper permissions

sudo mkdir -p /nfs
sudo chown -R 501:20 /nfs

/etc/nixos/configuration.conf

services.nfs.server.enable = true;
services.nfs.server.exports = ''
         /nfs *(rw,async,no_subtree_check,fsid=0,insecure,no_root_squash)
       '';

To diagnose problems

journalctl -u nfs-server -f

Open finder, go > connect to server

nfs://nixos/nfs