Clone Files to Cloud Storage

Links

• http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Rsync_with_Google_Drive
• https://rclone.org/drive/
• https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2ServiceAccount

Install

wget https://rclone.org/install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

Configure

Google Drive Client Access

This will grant access for a couple of hours.

rclone config
	n/s/q> n         # New
	name> remote     # remote is an example name
	Storage> drive   # Google Drive
	client_id>       
	client_secret>   
	scope> 1         # Select your scope, 1 = full
	root_folder_id>  
	svc acc file>    
	Auto config> y   #login with your gmail account and allow access
	Team drives> n

From local to Google Drive, name 'remote', folder 'rclone'

rclone sync -v ~/test4.txt "[remote]:/rclone/"

From Google Drive to local

rclone sync -v  "remote:/rclone/test4.txt" ~/rclone/

Google Drive Service Account

• https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v2/reference/permissions/insert

We will need a json file

TODO Accesibility of files - can't see the files of the other account in Google Drive

Create a service account :

• To create a service account and obtain its credentials, go to the Google Developer Console. [https://console.developers.google.com/apis/dashboard
• You must have a project - create one if you don’t.
• Use the “Create Credentials” button. Fill in “Service account name” with something that identifies your client. “Role” can be empty.
• select “Key type JSON”.
• If you ever need to remove access, press the “Delete service account key” button.
• save the json file for use with rclone config

rclone config

  ...
  service_account_file> ~/Uploader-75551fa3f8b6.json
  ...

Encrypted

• https://rclone.org/crypt/

Define an encrypted target, the configured remote in the previous paragraph will be used as storage.

rclone config
	Current remotes:
	Name                 Type
	====                 ====
	remote               drive

	e/n/d/r/c/s/q> n
	name> cryptremote
	Storage> crypt
	remote> remote:/rclone/encrypted
	filename_encryption> 2
	directory_name_encryption> 1
	type password y/g/n> y
	seed y/g/n> n
	advanced config y/n> n

From local to Google Drive, name 'cryptremote'

rclone sync -v ~/test4.txt "cryptremote:/"