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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xml:id="sec-sshfs-file-systems">
<title>SSHFS File Systems</title>
<para>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs">SSHFS</link> is
a
<link xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace">FUSE</link>
filesystem that allows easy access to directories on a remote
machine using the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). It means that
if you have SSH access to a machine, no additional setup is needed
to mount a directory.
</para>
<section xml:id="sec-sshfs-interactive">
<title>Interactive mounting</title>
<para>
In NixOS, SSHFS is packaged as <package>sshfs</package>. Once
installed, mounting a directory interactively is simple as
running:
</para>
<programlisting>
$ sshfs my-user@example.com:/my-dir /mnt/my-dir
</programlisting>
<para>
Like any other FUSE file system, the directory is unmounted using:
</para>
<programlisting>
$ fusermount -u /mnt/my-dir
</programlisting>
</section>
<section xml:id="sec-sshfs-non-interactive">
<title>Non-interactive mounting</title>
<para>
Mounting non-interactively requires some precautions because
<literal>sshfs</literal> will run at boot and under a different
user (root). For obvious reason, you can’t input a password, so
public key authentication using an unencrypted key is needed. To
create a new key without a passphrase you can do:
</para>
<programlisting>
$ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -P '' -f example-key
Generating public/private ed25519 key pair.
Your identification has been saved in test-key
Your public key has been saved in test-key.pub
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:yjxl3UbTn31fLWeyLYTAKYJPRmzknjQZoyG8gSNEoIE my-user@workstation
</programlisting>
<para>
To keep the key safe, change the ownership to
<literal>root:root</literal> and make sure the permissions are
<literal>600</literal>: OpenSSH normally refuses to use the key if
it’s not well-protected.
</para>
<para>
The file system can be configured in NixOS via the usual
<link linkend="opt-fileSystems">fileSystems</link> option. Here’s
a typical setup:
</para>
<programlisting language="bash">
{
system.fsPackages = [ pkgs.sshfs ];
fileSystems."/mnt/my-dir" = {
device = "my-user@example.com:/my-dir/";
fsType = "sshfs";
options =
[ # Filesystem options
"allow_other" # for non-root access
"_netdev" # this is a network fs
"x-systemd.automount" # mount on demand
# SSH options
"reconnect" # handle connection drops
"ServerAliveInterval=15" # keep connections alive
"IdentityFile=/var/secrets/example-key"
];
};
}
</programlisting>
<para>
More options from <literal>ssh_config(5)</literal> can be given as
well, for example you can change the default SSH port or specify a
jump proxy:
</para>
<programlisting language="bash">
{
options =
[ "ProxyJump=bastion@example.com"
"Port=22"
];
}
</programlisting>
<para>
It’s also possible to change the <literal>ssh</literal> command
used by SSHFS to connect to the server. For example:
</para>
<programlisting language="bash">
{
options =
[ (builtins.replaceStrings [" "] ["\\040"]
"ssh_command=${pkgs.openssh}/bin/ssh -v -L 8080:localhost:80")
];
}
</programlisting>
<note>
<para>
The escaping of spaces is needed because every option is written
to the <literal>/etc/fstab</literal> file, which is a
space-separated table.
</para>
</note>
<section xml:id="sec-sshfs-troubleshooting">
<title>Troubleshooting</title>
<para>
If you’re having a hard time figuring out why mounting is
failing, you can add the option
<literal>"debug"</literal>. This enables a verbose log
in SSHFS that you can access via:
</para>
<programlisting>
$ journalctl -u $(systemd-escape -p /mnt/my-dir/).mount
Jun 22 11:41:18 workstation mount[87790]: SSHFS version 3.7.1
Jun 22 11:41:18 workstation mount[87793]: executing <ssh> <-x> <-a> <-oClearAllForwardings=yes> <-oServerAliveInterval=15> <-oIdentityFile=/var/secrets/wrong-key> <-2> <my-user@example.com> <-s> <sftp>
Jun 22 11:41:19 workstation mount[87793]: my-user@example.com: Permission denied (publickey).
Jun 22 11:41:19 workstation mount[87790]: read: Connection reset by peer
Jun 22 11:41:19 workstation systemd[1]: mnt-my\x2ddir.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 22 11:41:19 workstation systemd[1]: mnt-my\x2ddir.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 22 11:41:19 workstation systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/my-dir.
Jun 22 11:41:19 workstation systemd[1]: mnt-my\x2ddir.mount: Consumed 54ms CPU time, received 2.3K IP traffic, sent 2.7K IP traffic.
</programlisting>
<note>
<para>
If the mount point contains special characters it needs to be
escaped using <literal>systemd-escape</literal>. This is due
to the way systemd converts paths into unit names.
</para>
</note>
</section>
</section>
</section>
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