How to synchronize files to cloud storage like google drive using rclone

Use rclone to copy local files or directory to google drive, google cloud storage, rackspace etc...

Main website:

http://rclone.org

How to Install and Use RClone with Google Drive

1. Download 'binary' to /usr/local/src

cd /usr/local/src

wget http://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-v1.17-linux-amd64.zip

2. Decompress zip

unzip rclone-v1.17-linux-amd64.zip

3. Copy rclone binary to /usr/local/bin (so that it can be executed from anywhere)

cd rclone-v1.17-linux-amd64

cp rclone /usr/local/bin/

4. Add configuration 'example-config'

rclone config

answer questions here ... this will setup a connection name and you will be required to authorize (get token) from google.

For google drive, when asked which type of storage, answer #6 'drive'.

5. Test it like this:

rclone --bwlimit=500k --log-file="/log/rclone/{{{backup_log_file.log}}}" sync {{{source_directory_to_sync}}} {{{rclone_connection_name}}}:{{{destination_directory_in_google_drive}}}

destination_directory_in_google_drive (without / prefix)

when asked about using your own certificate / key (answer just use rclone's)

for example:

(I am copying /databak/last_30_day directory from my server to google_drive_databak connection)

rclone --bwlimit=500k --log-file="/log/rclone/filename.log" sync /databak/last_30_day google_drive_databak:last_30_day

(I am copying /some_file.zip from my server to google_drive_databak connection's export directory)

rclone --bwlimit=500k --log-file="/log/rclone/filename.log" sync /some_file.zip google_drive_databak:export