How To Mount AWS EFS File System on EC2 Instance

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Step 1: Check Requirements/Prerequisites

Before proceeding to mount the EFS file system, the user needs to have:

  • An AWS Account.
  • Created a user with permissions to create resources on the AWS Account.
  • Created an EFS file system on the AWS account.
  • Ensure that the security group of the EFS allows the security group of the EC2 instance on port 2049.

Step 2: Mount the EFS

We can mount an EFS on an existing EC2 instance. It can also be mounted when launching a new EC2 Instance. I have explained this below.

On the Elastic File system console, select the EFS you created.

EFS Attach

Click attach. 

Mount Instructions

Select Mount via DNS or Mount via IP. Should you have a VPC with DNS hostnames disabled, select the mount via IP option. Click User guide to get the guide on how to Install the mount helper. The amazon-efs-utils package. For example, for a Linux instance, run the below command to install the mount helper.

sudo yum install -y amazon-efs-utils

Your installation should look similar to below:

Install the Mount Helper

on your EC2 instance create a directory called efs.

sudo mkdir efs

The EFS will be mounted on your EC2 instance as per above image. You can confirm by running the below command.

df -h

To Mount the EFS on an Ubuntu instance, follow the below instructions.

Create a directory called efs


sudo apt-get -y install nfs-common

Run the below command to mount the EFS. Make sure to replace the command with your EFS specific mount instruction command.

sudo mount -t nfs4 -o nfsvers=4.1,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,timeo=600,retrans=2,noresvport fs-d3e98219.efs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com:/ efs

Confirm that the file system has been mounted using the below command.

df -h

Mount on an EC2 Instance at Launch

When Launching an EC2 instance, on the configure instance page, under file systems select the file system you created. See below.

The EC2 will be launched with the file system mounted.


Mount EFS at EC2 Launch

Mount EFS on EC2 Instance Automatically on Reboot

Using System Manager or SSH connect to your EC2 instance. edit the fstab file and add the below command. To edit the file use the command below.

$ sudo vi /etc/fstab
fs-d3e98219.efs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com:/ usr/bin/efs nfs defaults,_netdev 0 0

See screenshot below:

Edit fstab file

N/B: Ensure that on the fstab file you use the exact path where your efs directory is. For this case, my efs is in /usr/bin/efs. Also, ensure your replace the file system identity with your specific file system.

To test use:

sudo mount -fav

If the fstab file is configured correctly, you should see the below:

Test automatic mounting
Test Automatic Mounting

You can now reboot your instance and the EFS will be mounted automatically. To unmount the EFS run the below command:

umount -f /usr/bin/efs

Again, ensure you replace the path to the efs directory with your own specific path.

Unmount EFS

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