{"id":9484,"date":"2020-12-17T17:27:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/?p=9484"},"modified":"2023-01-19T13:59:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:59:51","slug":"how-to-mount-storage-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/how-to-mount-storage-box\/","title":{"rendered":"How to mount Storage Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tutorial will show you how to install the SSHFS client on Linux and how to mount a Storage Box.<\/span><\/p>\n

Installing SSHFS<\/span><\/h2>\n

SSHFS is Linux based software that needs to be installed <\/span><\/p>\n

Ubuntu \/ Debian<\/span><\/p>\n

apt update<\/span>\napt install sshfs<\/span><\/pre>\n
RHEL & Centos<\/span><\/p>\n
yum install sshfs<\/span><\/pre>\n
Mounting a Storage Box<\/span><\/h2>\n
To mount a remote directory the SSH user needs to be able to access it. The SSHFS mount command takes the following form:<\/span><\/p>\n
sshfs <username>@<username>.your-storagebox.de: \/mnt\/<\/span><\/pre>\n
If you want to permanently mount the remote directory you need to edit the local machine\u2019s \/etc\/fstab file an add a new mount entry. When creating a persistent mount make sure you can connect the remote host using the SSH key-based authentication.<\/span><\/p>\n
Open fstab file<\/span><\/p>\n
nano \/etc\/fstab<\/span><\/pre>\n
Scroll to the bottom of the file and add the following entry<\/span><\/p>\n
<username>@<username>.your-storagebox.de: \/mnt\/ fuse.sshfs defaults 0 0<\/span><\/pre>\n
Unmounting a Remote File System<\/span><\/h2>\n
fusermount -u \/mnt<\/span><\/pre>\n
SSH key authentication for storage boxes<\/span><\/h2>\n
If you use SCP, SFTP, rsync or BorgBackup, you can log in using SSH key authentication without entering a password.<\/span><\/p>\n
Important note: Depending on the SSH port of the backup account\/storage box you use, you may need to use a specific format for the public SSH key. For SSH port 22 (SFTP and SCP only), you are required to use a public SSH key in RFC4716 format. For SSH port 23 (SFTP, SCP, rsync and BorgBackup) you are required to use a common public SSH key in OpenSSH format. If you want to use the services over both ports, then you must store the public SSH key in both formats.<\/span><\/p>\n
Using an ed25519 key is not supported on SSH port 22.<\/span><\/p>\n
Please note that each sub-account requires its own authorized_keys file.<\/span><\/p>\n
Generating SSH keys<\/span><\/h2>\n
You can use ssh-keygen to generate a new pair of SSH keys:<\/span><\/p>\n
ssh-keygen<\/span>\nGenerating public\/private rsa key pair.<\/span>\nEnter file in which to save the key (\/root\/.ssh\/id_rsa):<\/span>\nEnter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):<\/span>\nEnter same passphrase again:<\/span>\nYour identification has been saved in \/root\/.ssh\/id_rsa.<\/span>\nYour public key has been saved in \/root\/.ssh\/id_rsa.pub.<\/span>\nThe key fingerprint is:<\/span>\ncb:3c:a0:39:69:39:ec:35:d5:66:f3:c5:92:99:2f:e1 root@server<\/span>\nThe key's randomart image is:<\/span>\n+--[ RSA 2048]----+<\/span>\n|                    |<\/span>\n|                    |<\/span>\n|                    |<\/span>\n| . =               |<\/span>\n| . S = * o     |<\/span>\n| . = = + + = |<\/span>\n| X o = E .    |<\/span>\n| o + . . .       |<\/span>\n| .                  |<\/span>\n+-----------------+<\/span><\/pre>\n
Creating authorized_keys file<\/span><\/h2>\n
Insert the required public SSH keys into a new local authorized_keys file.<\/span><\/p>\n
For SSH over port 23 (SCP, SFTP, Rsync and Borg Backup), add the public SSH key in OpenSSH format:<\/span><\/p>\n
server> cat .ssh\/id_rsa.pub >> storagebox_authorized_keys<\/span><\/pre>\n
If you converted your public SSH key to RFC4716 format in the previous step, add it as well:<\/span><\/p>\n
server> cat .ssh\/id_rsa_rfc.pub >> storagebox_authorized_keys<\/span><\/pre>\n
You can also add the public SSH key in both formats.<\/span><\/p>\n
Uploading authorized_keys<\/span><\/h2>\n
Now you need to upload the generated authorized_keys file to the storage box\/backup account. To do this, create the directory .ssh with the file rights 0700 (rwx——) and create the file authorized_keys with the public SSH keys and the file rights 0600 (rw——-).<\/span><\/p>\n
You can do this with the following command, for example:<\/span><\/p>\n
server> echo -e \"mkdir .ssh \\n chmod 700 .ssh \\n put storagebox_authorized_keys .ssh\/authorized_keys \\n chmod 600 .ssh\/authorized_keys\" | sftp <username>@<username>.your-storagebox.de<\/span>\nu12345@u12345.your-storagebox.de's password:<\/span>\nConnected to u12345.your-storagebox.de'.<\/span>\nsftp> mkdir .ssh<\/span>\nsftp> chmod 700 .ssh<\/span>\nChanging mode on \/.ssh<\/span>\nsftp> put storagebox_authorized_keys .ssh\/authorized_keys<\/span>\nUploading storagebox_authorized_keys to \/.ssh\/authorized_keys<\/span>\nstoragebox_authorized_keys 100% 2916 2.0MB\/s 00:00<\/span>\nsftp> chmod 600 .ssh\/authorized_keys<\/span>\nChanging mode on \/.ssh\/authorized_keys<\/span><\/pre>\n
Based on which SSH key format you have uploaded you should be able to log in without a password on port 22 and\/or 23:<\/span><\/p>\n
sftp -P <22 or 23> <username>@<username>.your-storagebox.de<\/span>\nConnected to <username>.your-storagebox.de.<\/span>\nsftp> quit<\/span><\/pre>\n
Warning: The ssh-copy-id command cannot be used to upload the public SSH key.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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