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Rclone Vultr | How to Configure

by | Apr 14, 2024

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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.

Rclone Vultr | How to Configure

 

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.

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