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first of all, you need to install the sshfs package (apt, dnf etc)

to mount a remote server manually, the sytax is :

mkdir -p /local_dir/remote_server
sshfs username@server.example.com:/ /local_dir/mount_point

to mount in /etc/fstab :

username@server.example.com:/    /local_dir/mount_point    sshfs    noauto,x-systemd.automount,_netdev,reconnect,identityfile=/home/localuser/.ssh/private_key.rsa,allow_other,default_permissions 0 0

breaking down the options:

option details
noauto do not mount when mount -a is given (e.g., at boot time)
x-systemd.automount let systemd mount it on access.
_netdev Using this option overrides this detection and specifies that the mount requires network.
reconnect reconnect to server
identityfile Selects a file from which the identity (private key) for public key authentication is read.
allow_other This option overrides the security measure restricting file access to the filesystem owner, so that all users (including root) can access the files.
default_permissions This option instructs the kernel to perform its own
permission check instead of deferring all permission
checking to the filesystem. The check by the kernel is
done in addition to any permission checks by the
filesystem, and both have to succeed for an operation to
be allowed. The kernel performs a standard UNIX permission
check (based on mode bits and ownership of the directory
entry, and uid/gid of the client).

This mount option is activated implicitly if the
filesystem enables ACL support during the initial feature
negotiation when opening the device fd. In this case, the
kernel performs both ACL and standard unix permission
checking.

Filesystems that do not implement any permission checking
should generally add this option internally.

some extra notes :

if you use the option allow_other, you will have to add in in /etc/fuse.conf as well.

if you add default_permissions, you may not be able to do a move operation without being root

sources :

https://linux.die.net/man/1/sshfs

https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/fstab.5.html

https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.automount.html#

https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.mount.html#

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Fstab#Automount_with_systemd

https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/ssh.1.html

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mount.fuse3.8.html