remote-fuse 0.1.4

Mount remote cloud storage as FUSE filesystem

FUSE File System for accessing remote servers

A FUSE file system for mounting remote file servers as local directories. Currently, we support Microsoft SharePoint sites.

Installation

pip install remote-fuse

Configuration

The following environment variables need to be set:

• TENANT_ID: Azure AD tenant ID
• CLIENT_ID: Azure AD client/application ID
• CLIENT_SECRET: Azure AD client secret
• SITE_ID: SharePoint site ID

Running

# Mount remote cloud storage
remote-fuse <mounting-point>
# Optionally, you can add `--site-id <site-id` as an argument to the command.

# Unomunt when finished
fusermount -uqz <mount-point>

Development

# Install dependencies
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

# For development/testing
pip install -e ".[test]"

Requirements

• FUSE implementation (libfuse2 on Ubuntu, macFUSE on macOS)

Usage

# Mount SharePoint site as local directory
python commands/fuse_sharepoint.py <mount-point>

# Unomunt SharePoint site when finished
fusermount -uqz <mount-point>

# Run tests
pytest

Overview of the project

• src/remote_fuse.py: Implements Fuse interface and by invoking API calls to remote service
• src/sharepoint.py: Implements the interface to present SharePoint as a local filesystem
• commands/fuse_sharepoint.py: Mounts SharePoint site as local directory

python-fuse documentation

Currently, python-fuse only supports Linux. There is no easy way to stop the process once started, it doesn't react to signals, however, it will stop if you unmount it. https://github.com/libfuse/python-fuse/blob/master/README.new_fusepy_api.rst