# Difficulty understanding how to use Remote datastore

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**Created:** [October 26, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/difficulty-understanding-how-to-use-remote-datastore/3183 "2016-10-26T12:03:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/difficulty-understanding-how-to-use-remote-datastore/3183/3 "2016-10-26T12:31:12Z")

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Hi

You must to use a Shared Datastore.

[http://docs.opennebula.org/5.2/deployment/open\_cloud\_storage\_setup/fs\_ds.html#fs-ds](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.2/deployment/open_cloud_storage_setup/fs_ds.html#fs-ds)

At /var/lib/one/datastores you must to link to your nfs mounted dir.

Example:

I mount my NFS export at /mnt/opennebulaA and create the images and system on it.

Then link to the /mnt/OpenNebula/system and /mnt/OpenNebula/images to the /var/lib/one/datastores/0 and /var/lib/one/datastores/1

I hope helps to you…

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