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GCP Cloud Filestore is a managed file storage service for applications that require a filesystem interface and a shared filesystem for data. Filestore gives users a simple, native experience for standing up managed Network Attached Storage (NAS) with their Google Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine instances.

With that said, let’s build one.

gcloud filestore instances create nfs-server \
  --project=[PROJECT_ID] \
  --zone=us-central1-c \
  --tier=STANDARD \
  --file-share=name="vol1",capacity=1TB \
  --network=name="default"

How to mount the filestore on clients.

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-common
sudo mkdir /mnt/test
sudo mount 10.0.0.2:/vol1 /mnt/test
sudo chmod go+rw /mnt/test

Increase capacity to 3TB.

gcloud filestore instances update nfs-server 
  --project=myproject 
  --zone=us-central1-c 
  --file-share=name="vol1",capacity=3TB

Cloud Filestore is a managed file service by Google Cloud. It’s a shared file system similar to Amazon’s Elastic File System offering. Users of Cloud Filestore will experience something similar to when using a NAS drive (network attached storage). Filestore is used for both Compute and Kubernetes Engine instances. Unlike EFS where storage is unlimited, you have to specify a storage size when creating a new Filestore.

Create a Filestore:

gcloud beta filestore instances create nfs-server \
    --project=your-project-id \
    --location=your-region \
    --tier=STANDARD \
    --file-share=name="vol1",capacity=1TB \
    --network=name="default",reserved-ip-range="10.0.0.0/29"

Delete a Filestore:

gcloud beta filestore instances delete nfs-server --project=your-project-id --location=your-region

Instance clients can connect to the Filestore using a NFS client.

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install nfs-common
sudo mkdir /mnt/test
sudo mount 10.0.0.59:/vol1 /mnt/test
sudo chmod go+rw /mnt/test