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How to mount a EFS (Elastic File System) to a Linux Virtual Machine in AWS (Amazon Web Services) - Detailed Step by Step instructions

How to mount a EFS (Elastic File System) to a Linux Virtual Machine in AWS (Amazon Web Services) - Detailed Step by Step instructions Amazon's EFS - Elastic File System is a storage service that uses Network File System version 4 (NFSv4.1 and NFSv4.0) protocol. The Infrequent Access (IA) storage class is a lower-cost storage class that's designed for storing long-lived, infrequently accessed files cost-effectively. In this article, I will assume that you are familiar with creating a Ubuntu virtual machine. The instructions in this article would without a problem. On other versions, it should work, but I did not try. Check the security group attached to your VM, by navigating to EC2 console, clicking Instances in the left navigation menu. Select your VM and check the Description tab, in the bottom pane. Make a note of the security group name, in this article, I will refer to the securitygroup name as 'secgrp'. Now navigate to the EFS console, click "Create Fi