I get the same issue. I've created systemd unit files for both mount and automount:
$ cat /etc/systemd/system/share-apps.automount [Unit] Description=Automount Scratch [Automount] Where=/share/apps/ [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target $ cat /etc/systemd/system/share-apps.mount [Unit] Description=Scratch [Mount] What=192.168.2.241:/mnt/nfs_share Where=/share/apps Type=nfs [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Mounting works fine (HELLO is a file on the remote NFS server): $ systemctl start share-apps.mount $ ls /share/apps/ HELLO However, automount fails: $ systemctl stop share-apps.mount $ ls /share/apps/ $ systemctl start share-apps.automount Operation on or unit type of share-apps.automount not supported on this system. $ systemd-detect-virt lxc The nfs client container is privilegued. The nfs client container has these apparmor settings and is restarted with those settings: lxc config get iceberg:juju-ee5ee4-0 raw.apparmor mount fstype=rpc_pipefs, mount fstype=nfsd, mount fstype=nfs, mount fstype=nfsv4, mount fstype=autofs, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1418279 Title: Automount NFSv4 doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/autofs/+bug/1418279/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs