How to use SSHFS to mount remote file systems over SSH

Introdcution¶

SSHFS itself is a file system in user space (FUSE) that uses the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to mount a remote file system. SSHFS command is a client tool for using SSHFS to mount a remote file system from another server locally on your machine.

Configuration on Ubuntu¶

1 Installation¶

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install sshfs

2 Creat a local directory for remote mounting¶

For example:

mkdir /mnt/local/path

3 Mount Remote File Systems¶

sshfs -o allow_other username@1:/your/remote/path /mnt/local/path

For example:

sshfs -o allow_other zhuyf@192.168.5.200:/data/home/zhuyf /mnt/local/path

4 Check mounting¶

df -hT

5 Auto mount configuration¶

You can mount the remote directory without manually typing the command always by adding a fstab method. You should open the /etc/fstab file to edit:

sudo vim /etc/fstab

Then you should add the following command at the end of the file.

username@1:/your/remote/path /mnt/local/path fuse.sshfs noauto,x-systemd.automount,_netdev,IdentityFile=/home/name/.ssh/id_rsa,allow_other,reconnec

Finally, Use the following command to make the configuration take effect.

sudo mount -a