Mount Remote Files Over ssh

Installing SSHFS

On Mac OSX

brew install sshfs

create a local directory in which to mount the remote file system

sudo mkdir /your/dir

mount the file system locally

using password

sudo sshfs -o allow_other,defer_permissions root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/ /your/dir

using ssh key

sudo sshfs -o allow_other,defer_permissions,IdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_rsa root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/ /your/dir

Unmounting the Remote File System

sudo umount /mnt/droplet