Step 1 – Enabling the kernel module
This is a simple step – all you need to do is run the following command as the root user:
modprobe fuse
Step 2 – Installing Fuse/SSHFS
yum install fuse-sshfs sshfs
Step 3 – Using SSHFS
The commands to use SSHFS are fairly simple. To mount a remote folder, use the following commands.
# mkdir /testDirectory # sshfs root@my.remote.server: /remotedir # sshfs laitkor@remote.example.com:/home/remotedir /opt/mountdir
The directory, /remotedir , is where the remote servers’ files are visible, and can be edited if the user on the remote server has permissions to do so.
It is possible to use a private key for authentication as well. If you use a private key, make sure that you’ve set proper permissions on the identity file.
sshfs root@my.remote.server:/remotedir /mountdir -o IdentityFile=/root/the.private.key
When finished, you can unmount the remote folder with this command.
fusermount -u /mountdir
Mount Directory on System Boot
Step 4 – If you want to mount remote filesystem automatically each time when your system reboots, Add following entry to /etc/fstab file. Make sure you have have key based ssh setup between remote and local system.
root@192.168.15.190:/opt/app_data/ebill_files /opt/app_data/ebill_files fuse.sshfs IdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_rsa defaults 0 0 OR appadmin@ebcm_db1:/opt/ebcm_log/logs /opt/logs fuse.sshfs IdentityFile=/home/appadmin/.ssh/id_rsa,nonempty,allow_other 0 2
