Automatically Mount NAS SMB Folders at Boot on Linux

This tutorial is based on Debian systems.
The NAS is using OpenMediaVault.
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NAS Setup

There are three SMB folders on the NAS:

• sdb
• sdc
• sdd

Configure NAS SMB Folders

git clone https://github.com/frakw/nas_smb_mounter.git

Edit nas.conf to store the basic information of the NAS:

NAS_IP=NAS_IP_address
MOUNT_POINT=/mnt
NAS_NAME=NAS_name
NAS_SMB_1=Name_of_the_first_NAS_SMB_folder
NAS_SMB_2=Name_of_the_second_NAS_SMB_folder
NAS_SMB_3=Name_of_the_third_NAS_SMB_folder

Edit .smbcredentials to store the NAS account credentials:

username=NAS_username
password=NAS_password

Test the Mounting Process

cd nas_smb_mounter

Set the permissions for .smbcredentials:

sudo chmod 600 .smbcredentials

Install necessary packages:

sudo apt install cifs-utils

Make the scripts executable:

sudo chmod +x mount.sh
sudo chmod +x unmount.sh

Run the mounting script:

./mount.sh

Successfully view the folder contents:

Unmount the folders:

./unmount.sh

Automatically Mount at Boot

sudo crontab -e

Add the following line at the bottom:

@reboot sleep 30 && /path/to/mount.sh

The sleep 30 is added because I connect to the NAS via Tailscale, so it waits for Tailscale to start before executing the script.