Creating Remote Connections

Estimated time: 15 minutes

Overview

Questions

• What are Rclone remotes?
• How are they used?

Objectives

• Understand the concept of a remote or local connection

Creating a remote connection

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A remote is any storage location not on your local machine. Use Rclone config to connect to services like Google Drive or Amazon S3. Rclone remotes can be used to transfer and synchronize files between cloud storage services, servers, and machines.

This can be an S3 bucket, Google Drive, Box or even a local machine.

rclone connections

CALLOUT (callout)

By default, rclone uses its own client_id and client_secret for services like Google Workspace and Box. This shared configuration can lead to rate limiting, which may slow down your transfers when many users are accessing these services. To improve performance, consider setting up your own client_id and client_secret. Detailed setup instructions are available in the rclone documentation for Google Drive and the Box documentation.

Key Points

• Rclone remote and local connections
• Types of cloud storage services that can be connected