Rclone Docker with WebUI, AutoMount, and Sync

A unified Docker solution for running Rclone with Web GUI access, automated mounting, cron-based synchronization, and health monitoring. This project combines the best features of multiple Rclone Docker implementations into a single, easy-to-use container solution.

Features

• 🌐 Web GUI for easy management
• 🔄 Automated remote mounting
• ⏰ Scheduled sync operations
• 🏥 Health check monitoring
• 📁 VFS caching support
• 🔒 Secure configuration
• 🕒 Timezone support

Requirements

• Docker

• Docker Compose

• FUSE support on the host system:

  sudo apt update && sudo apt install fuse3 -y  # For Debian/Ubuntu

Quick Start

1. Create required directories:

   mkdir -p config logs

2. Create your rclone.conf file in the config directory. You can either:

   • Copy an existing configuration
   • Create a new one using rclone config
   • Use the Web GUI (note: OAuth2 configuration might require CLI setup)

3. Configure mounts (optional): Edit config/mounts.json to define your remote mounts:

[
  {
    "fs": "OneDrive:",
    "mountPoint": "/hostfs/onedrive/onedrive_0",
    "mountOpt": {
      "AllowOther": true
    },
    "vfsOpt": {
      "CacheMode": "full"
    }
  }
]

4. Create a .env file with your settings:

TZ=UTC
RCLONE_USER=admin
RCLONE_PASSWORD=your_secure_password
SYNC_SCHEDULE=0 * * * *
SYNC_ABORT_SCHEDULE=30 * * * *
SYNC_SRC=remote1:path
SYNC_DEST=remote2:path
HEALTH_CHECK_URL=https://hc-ping.com/your-uuid
INITIAL_SYNC=true
VFS_CACHE_MODE=full
VFS_CACHE_MAX_SIZE=100G

5. Start the container:

docker compose up -d

Configuration

Environment Variables

Core Settings

• TZ: Timezone (default: UTC)
• RCLONE_USER: WebUI username (default: admin)
• RCLONE_PASSWORD: WebUI password (default: password)
• RCLONE_OPTS: Additional rclone options

Sync Settings

• SYNC_SRC: Source location for sync
• SYNC_DEST: Destination location for sync
• SYNC_OPTS: Additional sync options (default: -v)
• SYNC_SCHEDULE: Cron schedule for sync (default: 0 ** **)
• SYNC_ABORT_SCHEDULE: Cron schedule for aborting long-running syncs
• INITIAL_SYNC: Perform sync on startup (default: false)
• HEALTH_CHECK_URL: URL for health check pings

VFS Cache Settings

• VFS_CACHE_MODE: Cache mode (default: full)
• VFS_CACHE_MAX_SIZE: Maximum cache size (default: 100G)

Web GUI

Access the Web GUI at http://localhost:5572 with your configured credentials.

Mount Points

Remote mounts are configured through config/mounts.json. The mount points will be accessible under the specified paths in the container and on the host system through the shared volume mount.

Health Checks

The container supports integration with services like healthchecks.io. Set the HEALTH_CHECK_URL to receive notifications after successful sync operations.

Limitations

1. OAuth2 configuration through the Web GUI may not work for some providers. Use the CLI for initial setup in these cases.
2. Mounts added through the Web GUI won't persist after container restart - use mounts.json for permanent mount configurations.

Volumes

• /config: Rclone configuration
• /logs: Log files
• /var/cache/rclone: VFS cache
• /hostfs: Mount point for remote filesystems

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgements

This project combines and builds upon the work of:

• rclone
• Original automount implementation by coanghel
• Original sync implementation by bcardiff

Additional Information from README 2.md

Usage

Configure rclone

rclone needs a configuration file where credentials to access different storage provider are kept.

By default, this image uses a file /config/rclone.conf and a mounted volume may be used to keep that information persisted.

A first run of the container can help in the creation of the file, but feel free to manually create one.

mkdir config
docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd)/config:/config ghcr.io/robinostlund/docker-rclone-sync:latest

Perform sync in a daily basis

A few environment variables allow you to customize the behavior of the sync:

• SYNC_SRC source location for rclone sync command
• SYNC_DEST destination location for rclone sync command
• CRON crontab schedule 0 0 * * * to perform sync every midnight
• CRON_ABORT crontab schedule 0 6 * * * to abort sync at 6am
• FORCE_SYNC set variable to perform a sync upon boot
• CHECK_URL healthchecks.io url or similar cron monitoring to perform a GET after a successful sync
• SYNC_OPTS additional options for rclone sync command. Defaults to -v
• TZ set the timezone to use for the cron and log America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires

docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd)/config:/config -v /path/to/source:/source -e SYNC_SRC="/source" -e SYNC_DEST="dest:path" -e TZ="America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires" -e CRON="0 0 * * *" -e CRON_ABORT="0 6 * * *" -e FORCE_SYNC=1 -e CHECK_URL=https://hchk.io/hchk_uuid ghcr.io/robinostlund/docker-rclone-sync:latest

See rclone sync docs for source/dest syntax and additional options.