Rclone

Owned by Kevin Coakley
Last updated: Mar 18, 2020
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Install Rclone

Please see the instructions at https://rclone.org/install/

Configure Rclone

See instructions at https://rclone.org/swift/

Configuration Settings:

  • Type of storage to configure: Openstack Swift (Rackspace Cloud Files, Memset Memstore, OVH)

  • User name to log in: <email address>

  • API key or password: <assigned password>

  • Authentication URL for server: https://identity.cloud.sdsc.edu:5000/v3

  • User ID to log in - optional - most swift systems use user and leave this blank (v3 auth): <leave blank>

  • User domain - optional (v3 auth): default

  • Tenant name - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant_id required otherwise: <assigned project name>

  • Tenant ID - optional for v1 auth, this or tenant required otherwise: <leave blank>

  • Tenant domain - optional (v3 auth): default

  • Region name - optional: <leave blank>

  • Storage URL - optional: <leave blank>

  • Auth Token from alternate authentication - optional: <leave blank>

  • Application Credential ID: <leave blank>

  • Application Credential Name: <leave blank>

  • Application Credential Secret: <leave blank>

  • AuthVersion - optional - set to (1,2,3) if your auth URL has no version: 3

  • Endpoint type to choose from the service catalogue: public

  • The storage policy to use when creating a new container: <leave blank>

  • Edit advanced config? (y/n): No

List Files

See instructions at https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_ls/

Upload/Download Files

See instructions at https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_copy/

Delete Files

See instructions at https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_delete/

Sync Files

See instructions at https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_sync/

Help

Please email support@sdsc.edu with any problems accessing the SDSC Cloud using Rclone.