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Object Storage Service:Mount a bucket to a local Linux system using ossfs 2.0

Last Updated:Mar 24, 2026

This topic describes how Linux users can use ossfs 2.0 to mount an Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket to a local file system.

Prerequisites

ossfs 2.0 is installed and configured.

Create a directory for mounting the bucket

The name and path of the mount directory can be configured freely based on your use case. In this example, the /tmp/ossfs2-bucket directory is created for mounting the bucket.

sudo mkdir /tmp/ossfs2-bucket

Mount a bucket

Below is the sample command for mounting the bucket specified in the configuration file ossfs2.conf to the local directory /tmp/ossfs2-bucket/. For more examples of configuring ossfs 2.0, see Common configuration examples for ossfs 2.0.

sudo ossfs2 mount /tmp/ossfs2-bucket/ -c /etc/ossfs2.conf 

Unmount a mounted bucket

Below is the sample command for unmounting the bucket that has been mounted at /tmp/ossfs2-bucket/.

sudo umount /tmp/ossfs2-bucket/