Rclone Vultr | How to Configure

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Rclone Vultr | How to Configure

Rclone is a command-line tool designed to manage files across different cloud storage platforms.

It is the go-to utility, as it offers cloud equivalents to Unix commands like rsync, cp, mv, mount, and ls, etc.

Here is a handy guide to help configure Rclone seamlessly.

1. To begin with, pinpoint the location of the Rclone configuration file.

   Here is an example from a Mac installation:

   $ rclone config fileCopy Code

   This results in the following message:

   Configuration file doesn’t exist, but rclone will use this path:
   /Users/example/.config/rclone/rclone.conf
2. Now, we have to create a configuration file:

   $ nano /Users/example/.config/rclone/rclone.confCopy Code
3. Add the following content to the file:

   [vultr-ewr1]
   type = s3
   provider = Vultr
   env_auth = false
   access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
   secret_access_key = YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
   region =
   endpoint = https://ewr1.vultrobjects.com
   location_constraint =
   acl = private
   server_side_encryption =
   storage_class =Copy Code

    

   We have to replace `access_key_id` and `secret_access_key` placeholders with the correct values.
4. Then, create a test environment as seen here:

   $ mkdir tmp
   $ cd tmp
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5. At this point, we have to create three test files within this directory:

   $ echo "hello rclone" > test1.txt
   $ echo "hello rclone" > test2.txt
   $ echo "hello rclone" > test3.txt
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6. Now, copy one of these files to the Vultr Object Storage bucket:

   $ rclone copy test1.txt vultr-ewr1:testbucketCopy Code
7. Next, check the bucket’s contents to confirm the successful upload:

   $ rclone ls vultr-ewr1:testbucket
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8. Deleting the local file and syncing the folder with the bucket further tests the synchronization capabilities:

   $ rm test1.txt
   $ rclone sync . vultr-ewr1:testbucket
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Troubleshooting

Here is another common issue: Rclone exhibits sluggish upload speeds when transferring a 500MB file to Vultr Object Storage.

In this case, we have to check if we are using the latest version of Rclone. If not, update it using:

$ rclone selfupdateCopy Code

Then, start uploads with default settings and tweak flags like `–s3-upload-concurrency` and `–s3-chunk-size` to optimize performance:

$ rclone --progress copy /path/to/file vultr-sgp1:logo --s3-upload-concurrency 160 --s3-chunk-size 64M
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We can try different values until we get satisfactory upload speeds.

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts introduced us to Rclone Vultr and how to avoid running into trouble.