rclone¶

rclone is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from cloud storage providers.

Package Information¶

Property	Value
Package Name	rclone
Upstream	rclone.org
License	MIT

Supported Providers¶

rclone supports 40+ cloud storage providers including: - Amazon S3 / Google Cloud Storage / Azure Blob - Google Drive / OneDrive / Dropbox - SFTP / FTP / WebDAV - Backblaze B2 - Mega - pCloud - Box

Installation¶

Install rclone from Package Center
Configure remotes via SSH

Configuration¶

Interactive Setup¶

rclone config

# Follow prompts to add a remote:
# n) New remote
# name> mydrive
# storage> drive  (for Google Drive)
# ...

Configuration File¶

Config stored at /var/packages/rclone/var/rclone.conf

Usage Examples¶

Sync¶

# Sync local to remote
rclone sync /volume1/data remote:backup

# Sync remote to local
rclone sync remote:data /volume1/restore

# Dry run first
rclone sync /volume1/data remote:backup --dry-run

Copy¶

# Copy files (doesn't delete destination files)
rclone copy /volume1/data remote:backup

Mount¶

# Mount remote as filesystem
rclone mount remote:data /mnt/cloud --daemon

# Unmount
fusermount -u /mnt/cloud

List¶

# List remotes
rclone listremotes

# List files
rclone ls remote:path

# List directories
rclone lsd remote:path

Scheduled Backups¶

Use Task Scheduler in DSM:

Control Panel → Task Scheduler
Create → Scheduled Task → User-defined script
Script: /var/packages/rclone/target/bin/rclone sync /volume1/data remote:backup

Troubleshooting¶

OAuth Token Expired¶

Re-authenticate:

rclone config reconnect remote:

Rate Limiting¶

Use bandwidth limiting:

rclone sync ... --bwlimit 10M

Restic - Backup with rclone backend support
BorgBackup - Alternative backup solution
Syncthing - Continuous sync