How to mount AWS EFS to Macbook or local computers

Question

I am trying to mount AWS EFS to my local MacBook (also other local computers) However, it is not working.

My port 22 and 2049 is wide open as a testing.

I tried few command like mount -t nfs4 -o nfservers=4.1 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/ efs/

But I am keep getting a connection timed out error.

Also I tried mounting this EFS to another AWS account EC2 instances. But keep getting same error.

For example, I have EFS in Account1 and EC2 in Account2 (Different VPC) and trying:

sudo mount -t nfs4 -o nfsvers=4.1,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,timeo=600,retrans=2 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/ /efs/

It is not working unless I have my EC2 in the same account (which is account1).

Is there a way I can mount this EFS in different account or local computers?

Solution

For those who are curious, try

sudo mount -t nfs -o vers=4,tcp,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,timeo=600,retrans=2 -w host_ip:/ efs

worked for me via direct connect.

Comments

[barakbd]

I am getting No such file or directory even though I can ls and see that my local path indeed exists. Do I need to install amazon-efs-utils?

[Logemann]

some for me. Are you on mac ? Did try while being connected via Vpn Client Endpoint