Mount file system over SSH (sshfs)

I do this between linux systems - Ubuntu 16 specifically in this example, shouldnt vary much.
Target File System on bob@serverremote - no need to do anything on this system directly as long as it has ssh deamon

On your local system where you want to mount stuff from target:

Install sshfs package from your favorite distro - on ubuntu/debian do

apt install sshfs

if you havent already - create ssh id keys:

ssh-keygen

If you havent already, copy the ssh id to target machine, so that you can ssh without password:

ssh-copy-id bob@serverremote

Create a directory to mount in

mkdir /home/esmaralda/mnt/serverremote

Finally execute the mount command

sshfs -o allow_other,IdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_rsa bob@serverremote:/ /home/esmaralda/mnt/serverremote

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