Introduction
For those who don’t know, SSHFS stands for Secure SHell FileSystem. It’s a client that enables us to interact with remote directories through SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
This is a secure file transfer protocol that provides file access, file transfer and file management features over SSH. We’ll install it on a Red Hat based distro.
Install SSHFS Client
First, you need to enable epel-repository. Then, just use yum:
# yum install sshfs
Create a mount point and mount an FS
You must create a mount point directory where you will mount your remote file system. For example on /mnt/sshfstest. Of course, use the mount point you want or need.
Now, you can mount a remote directory under /etc/sshfstest.
# sshfs -o IdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_rsa hostname@X.X.X.X:/remote/directory /mnt/sshfstest
Check mount point
To test, check if the commands above made their jobs. For instance, you can use df.
# df -hT
Conclusion
That’s all, now you have mounted your remote directory. If you want, you can do this permanently editing the /etc/fstab file.
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