Keep in mind I am brand new to all this...
I was able to install drush and it works locally, but I don't know the commands to get drush to connect with my remote host, which is on cpanel....
Server: Localhost via UNIX socket
Server type: MySQL
Server version: 5.5.49-cll-lve - MySQL Community Server (GPL)
Protocol version: 10
User: XXXXXXXXXXXX@localhost
Server charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)
Web server

cpsrvd 11.58.0.19
Database client version: libmysql - 5.1.73
PHP extension: mysqli Documentation

drush status
PHP configuration :
PHP OS : Darwin
Drush script : /usr/local/bin/drush
Drush version : 8.1.7
Drush temp directory : /tmp
Drush configuration :
Drush alias files :

drush fp
Command file-permissions needs a higher bootstrap level to run - you [error]
will need to invoke drush from a more functional Drupal environment
to run this command.
The drush command 'fp' could not be executed.

I know I just need a couple commands to get drush to see my remote db, but I'm too new to do this without help.
I appreciate any guidance. I am on a macbook pro and running drupal 8.
I'm sure I'm lacking some needed info here...please advise.
Thank you.