Install SSHFS #
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install sshfs
Mounting the Remote Filesystem #
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/myblog
$ sudo sshfs -o allow_other,default_permissions user@your_other_server:~/ /mnt/myblog
allow_otherallows other users to have access to this mount
default_permissionsso that it otherwise uses regular filesystem permissions
Permanently Mounting the Remote Filesystem #
$ sudo nano /etc/fstab
$ user@your_other_server:~/ /mnt/myblog fuse.sshfs noauto,x-systemd.automount,_netdev,reconnect,identityfile=/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa,allow_other,default_permissions 0 0
fuse.sshfsspecifies the driver being used to mount this remote directory
noauto,x-systemd.automount,_netdev,reconnectare a set of options that work together to ensure that permanent mounts to network drives behave gracefully in case the network connection drops from the local machine or the remote machine
0 0signifies that the remote filesystem should never be dumped or validated by the local machine in case of errors. These options may be different when mounting a local disk
Mount a WSL2 folder as a Network Drive in Windows 10+? #
For some reason, although you can access a wsl folder from windows explorer, you cannot map it as network drive.
There is though a workaround to do this using the windows command prompt:
subst z: \wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\mnt\myblog
where is the windows drive letter.
To delete the mapped drive via the command line run the following:
subst z: /d