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{{< icon "fab fa-amazon" >}} Amazon S3 Storage Providers

The S3 backend can be used with a number of different providers:

{{< provider_list >}} {{< provider name="AWS S3" home="https://aws.amazon.com/s3/" config="/s3/#configuration" start="true" >}} {{< provider name="Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun) Object Storage System (OSS)" home="https://www.alibabacloud.com/product/oss/" config="/s3/#alibaba-oss" >}} {{< provider name="Ceph" home="http://ceph.com/" config="/s3/#ceph" >}} {{< provider name="China Mobile Ecloud Elastic Object Storage (EOS)" home="https://ecloud.10086.cn/home/product-introduction/eos/" config="/s3/#china-mobile-ecloud-eos" >}} {{< provider name="Cloudflare R2" home="https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-open-beta/" config="/s3/#cloudflare-r2" >}} {{< provider name="Arvan Cloud Object Storage (AOS)" home="https://www.arvancloud.com/en/products/cloud-storage" config="/s3/#arvan-cloud" >}} {{< provider name="DigitalOcean Spaces" home="https://www.digitalocean.com/products/object-storage/" config="/s3/#digitalocean-spaces" >}} {{< provider name="Dreamhost" home="https://www.dreamhost.com/cloud/storage/" config="/s3/#dreamhost" >}} {{< provider name="GCS" home="https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs" config="/s3/#google-cloud-storage" >}} {{< provider name="Huawei OBS" home="https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/product/obs.html" config="/s3/#huawei-obs" >}} {{< provider name="IBM COS S3" home="http://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage" config="/s3/#ibm-cos-s3" >}} {{< provider name="IDrive e2" home="https://www.idrive.com/e2/?refer=rclone" config="/s3/#idrive-e2" >}} {{< provider name="IONOS Cloud" home="https://cloud.ionos.com/storage/object-storage" config="/s3/#ionos" >}} {{< provider name="Leviia Object Storage" home="https://www.leviia.com/object-storage/" config="/s3/#leviia" >}} {{< provider name="Liara Object Storage" home="https://liara.ir/landing/object-storage" config="/s3/#liara-cloud" >}} {{< provider name="Linode Object Storage" home="https://www.linode.com/products/object-storage/" config="/s3/#linode" >}} {{< provider name="Magalu Object Storage" home="https://magalu.cloud/object-storage/" config="/s3/#magalu" >}} {{< provider name="Minio" home="https://www.minio.io/" config="/s3/#minio" >}} {{< provider name="Petabox" home="https://petabox.io/" config="/s3/#petabox" >}} {{< provider name="Qiniu Cloud Object Storage (Kodo)" home="https://www.qiniu.com/en/products/kodo" config="/s3/#qiniu" >}} {{< provider name="RackCorp Object Storage" home="https://www.rackcorp.com/" config="/s3/#RackCorp" >}} {{< provider name="Rclone Serve S3" home="/commands/rclone_serve_http/" config="/s3/#rclone" >}} {{< provider name="Scaleway" home="https://www.scaleway.com/en/object-storage/" config="/s3/#scaleway" >}} {{< provider name="Seagate Lyve Cloud" home="https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/services/cloud/storage/" config="/s3/#lyve" >}} {{< provider name="SeaweedFS" home="https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/" config="/s3/#seaweedfs" >}} {{< provider name="StackPath" home="https://www.stackpath.com/products/object-storage/" config="/s3/#stackpath" >}} {{< provider name="Storj" home="https://storj.io/" config="/s3/#storj" >}} {{< provider name="Synology C2 Object Storage" home="https://c2.synology.com/en-global/object-storage/overview" config="/s3/#synology-c2" >}} {{< provider name="Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS)" home="https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/product/cos" config="/s3/#tencent-cos" >}} {{< provider name="Wasabi" home="https://wasabi.com/" config="/s3/#wasabi" end="true" >}} {{< /provider_list >}}

Paths are specified as remote:bucket (or remote: for the lsd command.) You may put subdirectories in too, e.g. remote:bucket/path/to/dir.

Once you have made a remote (see the provider specific section above) you can use it like this:

See all buckets

rclone lsd remote:

Make a new bucket

rclone mkdir remote:bucket

List the contents of a bucket

rclone ls remote:bucket

Sync /home/local/directory to the remote bucket, deleting any excess files in the bucket.

rclone sync --interactive /home/local/directory remote:bucket

Configuration

Here is an example of making an s3 configuration for the AWS S3 provider. Most applies to the other providers as well, any differences are described below.

First run

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> remote
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ "s3"
[snip]
Storage> s3
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
   \ "AWS"
 2 / Ceph Object Storage
   \ "Ceph"
 3 / DigitalOcean Spaces
   \ "DigitalOcean"
 4 / Dreamhost DreamObjects
   \ "Dreamhost"
 5 / IBM COS S3
   \ "IBMCOS"
 6 / Minio Object Storage
   \ "Minio"
 7 / Wasabi Object Storage
   \ "Wasabi"
 8 / Any other S3 compatible provider
   \ "Other"
provider> 1
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars). Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"
env_auth> 1
AWS Access Key ID - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
access_key_id> XXX
AWS Secret Access Key (password) - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
secret_access_key> YYY
Region to connect to.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
   / The default endpoint - a good choice if you are unsure.
 1 | US Region, Northern Virginia, or Pacific Northwest.
   | Leave location constraint empty.
   \ "us-east-1"
   / US East (Ohio) Region
 2 | Needs location constraint us-east-2.
   \ "us-east-2"
   / US West (Oregon) Region
 3 | Needs location constraint us-west-2.
   \ "us-west-2"
   / US West (Northern California) Region
 4 | Needs location constraint us-west-1.
   \ "us-west-1"
   / Canada (Central) Region
 5 | Needs location constraint ca-central-1.
   \ "ca-central-1"
   / EU (Ireland) Region
 6 | Needs location constraint EU or eu-west-1.
   \ "eu-west-1"
   / EU (London) Region
 7 | Needs location constraint eu-west-2.
   \ "eu-west-2"
   / EU (Frankfurt) Region
 8 | Needs location constraint eu-central-1.
   \ "eu-central-1"
   / Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
 9 | Needs location constraint ap-southeast-1.
   \ "ap-southeast-1"
   / Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region
10 | Needs location constraint ap-southeast-2.
   \ "ap-southeast-2"
   / Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
11 | Needs location constraint ap-northeast-1.
   \ "ap-northeast-1"
   / Asia Pacific (Seoul)
12 | Needs location constraint ap-northeast-2.
   \ "ap-northeast-2"
   / Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
13 | Needs location constraint ap-south-1.
   \ "ap-south-1"
   / Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region
14 | Needs location constraint ap-east-1.
   \ "ap-east-1"
   / South America (Sao Paulo) Region
15 | Needs location constraint sa-east-1.
   \ "sa-east-1"
region> 1
Endpoint for S3 API.
Leave blank if using AWS to use the default endpoint for the region.
endpoint>
Location constraint - must be set to match the Region. Used when creating buckets only.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Empty for US Region, Northern Virginia, or Pacific Northwest.
   \ ""
 2 / US East (Ohio) Region.
   \ "us-east-2"
 3 / US West (Oregon) Region.
   \ "us-west-2"
 4 / US West (Northern California) Region.
   \ "us-west-1"
 5 / Canada (Central) Region.
   \ "ca-central-1"
 6 / EU (Ireland) Region.
   \ "eu-west-1"
 7 / EU (London) Region.
   \ "eu-west-2"
 8 / EU Region.
   \ "EU"
 9 / Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region.
   \ "ap-southeast-1"
10 / Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region.
   \ "ap-southeast-2"
11 / Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region.
   \ "ap-northeast-1"
12 / Asia Pacific (Seoul)
   \ "ap-northeast-2"
13 / Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
   \ "ap-south-1"
14 / Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
   \ "ap-east-1"
15 / South America (Sao Paulo) Region.
   \ "sa-east-1"
location_constraint> 1
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. No one else has access rights (default).
   \ "private"
 2 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AllUsers group gets READ access.
   \ "public-read"
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
 3 | Granting this on a bucket is generally not recommended.
   \ "public-read-write"
 4 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access.
   \ "authenticated-read"
   / Object owner gets FULL_CONTROL. Bucket owner gets READ access.
 5 | If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
   \ "bucket-owner-read"
   / Both the object owner and the bucket owner get FULL_CONTROL over the object.
 6 | If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
   \ "bucket-owner-full-control"
acl> 1
The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / None
   \ ""
 2 / AES256
   \ "AES256"
server_side_encryption> 1
The storage class to use when storing objects in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Default
   \ ""
 2 / Standard storage class
   \ "STANDARD"
 3 / Reduced redundancy storage class
   \ "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY"
 4 / Standard Infrequent Access storage class
   \ "STANDARD_IA"
 5 / One Zone Infrequent Access storage class
   \ "ONEZONE_IA"
 6 / Glacier storage class
   \ "GLACIER"
 7 / Glacier Deep Archive storage class
   \ "DEEP_ARCHIVE"
 8 / Intelligent-Tiering storage class
   \ "INTELLIGENT_TIERING"
 9 / Glacier Instant Retrieval storage class
   \ "GLACIER_IR"
storage_class> 1
Remote config
Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: s3
- provider: AWS
- env_auth: false
- access_key_id: XXX
- secret_access_key: YYY
- region: us-east-1
- endpoint:
- location_constraint:
- acl: private
- server_side_encryption:
- storage_class:
Keep this "remote" remote?
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d>

Modification times and hashes

Modification times

The modified time is stored as metadata on the object as X-Amz-Meta-Mtime as floating point since the epoch, accurate to 1 ns.

If the modification time needs to be updated rclone will attempt to perform a server side copy to update the modification if the object can be copied in a single part. In the case the object is larger than 5Gb or is in Glacier or Glacier Deep Archive storage the object will be uploaded rather than copied.

Note that reading this from the object takes an additional HEAD request as the metadata isn't returned in object listings.

Hashes

For small objects which weren't uploaded as multipart uploads (objects sized below --s3-upload-cutoff if uploaded with rclone) rclone uses the ETag: header as an MD5 checksum.

However for objects which were uploaded as multipart uploads or with server side encryption (SSE-AWS or SSE-C) the ETag header is no longer the MD5 sum of the data, so rclone adds an additional piece of metadata X-Amz-Meta-Md5chksum which is a base64 encoded MD5 hash (in the same format as is required for Content-MD5). You can use base64 -d and hexdump to check this value manually:

echo 'VWTGdNx3LyXQDfA0e2Edxw==' | base64 -d | hexdump

or you can use rclone check to verify the hashes are OK.

For large objects, calculating this hash can take some time so the addition of this hash can be disabled with --s3-disable-checksum. This will mean that these objects do not have an MD5 checksum.

Note that reading this from the object takes an additional HEAD request as the metadata isn't returned in object listings.

Reducing costs

Avoiding HEAD requests to read the modification time

By default, rclone will use the modification time of objects stored in S3 for syncing. This is stored in object metadata which unfortunately takes an extra HEAD request to read which can be expensive (in time and money).

The modification time is used by default for all operations that require checking the time a file was last updated. It allows rclone to treat the remote more like a true filesystem, but it is inefficient on S3 because it requires an extra API call to retrieve the metadata.

The extra API calls can be avoided when syncing (using rclone sync or rclone copy) in a few different ways, each with its own tradeoffs.

--size-only
- Only checks the size of files.
- Uses no extra transactions.
- If the file doesn't change size then rclone won't detect it has changed.
- rclone sync --size-only /path/to/source s3:bucket
--checksum
- Checks the size and MD5 checksum of files.
- Uses no extra transactions.
- The most accurate detection of changes possible.
- Will cause the source to read an MD5 checksum which, if it is a local disk, will cause lots of disk activity.
- If the source and destination are both S3 this is the recommended flag to use for maximum efficiency.
- rclone sync --checksum /path/to/source s3:bucket
--update --use-server-modtime
- Uses no extra transactions.
- Modification time becomes the time the object was uploaded.
- For many operations this is sufficient to determine if it needs uploading.
- Using --update along with --use-server-modtime, avoids the extra API call and uploads files whose local modification time is newer than the time it was last uploaded.
- Files created with timestamps in the past will be missed by the sync.
- rclone sync --update --use-server-modtime /path/to/source s3:bucket

These flags can and should be used in combination with --fast-list - see below.

If using rclone mount or any command using the VFS (eg rclone serve) commands then you might want to consider using the VFS flag --no-modtime which will stop rclone reading the modification time for every object. You could also use --use-server-modtime if you are happy with the modification times of the objects being the time of upload.

Avoiding GET requests to read directory listings

Rclone's default directory traversal is to process each directory individually. This takes one API call per directory. Using the --fast-list flag will read all info about the objects into memory first using a smaller number of API calls (one per 1000 objects). See the rclone docs for more details.

rclone sync --fast-list --checksum /path/to/source s3:bucket

--fast-list trades off API transactions for memory use. As a rough guide rclone uses 1k of memory per object stored, so using --fast-list on a sync of a million objects will use roughly 1 GiB of RAM.

If you are only copying a small number of files into a big repository then using --no-traverse is a good idea. This finds objects directly instead of through directory listings. You can do a "top-up" sync very cheaply by using --max-age and --no-traverse to copy only recent files, eg

rclone copy --max-age 24h --no-traverse /path/to/source s3:bucket

You'd then do a full rclone sync less often.

Note that --fast-list isn't required in the top-up sync.

Avoiding HEAD requests after PUT

By default, rclone will HEAD every object it uploads. It does this to check the object got uploaded correctly.

You can disable this with the --s3-no-head option - see there for more details.

Setting this flag increases the chance for undetected upload failures.

Increasing performance

Using server-side copy

If you are copying objects between S3 buckets in the same region, you should use server-side copy. This is much faster than downloading and re-uploading the objects, as no data is transferred.

For rclone to use server-side copy, you must use the same remote for the source and destination.

rclone copy s3:source-bucket s3:destination-bucket

When using server-side copy, the performance is limited by the rate at which rclone issues API requests to S3. See below for how to increase the number of API requests rclone makes.

Increasing the rate of API requests

You can increase the rate of API requests to S3 by increasing the parallelism using --transfers and --checkers options.

Rclone uses a very conservative defaults for these settings, as not all providers support high rates of requests. Depending on your provider, you can increase significantly the number of transfers and checkers.

For example, with AWS S3, if you can increase the number of checkers to values like 200. If you are doing a server-side copy, you can also increase the number of transfers to 200.

rclone sync --transfers 200 --checkers 200 --checksum s3:source-bucket s3:destination-bucket

You will need to experiment with these values to find the optimal settings for your setup.

Versions

When bucket versioning is enabled (this can be done with rclone with the rclone backend versioning command) when rclone uploads a new version of a file it creates a new version of it Likewise when you delete a file, the old version will be marked hidden and still be available.

Old versions of files, where available, are visible using the --s3-versions flag.

It is also possible to view a bucket as it was at a certain point in time, using the --s3-version-at flag. This will show the file versions as they were at that time, showing files that have been deleted afterwards, and hiding files that were created since.

If you wish to remove all the old versions then you can use the rclone backend cleanup-hidden remote:bucket command which will delete all the old hidden versions of files, leaving the current ones intact. You can also supply a path and only old versions under that path will be deleted, e.g. rclone backend cleanup-hidden remote:bucket/path/to/stuff.

When you purge a bucket, the current and the old versions will be deleted then the bucket will be deleted.

However delete will cause the current versions of the files to become hidden old versions.

Here is a session showing the listing and retrieval of an old version followed by a cleanup of the old versions.

Show current version and all the versions with --s3-versions flag.

$ rclone -q ls s3:cleanup-test
        9 one.txt

$ rclone -q --s3-versions ls s3:cleanup-test
        9 one.txt
        8 one-v2016-07-04-141032-000.txt
       16 one-v2016-07-04-141003-000.txt
       15 one-v2016-07-02-155621-000.txt

Retrieve an old version

$ rclone -q --s3-versions copy s3:cleanup-test/one-v2016-07-04-141003-000.txt /tmp

$ ls -l /tmp/one-v2016-07-04-141003-000.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ncw ncw 16 Jul  2 17:46 /tmp/one-v2016-07-04-141003-000.txt

Clean up all the old versions and show that they've gone.

$ rclone -q backend cleanup-hidden s3:cleanup-test

$ rclone -q ls s3:cleanup-test
        9 one.txt

$ rclone -q --s3-versions ls s3:cleanup-test
        9 one.txt

Versions naming caveat

When using --s3-versions flag rclone is relying on the file name to work out whether the objects are versions or not. Versions' names are created by inserting timestamp between file name and its extension.

        9 file.txt
        8 file-v2023-07-17-161032-000.txt
       16 file-v2023-06-15-141003-000.txt

If there are real files present with the same names as versions, then behaviour of --s3-versions can be unpredictable.

Cleanup

If you run rclone cleanup s3:bucket then it will remove all pending multipart uploads older than 24 hours. You can use the --interactive/i or --dry-run flag to see exactly what it will do. If you want more control over the expiry date then run rclone backend cleanup s3:bucket -o max-age=1h to expire all uploads older than one hour. You can use rclone backend list-multipart-uploads s3:bucket to see the pending multipart uploads.

Restricted filename characters

S3 allows any valid UTF-8 string as a key.

Invalid UTF-8 bytes will be replaced, as they can't be used in XML.

The following characters are replaced since these are problematic when dealing with the REST API:

Character	Value	Replacement
NUL	0x00	␀
/	0x2F	／

The encoding will also encode these file names as they don't seem to work with the SDK properly:

File name	Replacement
.	．
..	．．

Multipart uploads

rclone supports multipart uploads with S3 which means that it can upload files bigger than 5 GiB.

Note that files uploaded both with multipart upload and through crypt remotes do not have MD5 sums.

rclone switches from single part uploads to multipart uploads at the point specified by --s3-upload-cutoff. This can be a maximum of 5 GiB and a minimum of 0 (ie always upload multipart files).

The chunk sizes used in the multipart upload are specified by --s3-chunk-size and the number of chunks uploaded concurrently is specified by --s3-upload-concurrency.

Multipart uploads will use --transfers * --s3-upload-concurrency * --s3-chunk-size extra memory. Single part uploads to not use extra memory.

Single part transfers can be faster than multipart transfers or slower depending on your latency from S3 - the more latency, the more likely single part transfers will be faster.

Increasing --s3-upload-concurrency will increase throughput (8 would be a sensible value) and increasing --s3-chunk-size also increases throughput (16M would be sensible). Increasing either of these will use more memory. The default values are high enough to gain most of the possible performance without using too much memory.

Buckets and Regions

With Amazon S3 you can list buckets (rclone lsd) using any region, but you can only access the content of a bucket from the region it was created in. If you attempt to access a bucket from the wrong region, you will get an error, incorrect region, the bucket is not in 'XXX' region.

Authentication

There are a number of ways to supply rclone with a set of AWS credentials, with and without using the environment.

The different authentication methods are tried in this order:

Directly in the rclone configuration file (env_auth = false in the config file):
- access_key_id and secret_access_key are required.
- session_token can be optionally set when using AWS STS.
Runtime configuration (env_auth = true in the config file):
- Export the following environment variables before running rclone:
  - Access Key ID: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY
  - Secret Access Key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY
  - Session Token: AWS_SESSION_TOKEN (optional)
- Or, use a named profile:
  - Profile files are standard files used by AWS CLI tools
  - By default it will use the profile in your home directory (e.g. ~/.aws/credentials on unix based systems) file and the "default" profile, to change set these environment variables or config keys:
    - AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE to control which file or the shared_credentials_file config key.
    - AWS_PROFILE to control which profile to use or the profile config key.
- Or, run rclone in an ECS task with an IAM role (AWS only).
- Or, run rclone on an EC2 instance with an IAM role (AWS only).
- Or, run rclone in an EKS pod with an IAM role that is associated with a service account (AWS only).
- Or, use process credentials to read config from an external program.

With env_auth = true rclone (which uses the SDK for Go v2) should support all authentication methods that the aws CLI tool does and the other AWS SDKs.

If none of these option actually end up providing rclone with AWS credentials then S3 interaction will be non-authenticated (see the anonymous access section for more info).

S3 Permissions

When using the sync subcommand of rclone the following minimum permissions are required to be available on the bucket being written to:

ListBucket
DeleteObject
GetObject
PutObject
PutObjectACL
CreateBucket (unless using s3-no-check-bucket)

When using the lsd subcommand, the ListAllMyBuckets permission is required.

Example policy:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": {
                "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::USER_SID:user/USER_NAME"
            },
            "Action": [
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:DeleteObject",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:PutObject",
                "s3:PutObjectAcl"
            ],
            "Resource": [
              "arn:aws:s3:::BUCKET_NAME/*",
              "arn:aws:s3:::BUCKET_NAME"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::*"
        }
    ]
}

Notes on above:

This is a policy that can be used when creating bucket. It assumes that USER_NAME has been created.
The Resource entry must include both resource ARNs, as one implies the bucket and the other implies the bucket's objects.
When using s3-no-check-bucket and the bucket already exsits, the "arn:aws:s3:::BUCKET_NAME" doesn't have to be included.

For reference, here's an Ansible script that will generate one or more buckets that will work with rclone sync.

Key Management System (KMS)

If you are using server-side encryption with KMS then you must make sure rclone is configured with server_side_encryption = aws:kms otherwise you will find you can't transfer small objects - these will create checksum errors.

Glacier and Glacier Deep Archive

You can upload objects using the glacier storage class or transition them to glacier using a lifecycle policy. The bucket can still be synced or copied into normally, but if rclone tries to access data from the glacier storage class you will see an error like below.

2017/09/11 19:07:43 Failed to sync: failed to open source object: Object in GLACIER, restore first: path/to/file

In this case you need to restore the object(s) in question before using rclone.

Note that rclone only speaks the S3 API it does not speak the Glacier Vault API, so rclone cannot directly access Glacier Vaults.

Object-lock enabled S3 bucket

According to AWS's documentation on S3 Object Lock:

If you configure a default retention period on a bucket, requests to upload objects in such a bucket must include the Content-MD5 header.

As mentioned in the Modification times and hashes section, small files that are not uploaded as multipart, use a different tag, causing the upload to fail. A simple solution is to set the --s3-upload-cutoff 0 and force all the files to be uploaded as multipart.

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Standard options

Here are the Standard options specific to s3 (Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, Alibaba, ArvanCloud, Ceph, ChinaMobile, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Dreamhost, GCS, HuaweiOBS, IBMCOS, IDrive, IONOS, LyveCloud, Leviia, Liara, Linode, Magalu, Minio, Netease, Petabox, RackCorp, Rclone, Scaleway, SeaweedFS, StackPath, Storj, Synology, TencentCOS, Wasabi, Qiniu and others).

--s3-provider

Choose your S3 provider.

Properties:

Config: provider
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- "AWS"
  - Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
- "Alibaba"
  - Alibaba Cloud Object Storage System (OSS) formerly Aliyun
- "ArvanCloud"
  - Arvan Cloud Object Storage (AOS)
- "Ceph"
  - Ceph Object Storage
- "ChinaMobile"
  - China Mobile Ecloud Elastic Object Storage (EOS)
- "Cloudflare"
  - Cloudflare R2 Storage
- "DigitalOcean"
  - DigitalOcean Spaces
- "Dreamhost"
  - Dreamhost DreamObjects
- "GCS"
  - Google Cloud Storage
- "HuaweiOBS"
  - Huawei Object Storage Service
- "IBMCOS"
  - IBM COS S3
- "IDrive"
  - IDrive e2
- "IONOS"
  - IONOS Cloud
- "LyveCloud"
  - Seagate Lyve Cloud
- "Leviia"
  - Leviia Object Storage
- "Liara"
  - Liara Object Storage
- "Linode"
  - Linode Object Storage
- "Magalu"
  - Magalu Object Storage
- "Minio"
  - Minio Object Storage
- "Netease"
  - Netease Object Storage (NOS)
- "Petabox"
  - Petabox Object Storage
- "RackCorp"
  - RackCorp Object Storage
- "Rclone"
  - Rclone S3 Server
- "Scaleway"
  - Scaleway Object Storage
- "SeaweedFS"
  - SeaweedFS S3
- "StackPath"
  - StackPath Object Storage
- "Storj"
  - Storj (S3 Compatible Gateway)
- "Synology"
  - Synology C2 Object Storage
- "TencentCOS"
  - Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS)
- "Wasabi"
  - Wasabi Object Storage
- "Qiniu"
  - Qiniu Object Storage (Kodo)
- "Other"
  - Any other S3 compatible provider

--s3-env-auth

Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).

Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.

Properties:

Config: env_auth
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_ENV_AUTH
Type: bool
Default: false
Examples:
- "false"
  - Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
- "true"
  - Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).

--s3-access-key-id

AWS Access Key ID.

Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.

Properties:

Config: access_key_id
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
Type: string
Required: false

--s3-secret-access-key

AWS Secret Access Key (password).

Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.

Properties:

Config: secret_access_key
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
Type: string
Required: false

--s3-region

Region to connect to.

Properties:

Config: region
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_REGION
Provider: AWS
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- "us-east-1"
  - The default endpoint - a good choice if you are unsure.
  - US Region, Northern Virginia, or Pacific Northwest.
  - Leave location constraint empty.
- "us-east-2"
  - US East (Ohio) Region.
  - Needs location constraint us-east-2.
- "us-west-1"
  - US West (Northern California) Region.
  - Needs location constraint us-west-1.
- "us-west-2"
  - US West (Oregon) Region.
  - Needs location constraint us-west-2.
- "ca-central-1"
  - Canada (Central) Region.
  - Needs location constraint ca-central-1.
- "eu-west-1"
  - EU (Ireland) Region.
  - Needs location constraint EU or eu-west-1.
- "eu-west-2"
  - EU (London) Region.
  - Needs location constraint eu-west-2.
- "eu-west-3"
  - EU (Paris) Region.
  - Needs location constraint eu-west-3.
- "eu-north-1"
  - EU (Stockholm) Region.
  - Needs location constraint eu-north-1.
- "eu-south-1"
  - EU (Milan) Region.
  - Needs location constraint eu-south-1.
- "eu-central-1"
  - EU (Frankfurt) Region.
  - Needs location constraint eu-central-1.
- "ap-southeast-1"
  - Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region.
  - Needs location constraint ap-southeast-1.
- "ap-southeast-2"
  - Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region.
  - Needs location constraint ap-southeast-2.
- "ap-northeast-1"
  - Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region.
  - Needs location constraint ap-northeast-1.
- "ap-northeast-2"
  - Asia Pacific (Seoul).
  - Needs location constraint ap-northeast-2.
- "ap-northeast-3"
  - Asia Pacific (Osaka-Local).
  - Needs location constraint ap-northeast-3.
- "ap-south-1"
  - Asia Pacific (Mumbai).
  - Needs location constraint ap-south-1.
- "ap-east-1"
  - Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region.
  - Needs location constraint ap-east-1.
- "sa-east-1"
  - South America (Sao Paulo) Region.
  - Needs location constraint sa-east-1.
- "il-central-1"
  - Israel (Tel Aviv) Region.
  - Needs location constraint il-central-1.
- "me-south-1"
  - Middle East (Bahrain) Region.
  - Needs location constraint me-south-1.
- "af-south-1"
  - Africa (Cape Town) Region.
  - Needs location constraint af-south-1.
- "cn-north-1"
  - China (Beijing) Region.
  - Needs location constraint cn-north-1.
- "cn-northwest-1"
  - China (Ningxia) Region.
  - Needs location constraint cn-northwest-1.
- "us-gov-east-1"
  - AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region.
  - Needs location constraint us-gov-east-1.
- "us-gov-west-1"
  - AWS GovCloud (US) Region.
  - Needs location constraint us-gov-west-1.

--s3-endpoint

Endpoint for S3 API.

Leave blank if using AWS to use the default endpoint for the region.

Properties:

Config: endpoint
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
Provider: AWS
Type: string
Required: false

--s3-location-constraint

Location constraint - must be set to match the Region.

Used when creating buckets only.

Properties:

Config: location_constraint
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_LOCATION_CONSTRAINT
Provider: AWS
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- ""
  - Empty for US Region, Northern Virginia, or Pacific Northwest
- "us-east-2"
  - US East (Ohio) Region
- "us-west-1"
  - US West (Northern California) Region
- "us-west-2"
  - US West (Oregon) Region
- "ca-central-1"
  - Canada (Central) Region
- "eu-west-1"
  - EU (Ireland) Region
- "eu-west-2"
  - EU (London) Region
- "eu-west-3"
  - EU (Paris) Region
- "eu-north-1"
  - EU (Stockholm) Region
- "eu-south-1"
  - EU (Milan) Region
- "EU"
  - EU Region
- "ap-southeast-1"
  - Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region
- "ap-southeast-2"
  - Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region
- "ap-northeast-1"
  - Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
- "ap-northeast-2"
  - Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region
- "ap-northeast-3"
  - Asia Pacific (Osaka-Local) Region
- "ap-south-1"
  - Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region
- "ap-east-1"
  - Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region
- "sa-east-1"
  - South America (Sao Paulo) Region
- "il-central-1"
  - Israel (Tel Aviv) Region
- "me-south-1"
  - Middle East (Bahrain) Region
- "af-south-1"
  - Africa (Cape Town) Region
- "cn-north-1"
  - China (Beijing) Region
- "cn-northwest-1"
  - China (Ningxia) Region
- "us-gov-east-1"
  - AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
- "us-gov-west-1"
  - AWS GovCloud (US) Region

--s3-acl

Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.

This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.

For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl

Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3 doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.

If the acl is an empty string then no X-Amz-Acl: header is added and the default (private) will be used.

Properties:

Config: acl
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_ACL
Provider: !Storj,Synology,Cloudflare
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- "default"
  - Owner gets Full_CONTROL.
  - No one else has access rights (default).
- "private"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - No one else has access rights (default).
- "public-read"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AllUsers group gets READ access.
- "public-read-write"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
  - Granting this on a bucket is generally not recommended.
- "authenticated-read"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access.
- "bucket-owner-read"
  - Object owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - Bucket owner gets READ access.
  - If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
- "bucket-owner-full-control"
  - Both the object owner and the bucket owner get FULL_CONTROL over the object.
  - If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
- "private"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - No one else has access rights (default).
  - This acl is available on IBM Cloud (Infra), IBM Cloud (Storage), On-Premise COS.
- "public-read"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AllUsers group gets READ access.
  - This acl is available on IBM Cloud (Infra), IBM Cloud (Storage), On-Premise IBM COS.
- "public-read-write"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
  - This acl is available on IBM Cloud (Infra), On-Premise IBM COS.
- "authenticated-read"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access.
  - Not supported on Buckets.
  - This acl is available on IBM Cloud (Infra) and On-Premise IBM COS.

--s3-server-side-encryption

The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.

Properties:

Config: server_side_encryption
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION
Provider: AWS,Ceph,ChinaMobile,Minio
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- ""
  - None
- "AES256"
  - AES256
- "aws:kms"
  - aws:kms

--s3-sse-kms-key-id

If using KMS ID you must provide the ARN of Key.

Properties:

Config: sse_kms_key_id
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SSE_KMS_KEY_ID
Provider: AWS,Ceph,Minio
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- ""
  - None
- "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:*"
  - arn:aws:kms:*

--s3-storage-class

The storage class to use when storing new objects in S3.

Properties:

Config: storage_class
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_STORAGE_CLASS
Provider: AWS
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- ""
  - Default
- "STANDARD"
  - Standard storage class
- "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY"
  - Reduced redundancy storage class
- "STANDARD_IA"
  - Standard Infrequent Access storage class
- "ONEZONE_IA"
  - One Zone Infrequent Access storage class
- "GLACIER"
  - Glacier storage class
- "DEEP_ARCHIVE"
  - Glacier Deep Archive storage class
- "INTELLIGENT_TIERING"
  - Intelligent-Tiering storage class
- "GLACIER_IR"
  - Glacier Instant Retrieval storage class

Advanced options

Here are the Advanced options specific to s3 (Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, Alibaba, ArvanCloud, Ceph, ChinaMobile, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Dreamhost, GCS, HuaweiOBS, IBMCOS, IDrive, IONOS, LyveCloud, Leviia, Liara, Linode, Magalu, Minio, Netease, Petabox, RackCorp, Rclone, Scaleway, SeaweedFS, StackPath, Storj, Synology, TencentCOS, Wasabi, Qiniu and others).

--s3-bucket-acl

Canned ACL used when creating buckets.

For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl

Note that this ACL is applied when only when creating buckets. If it isn't set then "acl" is used instead.

If the "acl" and "bucket_acl" are empty strings then no X-Amz-Acl: header is added and the default (private) will be used.

Properties:

Config: bucket_acl
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_BUCKET_ACL
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- "private"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - No one else has access rights (default).
- "public-read"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AllUsers group gets READ access.
- "public-read-write"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
  - Granting this on a bucket is generally not recommended.
- "authenticated-read"
  - Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
  - The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access.

--s3-requester-pays

Enables requester pays option when interacting with S3 bucket.

Properties:

Config: requester_pays
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_REQUESTER_PAYS
Provider: AWS
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-sse-customer-algorithm

If using SSE-C, the server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.

Properties:

Config: sse_customer_algorithm
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SSE_CUSTOMER_ALGORITHM
Provider: AWS,Ceph,ChinaMobile,Minio
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- ""
  - None
- "AES256"
  - AES256

--s3-sse-customer-key

To use SSE-C you may provide the secret encryption key used to encrypt/decrypt your data.

Alternatively you can provide --sse-customer-key-base64.

Properties:

Config: sse_customer_key
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SSE_CUSTOMER_KEY
Provider: AWS,Ceph,ChinaMobile,Minio
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- ""
  - None

--s3-sse-customer-key-base64

If using SSE-C you must provide the secret encryption key encoded in base64 format to encrypt/decrypt your data.

Alternatively you can provide --sse-customer-key.

Properties:

Config: sse_customer_key_base64
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SSE_CUSTOMER_KEY_BASE64
Provider: AWS,Ceph,ChinaMobile,Minio
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- ""
  - None

--s3-sse-customer-key-md5

If using SSE-C you may provide the secret encryption key MD5 checksum (optional).

If you leave it blank, this is calculated automatically from the sse_customer_key provided.

Properties:

Config: sse_customer_key_md5
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SSE_CUSTOMER_KEY_MD5
Provider: AWS,Ceph,ChinaMobile,Minio
Type: string
Required: false
Examples:
- ""
  - None

--s3-upload-cutoff

Cutoff for switching to chunked upload.

Any files larger than this will be uploaded in chunks of chunk_size. The minimum is 0 and the maximum is 5 GiB.

Properties:

Config: upload_cutoff
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_UPLOAD_CUTOFF
Type: SizeSuffix
Default: 200Mi

--s3-chunk-size

Chunk size to use for uploading.

When uploading files larger than upload_cutoff or files with unknown size (e.g. from "rclone rcat" or uploaded with "rclone mount" or google photos or google docs) they will be uploaded as multipart uploads using this chunk size.

Note that "--s3-upload-concurrency" chunks of this size are buffered in memory per transfer.

If you are transferring large files over high-speed links and you have enough memory, then increasing this will speed up the transfers.

Rclone will automatically increase the chunk size when uploading a large file of known size to stay below the 10,000 chunks limit.

Files of unknown size are uploaded with the configured chunk_size. Since the default chunk size is 5 MiB and there can be at most 10,000 chunks, this means that by default the maximum size of a file you can stream upload is 48 GiB. If you wish to stream upload larger files then you will need to increase chunk_size.

Increasing the chunk size decreases the accuracy of the progress statistics displayed with "-P" flag. Rclone treats chunk as sent when it's buffered by the AWS SDK, when in fact it may still be uploading. A bigger chunk size means a bigger AWS SDK buffer and progress reporting more deviating from the truth.

Properties:

Config: chunk_size
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_CHUNK_SIZE
Type: SizeSuffix
Default: 5Mi

--s3-max-upload-parts

Maximum number of parts in a multipart upload.

This option defines the maximum number of multipart chunks to use when doing a multipart upload.

This can be useful if a service does not support the AWS S3 specification of 10,000 chunks.

Rclone will automatically increase the chunk size when uploading a large file of a known size to stay below this number of chunks limit.

Properties:

Config: max_upload_parts
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_MAX_UPLOAD_PARTS
Type: int
Default: 10000

--s3-copy-cutoff

Cutoff for switching to multipart copy.

Any files larger than this that need to be server-side copied will be copied in chunks of this size.

The minimum is 0 and the maximum is 5 GiB.

Properties:

Config: copy_cutoff
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_COPY_CUTOFF
Type: SizeSuffix
Default: 4.656Gi

--s3-disable-checksum

Don't store MD5 checksum with object metadata.

Normally rclone will calculate the MD5 checksum of the input before uploading it so it can add it to metadata on the object. This is great for data integrity checking but can cause long delays for large files to start uploading.

Properties:

Config: disable_checksum
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_DISABLE_CHECKSUM
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-shared-credentials-file

Path to the shared credentials file.

If env_auth = true then rclone can use a shared credentials file.

If this variable is empty rclone will look for the "AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE" env variable. If the env value is empty it will default to the current user's home directory.

Linux/OSX: "$HOME/.aws/credentials"
Windows:   "%USERPROFILE%\.aws\credentials"

Properties:

Config: shared_credentials_file
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE
Type: string
Required: false

--s3-profile

Profile to use in the shared credentials file.

If env_auth = true then rclone can use a shared credentials file. This variable controls which profile is used in that file.

If empty it will default to the environment variable "AWS_PROFILE" or "default" if that environment variable is also not set.

Properties:

Config: profile
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_PROFILE
Type: string
Required: false

--s3-session-token

An AWS session token.

Properties:

Config: session_token
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SESSION_TOKEN
Type: string
Required: false

--s3-upload-concurrency

Concurrency for multipart uploads and copies.

This is the number of chunks of the same file that are uploaded concurrently for multipart uploads and copies.

If you are uploading small numbers of large files over high-speed links and these uploads do not fully utilize your bandwidth, then increasing this may help to speed up the transfers.

Properties:

Config: upload_concurrency
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_UPLOAD_CONCURRENCY
Type: int
Default: 4

--s3-force-path-style

If true use path style access if false use virtual hosted style.

If this is true (the default) then rclone will use path style access, if false then rclone will use virtual path style. See the AWS S3 docs for more info.

Some providers (e.g. AWS, Aliyun OSS, Netease COS, or Tencent COS) require this set to false - rclone will do this automatically based on the provider setting.

Note that if your bucket isn't a valid DNS name, i.e. has '.' or '_' in, you'll need to set this to true.

Properties:

Config: force_path_style
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE
Type: bool
Default: true

--s3-v2-auth

If true use v2 authentication.

If this is false (the default) then rclone will use v4 authentication. If it is set then rclone will use v2 authentication.

Use this only if v4 signatures don't work, e.g. pre Jewel/v10 CEPH.

Properties:

Config: v2_auth
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_V2_AUTH
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-use-dual-stack

If true use AWS S3 dual-stack endpoint (IPv6 support).

See AWS Docs on Dualstack Endpoints

Properties:

Config: use_dual_stack
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_USE_DUAL_STACK
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-use-accelerate-endpoint

If true use the AWS S3 accelerated endpoint.

See: AWS S3 Transfer acceleration

Properties:

Config: use_accelerate_endpoint
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_USE_ACCELERATE_ENDPOINT
Provider: AWS
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-leave-parts-on-error

If true avoid calling abort upload on a failure, leaving all successfully uploaded parts on S3 for manual recovery.

It should be set to true for resuming uploads across different sessions.

WARNING: Storing parts of an incomplete multipart upload counts towards space usage on S3 and will add additional costs if not cleaned up.

Properties:

Config: leave_parts_on_error
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_LEAVE_PARTS_ON_ERROR
Provider: AWS
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-list-chunk

Size of listing chunk (response list for each ListObject S3 request).

This option is also known as "MaxKeys", "max-items", or "page-size" from the AWS S3 specification. Most services truncate the response list to 1000 objects even if requested more than that. In AWS S3 this is a global maximum and cannot be changed, see AWS S3. In Ceph, this can be increased with the "rgw list buckets max chunk" option.

Properties:

Config: list_chunk
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_LIST_CHUNK
Type: int
Default: 1000

--s3-list-version

Version of ListObjects to use: 1,2 or 0 for auto.

When S3 originally launched it only provided the ListObjects call to enumerate objects in a bucket.

However in May 2016 the ListObjectsV2 call was introduced. This is much higher performance and should be used if at all possible.

If set to the default, 0, rclone will guess according to the provider set which list objects method to call. If it guesses wrong, then it may be set manually here.

Properties:

Config: list_version
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_LIST_VERSION
Type: int
Default: 0

--s3-list-url-encode

Whether to url encode listings: true/false/unset

Some providers support URL encoding listings and where this is available this is more reliable when using control characters in file names. If this is set to unset (the default) then rclone will choose according to the provider setting what to apply, but you can override rclone's choice here.

Properties:

Config: list_url_encode
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_LIST_URL_ENCODE
Type: Tristate
Default: unset

--s3-no-check-bucket

If set, don't attempt to check the bucket exists or create it.

This can be useful when trying to minimise the number of transactions rclone does if you know the bucket exists already.

It can also be needed if the user you are using does not have bucket creation permissions. Before v1.52.0 this would have passed silently due to a bug.

Properties:

Config: no_check_bucket
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_NO_CHECK_BUCKET
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-no-head

If set, don't HEAD uploaded objects to check integrity.

This can be useful when trying to minimise the number of transactions rclone does.

Setting it means that if rclone receives a 200 OK message after uploading an object with PUT then it will assume that it got uploaded properly.

In particular it will assume:

the metadata, including modtime, storage class and content type was as uploaded
the size was as uploaded

It reads the following items from the response for a single part PUT:

the MD5SUM
The uploaded date

For multipart uploads these items aren't read.

If an source object of unknown length is uploaded then rclone will do a HEAD request.

Setting this flag increases the chance for undetected upload failures, in particular an incorrect size, so it isn't recommended for normal operation. In practice the chance of an undetected upload failure is very small even with this flag.

Properties:

Config: no_head
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_NO_HEAD
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-no-head-object

If set, do not do HEAD before GET when getting objects.

Properties:

Config: no_head_object
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_NO_HEAD_OBJECT
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-encoding

The encoding for the backend.

See the encoding section in the overview for more info.

Properties:

Config: encoding
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_ENCODING
Type: Encoding
Default: Slash,InvalidUtf8,Dot

--s3-memory-pool-flush-time

How often internal memory buffer pools will be flushed. (no longer used)

Properties:

Config: memory_pool_flush_time
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_MEMORY_POOL_FLUSH_TIME
Type: Duration
Default: 1m0s

--s3-memory-pool-use-mmap

Whether to use mmap buffers in internal memory pool. (no longer used)

Properties:

Config: memory_pool_use_mmap
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_MEMORY_POOL_USE_MMAP
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-disable-http2

Disable usage of http2 for S3 backends.

There is currently an unsolved issue with the s3 (specifically minio) backend and HTTP/2. HTTP/2 is enabled by default for the s3 backend but can be disabled here. When the issue is solved this flag will be removed.

See: https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/4673, https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/3631

Properties:

Config: disable_http2
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_DISABLE_HTTP2
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-download-url

Custom endpoint for downloads. This is usually set to a CloudFront CDN URL as AWS S3 offers cheaper egress for data downloaded through the CloudFront network.

Properties:

Config: download_url
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_DOWNLOAD_URL
Type: string
Required: false

--s3-directory-markers

Upload an empty object with a trailing slash when a new directory is created

Empty folders are unsupported for bucket based remotes, this option creates an empty object ending with "/", to persist the folder.

Properties:

Config: directory_markers
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_DIRECTORY_MARKERS
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-use-multipart-etag

Whether to use ETag in multipart uploads for verification

This should be true, false or left unset to use the default for the provider.

Properties:

Config: use_multipart_etag
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_USE_MULTIPART_ETAG
Type: Tristate
Default: unset

--s3-use-unsigned-payload

Whether to use an unsigned payload in PutObject

Rclone has to avoid the AWS SDK seeking the body when calling PutObject. The AWS provider can add checksums in the trailer to avoid seeking but other providers can't.

This should be true, false or left unset to use the default for the provider.

Properties:

Config: use_unsigned_payload
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_USE_UNSIGNED_PAYLOAD
Type: Tristate
Default: unset

--s3-use-presigned-request

Whether to use a presigned request or PutObject for single part uploads

If this is false rclone will use PutObject from the AWS SDK to upload an object.

Versions of rclone < 1.59 use presigned requests to upload a single part object and setting this flag to true will re-enable that functionality. This shouldn't be necessary except in exceptional circumstances or for testing.

Properties:

Config: use_presigned_request
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_USE_PRESIGNED_REQUEST
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-versions

Include old versions in directory listings.

Properties:

Config: versions
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_VERSIONS
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-version-at

Show file versions as they were at the specified time.

The parameter should be a date, "2006-01-02", datetime "2006-01-02 15:04:05" or a duration for that long ago, eg "100d" or "1h".

Note that when using this no file write operations are permitted, so you can't upload files or delete them.

See the time option docs for valid formats.

Properties:

Config: version_at
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_VERSION_AT
Type: Time
Default: off

--s3-version-deleted

Show deleted file markers when using versions.

This shows deleted file markers in the listing when using versions. These will appear as 0 size files. The only operation which can be performed on them is deletion.

Deleting a delete marker will reveal the previous version.

Deleted files will always show with a timestamp.

Properties:

Config: version_deleted
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_VERSION_DELETED
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-decompress

If set this will decompress gzip encoded objects.

It is possible to upload objects to S3 with "Content-Encoding: gzip" set. Normally rclone will download these files as compressed objects.

If this flag is set then rclone will decompress these files with "Content-Encoding: gzip" as they are received. This means that rclone can't check the size and hash but the file contents will be decompressed.

Properties:

Config: decompress
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_DECOMPRESS
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-might-gzip

Set this if the backend might gzip objects.

Normally providers will not alter objects when they are downloaded. If an object was not uploaded with Content-Encoding: gzip then it won't be set on download.

However some providers may gzip objects even if they weren't uploaded with Content-Encoding: gzip (eg Cloudflare).

A symptom of this would be receiving errors like

ERROR corrupted on transfer: sizes differ NNN vs MMM

If you set this flag and rclone downloads an object with Content-Encoding: gzip set and chunked transfer encoding, then rclone will decompress the object on the fly.

If this is set to unset (the default) then rclone will choose according to the provider setting what to apply, but you can override rclone's choice here.

Properties:

Config: might_gzip
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_MIGHT_GZIP
Type: Tristate
Default: unset

--s3-use-accept-encoding-gzip

Whether to send Accept-Encoding: gzip header.

By default, rclone will append Accept-Encoding: gzip to the request to download compressed objects whenever possible.

However some providers such as Google Cloud Storage may alter the HTTP headers, breaking the signature of the request.

A symptom of this would be receiving errors like

SignatureDoesNotMatch: The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided.

In this case, you might want to try disabling this option.

Properties:

Config: use_accept_encoding_gzip
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_USE_ACCEPT_ENCODING_GZIP
Type: Tristate
Default: unset

--s3-no-system-metadata

Suppress setting and reading of system metadata

Properties:

Config: no_system_metadata
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_NO_SYSTEM_METADATA
Type: bool
Default: false

--s3-sts-endpoint

Endpoint for STS (deprecated).

Leave blank if using AWS to use the default endpoint for the region.

Properties:

Config: sts_endpoint
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_STS_ENDPOINT
Provider: AWS
Type: string
Required: false

--s3-use-already-exists

Set if rclone should report BucketAlreadyExists errors on bucket creation.

At some point during the evolution of the s3 protocol, AWS started returning an AlreadyOwnedByYou error when attempting to create a bucket that the user already owned, rather than a BucketAlreadyExists error.

Unfortunately exactly what has been implemented by s3 clones is a little inconsistent, some return AlreadyOwnedByYou, some return BucketAlreadyExists and some return no error at all.

This is important to rclone because it ensures the bucket exists by creating it on quite a lot of operations (unless --s3-no-check-bucket is used).

If rclone knows the provider can return AlreadyOwnedByYou or returns no error then it can report BucketAlreadyExists errors when the user attempts to create a bucket not owned by them. Otherwise rclone ignores the BucketAlreadyExists error which can lead to confusion.

This should be automatically set correctly for all providers rclone knows about - please make a bug report if not.

Properties:

Config: use_already_exists
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_USE_ALREADY_EXISTS
Type: Tristate
Default: unset

--s3-use-multipart-uploads

Set if rclone should use multipart uploads.

You can change this if you want to disable the use of multipart uploads. This shouldn't be necessary in normal operation.

This should be automatically set correctly for all providers rclone knows about - please make a bug report if not.

Properties:

Config: use_multipart_uploads
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_USE_MULTIPART_UPLOADS
Type: Tristate
Default: unset

--s3-sdk-log-mode

Set to debug the SDK

This can be set to a comma separated list of the following functions:

Signing
Retries
Request
RequestWithBody
Response
ResponseWithBody
DeprecatedUsage
RequestEventMessage
ResponseEventMessage

Use Off to disable and All to set all log levels. You will need to use -vv to see the debug level logs.

Properties:

Config: sdk_log_mode
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_SDK_LOG_MODE
Type: Bits
Default: Off

--s3-description

Description of the remote.

Properties:

Config: description
Env Var: RCLONE_S3_DESCRIPTION
Type: string
Required: false

Metadata

User metadata is stored as x-amz-meta- keys. S3 metadata keys are case insensitive and are always returned in lower case.

Here are the possible system metadata items for the s3 backend.

Name	Help	Type	Example	Read Only
btime	Time of file birth (creation) read from Last-Modified header	RFC 3339	2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00	Y
cache-control	Cache-Control header	string	no-cache	N
content-disposition	Content-Disposition header	string	inline	N
content-encoding	Content-Encoding header	string	gzip	N
content-language	Content-Language header	string	en-US	N
content-type	Content-Type header	string	text/plain	N
mtime	Time of last modification, read from rclone metadata	RFC 3339	2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00	N
tier	Tier of the object	string	GLACIER	Y

See the metadata docs for more info.

Backend commands

Here are the commands specific to the s3 backend.

Run them with

rclone backend COMMAND remote:

The help below will explain what arguments each command takes.

See the backend command for more info on how to pass options and arguments.

These can be run on a running backend using the rc command backend/command.

restore

Restore objects from GLACIER or INTELLIGENT-TIERING archive tier

rclone backend restore remote: [options] [<arguments>+]

This command can be used to restore one or more objects from GLACIER to normal storage or from INTELLIGENT-TIERING Archive Access / Deep Archive Access tier to the Frequent Access tier.

Usage Examples:

rclone backend restore s3:bucket/path/to/object -o priority=PRIORITY -o lifetime=DAYS
rclone backend restore s3:bucket/path/to/directory -o priority=PRIORITY -o lifetime=DAYS
rclone backend restore s3:bucket -o priority=PRIORITY -o lifetime=DAYS
rclone backend restore s3:bucket/path/to/directory -o priority=PRIORITY

This flag also obeys the filters. Test first with --interactive/-i or --dry-run flags

rclone --interactive backend restore --include "*.txt" s3:bucket/path -o priority=Standard -o lifetime=1

All the objects shown will be marked for restore, then

rclone backend restore --include "*.txt" s3:bucket/path -o priority=Standard -o lifetime=1

It returns a list of status dictionaries with Remote and Status keys. The Status will be OK if it was successful or an error message if not.

[
    {
        "Status": "OK",
        "Remote": "test.txt"
    },
    {
        "Status": "OK",
        "Remote": "test/file4.txt"
    }
]

Options:

"description": The optional description for the job.
"lifetime": Lifetime of the active copy in days, ignored for INTELLIGENT-TIERING storage
"priority": Priority of restore: Standard|Expedited|Bulk

restore-status

Show the restore status for objects being restored from GLACIER or INTELLIGENT-TIERING storage

rclone backend restore-status remote: [options] [<arguments>+]

This command can be used to show the status for objects being restored from GLACIER to normal storage or from INTELLIGENT-TIERING Archive Access / Deep Archive Access tier to the Frequent Access tier.

Usage Examples:

rclone backend restore-status s3:bucket/path/to/object
rclone backend restore-status s3:bucket/path/to/directory
rclone backend restore-status -o all s3:bucket/path/to/directory

This command does not obey the filters.

It returns a list of status dictionaries.

[
    {
        "Remote": "file.txt",
        "VersionID": null,
        "RestoreStatus": {
            "IsRestoreInProgress": true,
            "RestoreExpiryDate": "2023-09-06T12:29:19+01:00"
        },
        "StorageClass": "GLACIER"
    },
    {
        "Remote": "test.pdf",
        "VersionID": null,
        "RestoreStatus": {
            "IsRestoreInProgress": false,
            "RestoreExpiryDate": "2023-09-06T12:29:19+01:00"
        },
        "StorageClass": "DEEP_ARCHIVE"
    },
    {
        "Remote": "test.gz",
        "VersionID": null,
        "RestoreStatus": {
            "IsRestoreInProgress": true,
            "RestoreExpiryDate": "null"
        },
        "StorageClass": "INTELLIGENT_TIERING"
    }
]

Options:

"all": if set then show all objects, not just ones with restore status

list-multipart-uploads

List the unfinished multipart uploads

rclone backend list-multipart-uploads remote: [options] [<arguments>+]

This command lists the unfinished multipart uploads in JSON format.

rclone backend list-multipart s3:bucket/path/to/object

It returns a dictionary of buckets with values as lists of unfinished multipart uploads.

You can call it with no bucket in which case it lists all bucket, with a bucket or with a bucket and path.

{
  "rclone": [
    {
      "Initiated": "2020-06-26T14:20:36Z",
      "Initiator": {
        "DisplayName": "XXX",
        "ID": "arn:aws:iam::XXX:user/XXX"
      },
      "Key": "KEY",
      "Owner": {
        "DisplayName": null,
        "ID": "XXX"
      },
      "StorageClass": "STANDARD",
      "UploadId": "XXX"
    }
  ],
  "rclone-1000files": [],
  "rclone-dst": []
}

cleanup

Remove unfinished multipart uploads.

rclone backend cleanup remote: [options] [<arguments>+]

This command removes unfinished multipart uploads of age greater than max-age which defaults to 24 hours.

Note that you can use --interactive/-i or --dry-run with this command to see what it would do.

rclone backend cleanup s3:bucket/path/to/object
rclone backend cleanup -o max-age=7w s3:bucket/path/to/object

Durations are parsed as per the rest of rclone, 2h, 7d, 7w etc.

Options:

"max-age": Max age of upload to delete

cleanup-hidden

Remove old versions of files.

rclone backend cleanup-hidden remote: [options] [<arguments>+]

This command removes any old hidden versions of files on a versions enabled bucket.

Note that you can use --interactive/-i or --dry-run with this command to see what it would do.

rclone backend cleanup-hidden s3:bucket/path/to/dir

versioning

Set/get versioning support for a bucket.

rclone backend versioning remote: [options] [<arguments>+]

This command sets versioning support if a parameter is passed and then returns the current versioning status for the bucket supplied.

rclone backend versioning s3:bucket # read status only
rclone backend versioning s3:bucket Enabled
rclone backend versioning s3:bucket Suspended

It may return "Enabled", "Suspended" or "Unversioned". Note that once versioning has been enabled the status can't be set back to "Unversioned".

set

Set command for updating the config parameters.

rclone backend set remote: [options] [<arguments>+]

This set command can be used to update the config parameters for a running s3 backend.

Usage Examples:

rclone backend set s3: [-o opt_name=opt_value] [-o opt_name2=opt_value2]
rclone rc backend/command command=set fs=s3: [-o opt_name=opt_value] [-o opt_name2=opt_value2]
rclone rc backend/command command=set fs=s3: -o session_token=X -o access_key_id=X -o secret_access_key=X

The option keys are named as they are in the config file.

This rebuilds the connection to the s3 backend when it is called with the new parameters. Only new parameters need be passed as the values will default to those currently in use.

It doesn't return anything.

Anonymous access to public buckets

If you want to use rclone to access a public bucket, configure with a blank access_key_id and secret_access_key. Your config should end up looking like this:

[anons3]
type = s3
provider = AWS

Then use it as normal with the name of the public bucket, e.g.

rclone lsd anons3:1000genomes

You will be able to list and copy data but not upload it.

You can also do this entirely on the command line

rclone lsd :s3,provider=AWS:1000genomes

Providers

AWS S3

This is the provider used as main example and described in the configuration section above.

AWS Snowball Edge

AWS Snowball is a hardware appliance used for transferring bulk data back to AWS. Its main software interface is S3 object storage.

To use rclone with AWS Snowball Edge devices, configure as standard for an 'S3 Compatible Service'.

If using rclone pre v1.59 be sure to set upload_cutoff = 0 otherwise you will run into authentication header issues as the snowball device does not support query parameter based authentication.

With rclone v1.59 or later setting upload_cutoff should not be necessary.

eg.

[snowball]
type = s3
provider = Other
access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
secret_access_key = YOUR_SECRET_KEY
endpoint = http://[IP of Snowball]:8080
upload_cutoff = 0

Ceph

Ceph is an open-source, unified, distributed storage system designed for excellent performance, reliability and scalability. It has an S3 compatible object storage interface.

To use rclone with Ceph, configure as above but leave the region blank and set the endpoint. You should end up with something like this in your config:

[ceph]
type = s3
provider = Ceph
env_auth = false
access_key_id = XXX
secret_access_key = YYY
region =
endpoint = https://ceph.endpoint.example.com
location_constraint =
acl =
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =

If you are using an older version of CEPH (e.g. 10.2.x Jewel) and a version of rclone before v1.59 then you may need to supply the parameter --s3-upload-cutoff 0 or put this in the config file as upload_cutoff 0 to work around a bug which causes uploading of small files to fail.

Note also that Ceph sometimes puts / in the passwords it gives users. If you read the secret access key using the command line tools you will get a JSON blob with the / escaped as \/. Make sure you only write / in the secret access key.

Eg the dump from Ceph looks something like this (irrelevant keys removed).

{
    "user_id": "xxx",
    "display_name": "xxxx",
    "keys": [
        {
            "user": "xxx",
            "access_key": "xxxxxx",
            "secret_key": "xxxxxx\/xxxx"
        }
    ],
}

Because this is a json dump, it is encoding the / as \/, so if you use the secret key as xxxxxx/xxxx it will work fine.

Cloudflare R2

Cloudflare R2 Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

Here is an example of making a Cloudflare R2 configuration. First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

Note that all buckets are private, and all are stored in the same "auto" region. It is necessary to use Cloudflare workers to share the content of a bucket publicly.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> r2
Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
...
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, Alibaba, Ceph, China Mobile, Cloudflare, ArvanCloud, DigitalOcean, Dreamhost, Huawei OBS, IBM COS, Lyve Cloud, Minio, Magalu, Netease, RackCorp, Scaleway, SeaweedFS, StackPath, Storj, Synology, Tencent COS and Wasabi
   \ (s3)
...
Storage> s3
Option provider.
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
...
XX / Cloudflare R2 Storage
   \ (Cloudflare)
...
provider> Cloudflare
Option env_auth.
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth> 1
Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> ACCESS_KEY
Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
Option region.
Region to connect to.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / R2 buckets are automatically distributed across Cloudflare's data centers for low latency.
   \ (auto)
region> 1
Option endpoint.
Endpoint for S3 API.
Required when using an S3 clone.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
endpoint> https://ACCOUNT_ID.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

This will leave your config looking something like:

[r2]
type = s3
provider = Cloudflare
access_key_id = ACCESS_KEY
secret_access_key = SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
region = auto
endpoint = https://ACCOUNT_ID.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
acl = private

Now run rclone lsf r2: to see your buckets and rclone lsf r2:bucket to look within a bucket.

For R2 tokens with the "Object Read & Write" permission, you may also need to add no_check_bucket = true for object uploads to work correctly.

Note that Cloudflare decompresses files uploaded with Content-Encoding: gzip by default which is a deviation from what AWS does. If this is causing a problem then upload the files with --header-upload "Cache-Control: no-transform"

Dreamhost

Dreamhost DreamObjects is an object storage system based on CEPH.

To use rclone with Dreamhost, configure as above but leave the region blank and set the endpoint. You should end up with something like this in your config:

[dreamobjects]
type = s3
provider = DreamHost
env_auth = false
access_key_id = your_access_key
secret_access_key = your_secret_key
region =
endpoint = objects-us-west-1.dream.io
location_constraint =
acl = private
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =

Google Cloud Storage

GoogleCloudStorage is an S3-interoperable object storage service from Google Cloud Platform.

To connect to Google Cloud Storage you will need an access key and secret key. These can be retrieved by creating an HMAC key.

[gs]
type = s3
provider = GCS
access_key_id = your_access_key
secret_access_key = your_secret_key
endpoint = https://storage.googleapis.com

Note that --s3-versions does not work with GCS when it needs to do directory paging. Rclone will return the error:

s3 protocol error: received versions listing with IsTruncated set with no NextKeyMarker

This is Google bug #312292516.

DigitalOcean Spaces

Spaces is an S3-interoperable object storage service from cloud provider DigitalOcean.

To connect to DigitalOcean Spaces you will need an access key and secret key. These can be retrieved on the "Applications & API" page of the DigitalOcean control panel. They will be needed when prompted by rclone config for your access_key_id and secret_access_key.

When prompted for a region or location_constraint, press enter to use the default value. The region must be included in the endpoint setting (e.g. nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com). The default values can be used for other settings.

Going through the whole process of creating a new remote by running rclone config, each prompt should be answered as shown below:

Storage> s3
env_auth> 1
access_key_id> YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
secret_access_key> YOUR_SECRET_KEY
region>
endpoint> nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com
location_constraint>
acl>
storage_class>

The resulting configuration file should look like:

[spaces]
type = s3
provider = DigitalOcean
env_auth = false
access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
secret_access_key = YOUR_SECRET_KEY
region =
endpoint = nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com
location_constraint =
acl =
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =

Once configured, you can create a new Space and begin copying files. For example:

rclone mkdir spaces:my-new-space
rclone copy /path/to/files spaces:my-new-space

Huawei OBS

Object Storage Service (OBS) provides stable, secure, efficient, and easy-to-use cloud storage that lets you store virtually any volume of unstructured data in any format and access it from anywhere.

OBS provides an S3 interface, you can copy and modify the following configuration and add it to your rclone configuration file.

[obs]
type = s3
provider = HuaweiOBS
access_key_id = your-access-key-id
secret_access_key = your-secret-access-key
region = af-south-1
endpoint = obs.af-south-1.myhuaweicloud.com
acl = private

Or you can also configure via the interactive command line:

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> obs
Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ (s3)
[snip]
Storage> s3
Option provider.
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
[snip]
 9 / Huawei Object Storage Service
   \ (HuaweiOBS)
[snip]
provider> 9
Option env_auth.
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth> 1
Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> your-access-key-id
Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> your-secret-access-key
Option region.
Region to connect to.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / AF-Johannesburg
   \ (af-south-1)
 2 / AP-Bangkok
   \ (ap-southeast-2)
[snip]
region> 1
Option endpoint.
Endpoint for OBS API.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / AF-Johannesburg
   \ (obs.af-south-1.myhuaweicloud.com)
 2 / AP-Bangkok
   \ (obs.ap-southeast-2.myhuaweicloud.com)
[snip]
endpoint> 1
Option acl.
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
[snip]
acl> 1
Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n>
--------------------
[obs]
type = s3
provider = HuaweiOBS
access_key_id = your-access-key-id
secret_access_key = your-secret-access-key
region = af-south-1
endpoint = obs.af-south-1.myhuaweicloud.com
acl = private
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
Current remotes:

Name                 Type
====                 ====
obs                  s3

e) Edit existing remote
n) New remote
d) Delete remote
r) Rename remote
c) Copy remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
e/n/d/r/c/s/q> q

IBM COS (S3)

Information stored with IBM Cloud Object Storage is encrypted and dispersed across multiple geographic locations, and accessed through an implementation of the S3 API. This service makes use of the distributed storage technologies provided by IBM’s Cloud Object Storage System (formerly Cleversafe). For more information visit: (http://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage)

To configure access to IBM COS S3, follow the steps below:

Run rclone config and select n for a new remote.

	2018/02/14 14:13:11 NOTICE: Config file "C:\\Users\\a\\.config\\rclone\\rclone.conf" not found - using defaults
	No remotes found, make a new one?
	n) New remote
	s) Set configuration password
	q) Quit config
	n/s/q> n

Enter the name for the configuration

	name> <YOUR NAME>

Select "s3" storage.

Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ "s3"
[snip]
Storage> s3

Select IBM COS as the S3 Storage Provider.

Choose the S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
	 1 / Choose this option to configure Storage to AWS S3
	   \ "AWS"
 	 2 / Choose this option to configure Storage to Ceph Systems
  	 \ "Ceph"
	 3 /  Choose this option to configure Storage to Dreamhost
     \ "Dreamhost"
   4 / Choose this option to the configure Storage to IBM COS S3
   	 \ "IBMCOS"
 	 5 / Choose this option to the configure Storage to Minio
     \ "Minio"
	 Provider>4

Enter the Access Key and Secret.

	AWS Access Key ID - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
	access_key_id> <>
	AWS Secret Access Key (password) - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
	secret_access_key> <>

Specify the endpoint for IBM COS. For Public IBM COS, choose from the option below. For On Premise IBM COS, enter an endpoint address.

	Endpoint for IBM COS S3 API.
	Specify if using an IBM COS On Premise.
	Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
	 1 / US Cross Region Endpoint
   	   \ "s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net"
	 2 / US Cross Region Dallas Endpoint
   	   \ "s3-api.dal.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net"
 	 3 / US Cross Region Washington DC Endpoint
   	   \ "s3-api.wdc-us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net"
	 4 / US Cross Region San Jose Endpoint
	   \ "s3-api.sjc-us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net"
	 5 / US Cross Region Private Endpoint
	   \ "s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.service.networklayer.com"
	 6 / US Cross Region Dallas Private Endpoint
	   \ "s3-api.dal-us-geo.objectstorage.service.networklayer.com"
	 7 / US Cross Region Washington DC Private Endpoint
	   \ "s3-api.wdc-us-geo.objectstorage.service.networklayer.com"
	 8 / US Cross Region San Jose Private Endpoint
	   \ "s3-api.sjc-us-geo.objectstorage.service.networklayer.com"
	 9 / US Region East Endpoint
	   \ "s3.us-east.objectstorage.softlayer.net"
	10 / US Region East Private Endpoint
	   \ "s3.us-east.objectstorage.service.networklayer.com"
	11 / US Region South Endpoint
[snip]
	34 / Toronto Single Site Private Endpoint
	   \ "s3.tor01.objectstorage.service.networklayer.com"
	endpoint>1

Specify a IBM COS Location Constraint. The location constraint must match endpoint when using IBM Cloud Public. For on-prem COS, do not make a selection from this list, hit enter

	 1 / US Cross Region Standard
	   \ "us-standard"
	 2 / US Cross Region Vault
	   \ "us-vault"
	 3 / US Cross Region Cold
	   \ "us-cold"
	 4 / US Cross Region Flex
	   \ "us-flex"
	 5 / US East Region Standard
	   \ "us-east-standard"
	 6 / US East Region Vault
	   \ "us-east-vault"
	 7 / US East Region Cold
	   \ "us-east-cold"
	 8 / US East Region Flex
	   \ "us-east-flex"
	 9 / US South Region Standard
	   \ "us-south-standard"
	10 / US South Region Vault
	   \ "us-south-vault"
[snip]
	32 / Toronto Flex
	   \ "tor01-flex"
location_constraint>1

Specify a canned ACL. IBM Cloud (Storage) supports "public-read" and "private". IBM Cloud(Infra) supports all the canned ACLs. On-Premise COS supports all the canned ACLs.

Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
      1 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. No one else has access rights (default). This acl is available on IBM Cloud (Infra), IBM Cloud (Storage), On-Premise COS
      \ "private"
      2  / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AllUsers group gets READ access. This acl is available on IBM Cloud (Infra), IBM Cloud (Storage), On-Premise IBM COS
      \ "public-read"
      3 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access. This acl is available on IBM Cloud (Infra), On-Premise IBM COS
      \ "public-read-write"
      4  / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access. Not supported on Buckets. This acl is available on IBM Cloud (Infra) and On-Premise IBM COS
      \ "authenticated-read"
acl> 1

Review the displayed configuration and accept to save the "remote" then quit. The config file should look like this

	[xxx]
	type = s3
	Provider = IBMCOS
	access_key_id = xxx
	secret_access_key = yyy
	endpoint = s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net
	location_constraint = us-standard
	acl = private

Execute rclone commands

	1)	Create a bucket.
		rclone mkdir IBM-COS-XREGION:newbucket
	2)	List available buckets.
		rclone lsd IBM-COS-XREGION:
		-1 2017-11-08 21:16:22        -1 test
		-1 2018-02-14 20:16:39        -1 newbucket
	3)	List contents of a bucket.
		rclone ls IBM-COS-XREGION:newbucket
		18685952 test.exe
	4)	Copy a file from local to remote.
		rclone copy /Users/file.txt IBM-COS-XREGION:newbucket
	5)	Copy a file from remote to local.
		rclone copy IBM-COS-XREGION:newbucket/file.txt .
	6)	Delete a file on remote.
		rclone delete IBM-COS-XREGION:newbucket/file.txt

IDrive e2

Here is an example of making an IDrive e2 configuration. First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n

Enter name for new remote.
name> e2

Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ (s3)
[snip]
Storage> s3

Option provider.
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
[snip]
XX / IDrive e2
   \ (IDrive)
[snip]
provider> IDrive

Option env_auth.
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth> 

Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> YOUR_ACCESS_KEY

Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> YOUR_SECRET_KEY

Option acl.
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 2 | The AllUsers group gets READ access.
   \ (public-read)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 3 | The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
   | Granting this on a bucket is generally not recommended.
   \ (public-read-write)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 4 | The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access.
   \ (authenticated-read)
   / Object owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 5 | Bucket owner gets READ access.
   | If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
   \ (bucket-owner-read)
   / Both the object owner and the bucket owner get FULL_CONTROL over the object.
 6 | If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
   \ (bucket-owner-full-control)
acl> 

Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> 

Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: s3
- provider: IDrive
- access_key_id: YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
- secret_access_key: YOUR_SECRET_KEY
- endpoint: q9d9.la12.idrivee2-5.com
Keep this "e2" remote?
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

IONOS Cloud

IONOS S3 Object Storage is a service offered by IONOS for storing and accessing unstructured data. To connect to the service, you will need an access key and a secret key. These can be found in the Data Center Designer, by selecting Manager resources > Object Storage Key Manager.

Here is an example of a configuration. First, run rclone config. This will walk you through an interactive setup process. Type n to add the new remote, and then enter a name:

Enter name for new remote.
name> ionos-fra

Type s3 to choose the connection type:

Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ (s3)
[snip]
Storage> s3

Type IONOS:

Option provider.
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
[snip]
XX / IONOS Cloud
   \ (IONOS)
[snip]
provider> IONOS

Press Enter to choose the default option Enter AWS credentials in the next step:

Option env_auth.
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth>

Enter your Access Key and Secret key. These can be retrieved in the Data Center Designer, click on the menu “Manager resources” / "Object Storage Key Manager".

Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> YOUR_ACCESS_KEY

Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> YOUR_SECRET_KEY

Choose the region where your bucket is located:

Option region.
Region where your bucket will be created and your data stored.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / Frankfurt, Germany
   \ (de)
 2 / Berlin, Germany
   \ (eu-central-2)
 3 / Logrono, Spain
   \ (eu-south-2)
region> 2

Choose the endpoint from the same region:

Option endpoint.
Endpoint for IONOS S3 Object Storage.
Specify the endpoint from the same region.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / Frankfurt, Germany
   \ (s3-eu-central-1.ionoscloud.com)
 2 / Berlin, Germany
   \ (s3-eu-central-2.ionoscloud.com)
 3 / Logrono, Spain
   \ (s3-eu-south-2.ionoscloud.com)
endpoint> 1

Press Enter to choose the default option or choose the desired ACL setting:

Option acl.
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
[snip]
acl>

Press Enter to skip the advanced config:

Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n>

Press Enter to save the configuration, and then q to quit the configuration process:

Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: s3
- provider: IONOS
- access_key_id: YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
- secret_access_key: YOUR_SECRET_KEY
- endpoint: s3-eu-central-1.ionoscloud.com
Keep this "ionos-fra" remote?
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

Done! Now you can try some commands (for macOS, use ./rclone instead of rclone).

Create a bucket (the name must be unique within the whole IONOS S3)

rclone mkdir ionos-fra:my-bucket

List available buckets

rclone lsd ionos-fra:

Copy a file from local to remote

rclone copy /Users/file.txt ionos-fra:my-bucket

List contents of a bucket

rclone ls ionos-fra:my-bucket

Copy a file from remote to local

rclone copy ionos-fra:my-bucket/file.txt

Minio

Minio is an object storage server built for cloud application developers and devops.

It is very easy to install and provides an S3 compatible server which can be used by rclone.

To use it, install Minio following the instructions here.

When it configures itself Minio will print something like this

Endpoint:  http://192.168.1.106:9000  http://172.23.0.1:9000
AccessKey: USWUXHGYZQYFYFFIT3RE
SecretKey: MOJRH0mkL1IPauahWITSVvyDrQbEEIwljvmxdq03
Region:    us-east-1
SQS ARNs:  arn:minio:sqs:us-east-1:1:redis arn:minio:sqs:us-east-1:2:redis

Browser Access:
   http://192.168.1.106:9000  http://172.23.0.1:9000

Command-line Access: https://docs.minio.io/docs/minio-client-quickstart-guide
   $ mc config host add myminio http://192.168.1.106:9000 USWUXHGYZQYFYFFIT3RE MOJRH0mkL1IPauahWITSVvyDrQbEEIwljvmxdq03

Object API (Amazon S3 compatible):
   Go:         https://docs.minio.io/docs/golang-client-quickstart-guide
   Java:       https://docs.minio.io/docs/java-client-quickstart-guide
   Python:     https://docs.minio.io/docs/python-client-quickstart-guide
   JavaScript: https://docs.minio.io/docs/javascript-client-quickstart-guide
   .NET:       https://docs.minio.io/docs/dotnet-client-quickstart-guide

Drive Capacity: 26 GiB Free, 165 GiB Total

These details need to go into rclone config like this. Note that it is important to put the region in as stated above.

env_auth> 1
access_key_id> USWUXHGYZQYFYFFIT3RE
secret_access_key> MOJRH0mkL1IPauahWITSVvyDrQbEEIwljvmxdq03
region> us-east-1
endpoint> http://192.168.1.106:9000
location_constraint>
server_side_encryption>

Which makes the config file look like this

[minio]
type = s3
provider = Minio
env_auth = false
access_key_id = USWUXHGYZQYFYFFIT3RE
secret_access_key = MOJRH0mkL1IPauahWITSVvyDrQbEEIwljvmxdq03
region = us-east-1
endpoint = http://192.168.1.106:9000
location_constraint =
server_side_encryption =

So once set up, for example, to copy files into a bucket

rclone copy /path/to/files minio:bucket

Qiniu Cloud Object Storage (Kodo)

Qiniu Cloud Object Storage (Kodo), a completely independent-researched core technology which is proven by repeated customer experience has occupied absolute leading market leader position. Kodo can be widely applied to mass data management.

To configure access to Qiniu Kodo, follow the steps below:

Run rclone config and select n for a new remote.

rclone config
No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n

Give the name of the configuration. For example, name it 'qiniu'.

name> qiniu

Select s3 storage.

Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ (s3)
[snip]
Storage> s3

Select Qiniu provider.

Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
   \ "AWS"
[snip]
22 / Qiniu Object Storage (Kodo)
   \ (Qiniu)
[snip]
provider> Qiniu

Enter your SecretId and SecretKey of Qiniu Kodo.

Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"
env_auth> 1
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
access_key_id> AKIDxxxxxxxxxx
AWS Secret Access Key (password)
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
secret_access_key> xxxxxxxxxxx

Select endpoint for Qiniu Kodo. This is the standard endpoint for different region.

   / The default endpoint - a good choice if you are unsure.
 1 | East China Region 1.
   | Needs location constraint cn-east-1.
   \ (cn-east-1)
   / East China Region 2.
 2 | Needs location constraint cn-east-2.
   \ (cn-east-2)
   / North China Region 1.
 3 | Needs location constraint cn-north-1.
   \ (cn-north-1)
   / South China Region 1.
 4 | Needs location constraint cn-south-1.
   \ (cn-south-1)
   / North America Region.
 5 | Needs location constraint us-north-1.
   \ (us-north-1)
   / Southeast Asia Region 1.
 6 | Needs location constraint ap-southeast-1.
   \ (ap-southeast-1)
   / Northeast Asia Region 1.
 7 | Needs location constraint ap-northeast-1.
   \ (ap-northeast-1)
[snip]
endpoint> 1

Option endpoint.
Endpoint for Qiniu Object Storage.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / East China Endpoint 1
   \ (s3-cn-east-1.qiniucs.com)
 2 / East China Endpoint 2
   \ (s3-cn-east-2.qiniucs.com)
 3 / North China Endpoint 1
   \ (s3-cn-north-1.qiniucs.com)
 4 / South China Endpoint 1
   \ (s3-cn-south-1.qiniucs.com)
 5 / North America Endpoint 1
   \ (s3-us-north-1.qiniucs.com)
 6 / Southeast Asia Endpoint 1
   \ (s3-ap-southeast-1.qiniucs.com)
 7 / Northeast Asia Endpoint 1
   \ (s3-ap-northeast-1.qiniucs.com)
endpoint> 1

Option location_constraint.
Location constraint - must be set to match the Region.
Used when creating buckets only.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / East China Region 1
   \ (cn-east-1)
 2 / East China Region 2
   \ (cn-east-2)
 3 / North China Region 1
   \ (cn-north-1)
 4 / South China Region 1
   \ (cn-south-1)
 5 / North America Region 1
   \ (us-north-1)
 6 / Southeast Asia Region 1
   \ (ap-southeast-1)
 7 / Northeast Asia Region 1
   \ (ap-northeast-1)
location_constraint> 1

Choose acl and storage class.

Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 2 | The AllUsers group gets READ access.
   \ (public-read)
[snip]
acl> 2
The storage class to use when storing new objects in Tencent COS.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Standard storage class
   \ (STANDARD)
 2 / Infrequent access storage mode
   \ (LINE)
 3 / Archive storage mode
   \ (GLACIER)
 4 / Deep archive storage mode
   \ (DEEP_ARCHIVE)
[snip]
storage_class> 1
Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n
Remote config
--------------------
[qiniu]
- type: s3
- provider: Qiniu
- access_key_id: xxx
- secret_access_key: xxx
- region: cn-east-1
- endpoint: s3-cn-east-1.qiniucs.com
- location_constraint: cn-east-1
- acl: public-read
- storage_class: STANDARD
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
Current remotes:

Name                 Type
====                 ====
qiniu                s3

RackCorp

RackCorp Object Storage is an S3 compatible object storage platform from your friendly cloud provider RackCorp. The service is fast, reliable, well priced and located in many strategic locations unserviced by others, to ensure you can maintain data sovereignty.

Before you can use RackCorp Object Storage, you'll need to "sign up" for an account on our "portal". Next you can create an access key, a secret key and buckets, in your location of choice with ease. These details are required for the next steps of configuration, when rclone config asks for your access_key_id and secret_access_key.

Your config should end up looking a bit like this:

[RCS3-demo-config]
type = s3
provider = RackCorp
env_auth = true
access_key_id = YOURACCESSKEY
secret_access_key = YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
region = au-nsw
endpoint = s3.rackcorp.com
location_constraint = au-nsw

Rclone Serve S3

Rclone can serve any remote over the S3 protocol. For details see the rclone serve s3 documentation.

For example, to serve remote:path over s3, run the server like this:

rclone serve s3 --auth-key ACCESS_KEY_ID,SECRET_ACCESS_KEY remote:path

This will be compatible with an rclone remote which is defined like this:

[serves3]
type = s3
provider = Rclone
endpoint = http://127.0.0.1:8080/
access_key_id = ACCESS_KEY_ID
secret_access_key = SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
use_multipart_uploads = false

Note that setting disable_multipart_uploads = true is to work around a bug which will be fixed in due course.

Scaleway

Scaleway The Object Storage platform allows you to store anything from backups, logs and web assets to documents and photos. Files can be dropped from the Scaleway console or transferred through our API and CLI or using any S3-compatible tool.

Scaleway provides an S3 interface which can be configured for use with rclone like this:

[scaleway]
type = s3
provider = Scaleway
env_auth = false
endpoint = s3.nl-ams.scw.cloud
access_key_id = SCWXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
secret_access_key = 1111111-2222-3333-44444-55555555555555
region = nl-ams
location_constraint = nl-ams
acl = private
upload_cutoff = 5M
chunk_size = 5M
copy_cutoff = 5M

C14 Cold Storage is the low-cost S3 Glacier alternative from Scaleway and it works the same way as on S3 by accepting the "GLACIER" storage_class. So you can configure your remote with the storage_class = GLACIER option to upload directly to C14. Don't forget that in this state you can't read files back after, you will need to restore them to "STANDARD" storage_class first before being able to read them (see "restore" section above)

Seagate Lyve Cloud

Seagate Lyve Cloud is an S3 compatible object storage platform from Seagate intended for enterprise use.

Here is a config run through for a remote called remote - you may choose a different name of course. Note that to create an access key and secret key you will need to create a service account first.

$ rclone config
No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> remote

Choose s3 backend

Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ (s3)
[snip]
Storage> s3

Choose LyveCloud as S3 provider

Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
[snip]
XX / Seagate Lyve Cloud
   \ (LyveCloud)
[snip]
provider> LyveCloud

Take the default (just press enter) to enter access key and secret in the config file.

Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth>

AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> XXX

AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> YYY

Leave region blank

Region to connect to.
Leave blank if you are using an S3 clone and you don't have a region.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Use this if unsure.
 1 | Will use v4 signatures and an empty region.
   \ ()
   / Use this only if v4 signatures don't work.
 2 | E.g. pre Jewel/v10 CEPH.
   \ (other-v2-signature)
region>

Choose an endpoint from the list

Endpoint for S3 API.
Required when using an S3 clone.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / Seagate Lyve Cloud US East 1 (Virginia)
   \ (s3.us-east-1.lyvecloud.seagate.com)
 2 / Seagate Lyve Cloud US West 1 (California)
   \ (s3.us-west-1.lyvecloud.seagate.com)
 3 / Seagate Lyve Cloud AP Southeast 1 (Singapore)
   \ (s3.ap-southeast-1.lyvecloud.seagate.com)
endpoint> 1

Leave location constraint blank

Location constraint - must be set to match the Region.
Leave blank if not sure. Used when creating buckets only.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
location_constraint>

Choose default ACL (private).

Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
[snip]
acl>

And the config file should end up looking like this:

[remote]
type = s3
provider = LyveCloud
access_key_id = XXX
secret_access_key = YYY
endpoint = s3.us-east-1.lyvecloud.seagate.com

SeaweedFS

SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files, and data lake, with O(1) disk seek and a scalable file metadata store. It has an S3 compatible object storage interface. SeaweedFS can also act as a gateway to remote S3 compatible object store to cache data and metadata with asynchronous write back, for fast local speed and minimize access cost.

Assuming the SeaweedFS are configured with weed shell as such:

> s3.bucket.create -name foo
> s3.configure -access_key=any -secret_key=any -buckets=foo -user=me -actions=Read,Write,List,Tagging,Admin -apply
{
  "identities": [
    {
      "name": "me",
      "credentials": [
        {
          "accessKey": "any",
          "secretKey": "any"
        }
      ],
      "actions": [
        "Read:foo",
        "Write:foo",
        "List:foo",
        "Tagging:foo",
        "Admin:foo"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

To use rclone with SeaweedFS, above configuration should end up with something like this in your config:

[seaweedfs_s3]
type = s3
provider = SeaweedFS
access_key_id = any
secret_access_key = any
endpoint = localhost:8333

So once set up, for example to copy files into a bucket

rclone copy /path/to/files seaweedfs_s3:foo

Wasabi

Wasabi is a cloud-based object storage service for a broad range of applications and use cases. Wasabi is designed for individuals and organizations that require a high-performance, reliable, and secure data storage infrastructure at minimal cost.

Wasabi provides an S3 interface which can be configured for use with rclone like this.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
n/s> n
name> wasabi
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 (also Dreamhost, Ceph, ChinaMobile, ArvanCloud, Minio, Liara)
   \ "s3"
[snip]
Storage> s3
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars). Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"
env_auth> 1
AWS Access Key ID - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
access_key_id> YOURACCESSKEY
AWS Secret Access Key (password) - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
secret_access_key> YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
Region to connect to.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
   / The default endpoint - a good choice if you are unsure.
 1 | US Region, Northern Virginia, or Pacific Northwest.
   | Leave location constraint empty.
   \ "us-east-1"
[snip]
region> us-east-1
Endpoint for S3 API.
Leave blank if using AWS to use the default endpoint for the region.
Specify if using an S3 clone such as Ceph.
endpoint> s3.wasabisys.com
Location constraint - must be set to match the Region. Used when creating buckets only.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Empty for US Region, Northern Virginia, or Pacific Northwest.
   \ ""
[snip]
location_constraint>
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. No one else has access rights (default).
   \ "private"
[snip]
acl>
The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / None
   \ ""
 2 / AES256
   \ "AES256"
server_side_encryption>
The storage class to use when storing objects in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Default
   \ ""
 2 / Standard storage class
   \ "STANDARD"
 3 / Reduced redundancy storage class
   \ "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY"
 4 / Standard Infrequent Access storage class
   \ "STANDARD_IA"
storage_class>
Remote config
--------------------
[wasabi]
env_auth = false
access_key_id = YOURACCESSKEY
secret_access_key = YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
region = us-east-1
endpoint = s3.wasabisys.com
location_constraint =
acl =
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

This will leave the config file looking like this.

[wasabi]
type = s3
provider = Wasabi
env_auth = false
access_key_id = YOURACCESSKEY
secret_access_key = YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
region =
endpoint = s3.wasabisys.com
location_constraint =
acl =
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =

Alibaba OSS

Here is an example of making an Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun) OSS configuration. First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> oss
Type of storage to configure.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ "s3"
[snip]
Storage> s3
Choose your S3 provider.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
   \ "AWS"
 2 / Alibaba Cloud Object Storage System (OSS) formerly Aliyun
   \ "Alibaba"
 3 / Ceph Object Storage
   \ "Ceph"
[snip]
provider> Alibaba
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"
env_auth> 1
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
access_key_id> accesskeyid
AWS Secret Access Key (password)
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
secret_access_key> secretaccesskey
Endpoint for OSS API.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / East China 1 (Hangzhou)
   \ "oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com"
 2 / East China 2 (Shanghai)
   \ "oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com"
 3 / North China 1 (Qingdao)
   \ "oss-cn-qingdao.aliyuncs.com"
[snip]
endpoint> 1
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.

Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. No one else has access rights (default).
   \ "private"
 2 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AllUsers group gets READ access.
   \ "public-read"
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
[snip]
acl> 1
The storage class to use when storing new objects in OSS.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Default
   \ ""
 2 / Standard storage class
   \ "STANDARD"
 3 / Archive storage mode.
   \ "GLACIER"
 4 / Infrequent access storage mode.
   \ "STANDARD_IA"
storage_class> 1
Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No
y/n> n
Remote config
--------------------
[oss]
type = s3
provider = Alibaba
env_auth = false
access_key_id = accesskeyid
secret_access_key = secretaccesskey
endpoint = oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
acl = private
storage_class = Standard
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

China Mobile Ecloud Elastic Object Storage (EOS)

Here is an example of making an China Mobile Ecloud Elastic Object Storage (EOS) configuration. First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> ChinaMobile
Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
 ...
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ (s3)
 ...
Storage> s3
Option provider.
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 ...
 4 / China Mobile Ecloud Elastic Object Storage (EOS)
   \ (ChinaMobile)
 ...
provider> ChinaMobile
Option env_auth.
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth>
Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> accesskeyid
Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> secretaccesskey
Option endpoint.
Endpoint for China Mobile Ecloud Elastic Object Storage (EOS) API.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / The default endpoint - a good choice if you are unsure.
 1 | East China (Suzhou)
   \ (eos-wuxi-1.cmecloud.cn)
 2 / East China (Jinan)
   \ (eos-jinan-1.cmecloud.cn)
 3 / East China (Hangzhou)
   \ (eos-ningbo-1.cmecloud.cn)
 4 / East China (Shanghai-1)
   \ (eos-shanghai-1.cmecloud.cn)
 5 / Central China (Zhengzhou)
   \ (eos-zhengzhou-1.cmecloud.cn)
 6 / Central China (Changsha-1)
   \ (eos-hunan-1.cmecloud.cn)
 7 / Central China (Changsha-2)
   \ (eos-zhuzhou-1.cmecloud.cn)
 8 / South China (Guangzhou-2)
   \ (eos-guangzhou-1.cmecloud.cn)
 9 / South China (Guangzhou-3)
   \ (eos-dongguan-1.cmecloud.cn)
10 / North China (Beijing-1)
   \ (eos-beijing-1.cmecloud.cn)
11 / North China (Beijing-2)
   \ (eos-beijing-2.cmecloud.cn)
12 / North China (Beijing-3)
   \ (eos-beijing-4.cmecloud.cn)
13 / North China (Huhehaote)
   \ (eos-huhehaote-1.cmecloud.cn)
14 / Southwest China (Chengdu)
   \ (eos-chengdu-1.cmecloud.cn)
15 / Southwest China (Chongqing)
   \ (eos-chongqing-1.cmecloud.cn)
16 / Southwest China (Guiyang)
   \ (eos-guiyang-1.cmecloud.cn)
17 / Nouthwest China (Xian)
   \ (eos-xian-1.cmecloud.cn)
18 / Yunnan China (Kunming)
   \ (eos-yunnan.cmecloud.cn)
19 / Yunnan China (Kunming-2)
   \ (eos-yunnan-2.cmecloud.cn)
20 / Tianjin China (Tianjin)
   \ (eos-tianjin-1.cmecloud.cn)
21 / Jilin China (Changchun)
   \ (eos-jilin-1.cmecloud.cn)
22 / Hubei China (Xiangyan)
   \ (eos-hubei-1.cmecloud.cn)
23 / Jiangxi China (Nanchang)
   \ (eos-jiangxi-1.cmecloud.cn)
24 / Gansu China (Lanzhou)
   \ (eos-gansu-1.cmecloud.cn)
25 / Shanxi China (Taiyuan)
   \ (eos-shanxi-1.cmecloud.cn)
26 / Liaoning China (Shenyang)
   \ (eos-liaoning-1.cmecloud.cn)
27 / Hebei China (Shijiazhuang)
   \ (eos-hebei-1.cmecloud.cn)
28 / Fujian China (Xiamen)
   \ (eos-fujian-1.cmecloud.cn)
29 / Guangxi China (Nanning)
   \ (eos-guangxi-1.cmecloud.cn)
30 / Anhui China (Huainan)
   \ (eos-anhui-1.cmecloud.cn)
endpoint> 1
Option location_constraint.
Location constraint - must match endpoint.
Used when creating buckets only.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / East China (Suzhou)
   \ (wuxi1)
 2 / East China (Jinan)
   \ (jinan1)
 3 / East China (Hangzhou)
   \ (ningbo1)
 4 / East China (Shanghai-1)
   \ (shanghai1)
 5 / Central China (Zhengzhou)
   \ (zhengzhou1)
 6 / Central China (Changsha-1)
   \ (hunan1)
 7 / Central China (Changsha-2)
   \ (zhuzhou1)
 8 / South China (Guangzhou-2)
   \ (guangzhou1)
 9 / South China (Guangzhou-3)
   \ (dongguan1)
10 / North China (Beijing-1)
   \ (beijing1)
11 / North China (Beijing-2)
   \ (beijing2)
12 / North China (Beijing-3)
   \ (beijing4)
13 / North China (Huhehaote)
   \ (huhehaote1)
14 / Southwest China (Chengdu)
   \ (chengdu1)
15 / Southwest China (Chongqing)
   \ (chongqing1)
16 / Southwest China (Guiyang)
   \ (guiyang1)
17 / Nouthwest China (Xian)
   \ (xian1)
18 / Yunnan China (Kunming)
   \ (yunnan)
19 / Yunnan China (Kunming-2)
   \ (yunnan2)
20 / Tianjin China (Tianjin)
   \ (tianjin1)
21 / Jilin China (Changchun)
   \ (jilin1)
22 / Hubei China (Xiangyan)
   \ (hubei1)
23 / Jiangxi China (Nanchang)
   \ (jiangxi1)
24 / Gansu China (Lanzhou)
   \ (gansu1)
25 / Shanxi China (Taiyuan)
   \ (shanxi1)
26 / Liaoning China (Shenyang)
   \ (liaoning1)
27 / Hebei China (Shijiazhuang)
   \ (hebei1)
28 / Fujian China (Xiamen)
   \ (fujian1)
29 / Guangxi China (Nanning)
   \ (guangxi1)
30 / Anhui China (Huainan)
   \ (anhui1)
location_constraint> 1
Option acl.
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 2 | The AllUsers group gets READ access.
   \ (public-read)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 3 | The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
   | Granting this on a bucket is generally not recommended.
   \ (public-read-write)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 4 | The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access.
   \ (authenticated-read)
   / Object owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
acl> private
Option server_side_encryption.
The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / None
   \ ()
 2 / AES256
   \ (AES256)
server_side_encryption>
Option storage_class.
The storage class to use when storing new objects in ChinaMobile.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / Default
   \ ()
 2 / Standard storage class
   \ (STANDARD)
 3 / Archive storage mode
   \ (GLACIER)
 4 / Infrequent access storage mode
   \ (STANDARD_IA)
storage_class>
Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n
--------------------
[ChinaMobile]
type = s3
provider = ChinaMobile
access_key_id = accesskeyid
secret_access_key = secretaccesskey
endpoint = eos-wuxi-1.cmecloud.cn
location_constraint = wuxi1
acl = private
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

Leviia Cloud Object Storage

Leviia Object Storage, backup and secure your data in a 100% French cloud, independent of GAFAM..

To configure access to Leviia, follow the steps below:

Run rclone config and select n for a new remote.

rclone config
No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n

Give the name of the configuration. For example, name it 'leviia'.

name> leviia

Select s3 storage.

Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ (s3)
[snip]
Storage> s3

Select Leviia provider.

Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
   \ "AWS"
[snip]
15 / Leviia Object Storage
   \ (Leviia)
[snip]
provider> Leviia

Enter your SecretId and SecretKey of Leviia.

Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"
env_auth> 1
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
access_key_id> ZnIx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AWS Secret Access Key (password)
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
secret_access_key> xxxxxxxxxxx

Select endpoint for Leviia.

   / The default endpoint
 1 | Leviia.
   \ (s3.leviia.com)
[snip]
endpoint> 1

Choose acl.

Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 2 | The AllUsers group gets READ access.
   \ (public-read)
[snip]
acl> 1
Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n
Remote config
--------------------
[leviia]
- type: s3
- provider: Leviia
- access_key_id: ZnIx.xxxxxxx
- secret_access_key: xxxxxxxx
- endpoint: s3.leviia.com
- acl: private
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
Current remotes:

Name                 Type
====                 ====
leviia                s3

Liara

Here is an example of making a Liara Object Storage configuration. First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
n/s> n
name> Liara
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 (also Dreamhost, Ceph, ChinaMobile, ArvanCloud, Liara, Minio)
   \ "s3"
[snip]
Storage> s3
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars). Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"
env_auth> 1
AWS Access Key ID - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
access_key_id> YOURACCESSKEY
AWS Secret Access Key (password) - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
secret_access_key> YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
Region to connect to.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
   / The default endpoint
 1 | US Region, Northern Virginia, or Pacific Northwest.
   | Leave location constraint empty.
   \ "us-east-1"
[snip]
region>
Endpoint for S3 API.
Leave blank if using Liara to use the default endpoint for the region.
Specify if using an S3 clone such as Ceph.
endpoint> storage.iran.liara.space
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. No one else has access rights (default).
   \ "private"
[snip]
acl>
The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / None
   \ ""
 2 / AES256
   \ "AES256"
server_side_encryption>
The storage class to use when storing objects in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Default
   \ ""
 2 / Standard storage class
   \ "STANDARD"
storage_class>
Remote config
--------------------
[Liara]
env_auth = false
access_key_id = YOURACCESSKEY
secret_access_key = YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
endpoint = storage.iran.liara.space
location_constraint =
acl =
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

This will leave the config file looking like this.

[Liara]
type = s3
provider = Liara
env_auth = false
access_key_id = YOURACCESSKEY
secret_access_key = YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
region =
endpoint = storage.iran.liara.space
location_constraint =
acl =
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =

Linode

Here is an example of making a Linode Object Storage configuration. First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n

Enter name for new remote.
name> linode

Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...Linode, ...and others
   \ (s3)
[snip]
Storage> s3

Option provider.
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
[snip]
XX / Linode Object Storage
   \ (Linode)
[snip]
provider> Linode

Option env_auth.
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth> 

Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> ACCESS_KEY

Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

Option endpoint.
Endpoint for Linode Object Storage API.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / Atlanta, GA (USA), us-southeast-1
   \ (us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com)
 2 / Chicago, IL (USA), us-ord-1
   \ (us-ord-1.linodeobjects.com)
 3 / Frankfurt (Germany), eu-central-1
   \ (eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com)
 4 / Milan (Italy), it-mil-1
   \ (it-mil-1.linodeobjects.com)
 5 / Newark, NJ (USA), us-east-1
   \ (us-east-1.linodeobjects.com)
 6 / Paris (France), fr-par-1
   \ (fr-par-1.linodeobjects.com)
 7 / Seattle, WA (USA), us-sea-1
   \ (us-sea-1.linodeobjects.com)
 8 / Singapore ap-south-1
   \ (ap-south-1.linodeobjects.com)
 9 / Stockholm (Sweden), se-sto-1
   \ (se-sto-1.linodeobjects.com)
10 / Washington, DC, (USA), us-iad-1
   \ (us-iad-1.linodeobjects.com)
endpoint> 3

Option acl.
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
If the acl is an empty string then no X-Amz-Acl: header is added and
the default (private) will be used.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
[snip]
acl> 

Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n

Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: s3
- provider: Linode
- access_key_id: ACCESS_KEY
- secret_access_key: SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
- endpoint: eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com
Keep this "linode" remote?
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

This will leave the config file looking like this.

[linode]
type = s3
provider = Linode
access_key_id = ACCESS_KEY
secret_access_key = SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
endpoint = eu-central-1.linodeobjects.com

Magalu

Here is an example of making a Magalu Object Storage configuration. First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n

Enter name for new remote.
name> magalu

Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...Magalu, ...and others
   \ (s3)
[snip]
Storage> s3

Option provider.
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
[snip]
XX / Magalu Object Storage
   \ (Magalu)
[snip]
provider> Magalu

Option env_auth.
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth> 1

Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> ACCESS_KEY

Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

Option endpoint.
Endpoint for Magalu Object Storage API.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / São Paulo, SP (BR), br-se1
   \ (br-se1.magaluobjects.com)
 2 / Fortaleza, CE (BR), br-ne1
   \ (br-ne1.magaluobjects.com)
endpoint> 2

Option acl.
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
If the acl is an empty string then no X-Amz-Acl: header is added and
the default (private) will be used.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
[snip]
acl> 

Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n

Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: s3
- provider: magalu
- access_key_id: ACCESS_KEY
- secret_access_key: SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
- endpoint: br-ne1.magaluobjects.com
Keep this "magalu" remote?
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

This will leave the config file looking like this.

[magalu]
type = s3
provider = Magalu
access_key_id = ACCESS_KEY
secret_access_key = SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
endpoint = br-ne1.magaluobjects.com

ArvanCloud

ArvanCloud ArvanCloud Object Storage goes beyond the limited traditional file storage. It gives you access to backup and archived files and allows sharing. Files like profile image in the app, images sent by users or scanned documents can be stored securely and easily in our Object Storage service.

ArvanCloud provides an S3 interface which can be configured for use with rclone like this.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
n/s> n
name> ArvanCloud
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 (also Dreamhost, Ceph, ChinaMobile, ArvanCloud, Liara, Minio)
   \ "s3"
[snip]
Storage> s3
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars). Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"
env_auth> 1
AWS Access Key ID - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
access_key_id> YOURACCESSKEY
AWS Secret Access Key (password) - leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
secret_access_key> YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
Region to connect to.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
   / The default endpoint - a good choice if you are unsure.
 1 | US Region, Northern Virginia, or Pacific Northwest.
   | Leave location constraint empty.
   \ "us-east-1"
[snip]
region> 
Endpoint for S3 API.
Leave blank if using ArvanCloud to use the default endpoint for the region.
Specify if using an S3 clone such as Ceph.
endpoint> s3.arvanstorage.com
Location constraint - must be set to match the Region. Used when creating buckets only.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Empty for Iran-Tehran Region.
   \ ""
[snip]
location_constraint>
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL. No one else has access rights (default).
   \ "private"
[snip]
acl>
The server-side encryption algorithm used when storing this object in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / None
   \ ""
 2 / AES256
   \ "AES256"
server_side_encryption>
The storage class to use when storing objects in S3.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Default
   \ ""
 2 / Standard storage class
   \ "STANDARD"
storage_class>
Remote config
--------------------
[ArvanCloud]
env_auth = false
access_key_id = YOURACCESSKEY
secret_access_key = YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
region = ir-thr-at1
endpoint = s3.arvanstorage.com
location_constraint =
acl =
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

This will leave the config file looking like this.

[ArvanCloud]
type = s3
provider = ArvanCloud
env_auth = false
access_key_id = YOURACCESSKEY
secret_access_key = YOURSECRETACCESSKEY
region =
endpoint = s3.arvanstorage.com
location_constraint =
acl =
server_side_encryption =
storage_class =

Tencent COS

Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) is a distributed storage service offered by Tencent Cloud for unstructured data. It is secure, stable, massive, convenient, low-delay and low-cost.

To configure access to Tencent COS, follow the steps below:

Run rclone config and select n for a new remote.

rclone config
No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n

Give the name of the configuration. For example, name it 'cos'.

name> cos

Select s3 storage.

Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ "s3"
[snip]
Storage> s3

Select TencentCOS provider.

Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
   \ "AWS"
[snip]
11 / Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS)
   \ "TencentCOS"
[snip]
provider> TencentCOS

Enter your SecretId and SecretKey of Tencent Cloud.

Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"
env_auth> 1
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
access_key_id> AKIDxxxxxxxxxx
AWS Secret Access Key (password)
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
secret_access_key> xxxxxxxxxxx

Select endpoint for Tencent COS. This is the standard endpoint for different region.

 1 / Beijing Region.
   \ "cos.ap-beijing.myqcloud.com"
 2 / Nanjing Region.
   \ "cos.ap-nanjing.myqcloud.com"
 3 / Shanghai Region.
   \ "cos.ap-shanghai.myqcloud.com"
 4 / Guangzhou Region.
   \ "cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com"
[snip]
endpoint> 4

Choose acl and storage class.

Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Owner gets Full_CONTROL. No one else has access rights (default).
   \ "default"
[snip]
acl> 1
The storage class to use when storing new objects in Tencent COS.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Default
   \ ""
[snip]
storage_class> 1
Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n
Remote config
--------------------
[cos]
type = s3
provider = TencentCOS
env_auth = false
access_key_id = xxx
secret_access_key = xxx
endpoint = cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com
acl = default
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
Current remotes:

Name                 Type
====                 ====
cos                  s3

Netease NOS

For Netease NOS configure as per the configurator rclone config setting the provider Netease. This will automatically set force_path_style = false which is necessary for it to run properly.

Petabox

Here is an example of making a Petabox configuration. First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
n/s> n

Enter name for new remote.
name> My Petabox Storage

Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ "s3"
[snip]
Storage> s3

Option provider.
Choose your S3 provider.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
[snip]
XX / Petabox Object Storage
   \ (Petabox)
[snip]
provider> Petabox

Option env_auth.
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth> 1

Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID

Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

Option region.
Region where your bucket will be created and your data stored.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / US East (N. Virginia)
   \ (us-east-1)
 2 / Europe (Frankfurt)
   \ (eu-central-1)
 3 / Asia Pacific (Singapore)
   \ (ap-southeast-1)
 4 / Middle East (Bahrain)
   \ (me-south-1)
 5 / South America (São Paulo)
   \ (sa-east-1)
region> 1

Option endpoint.
Endpoint for Petabox S3 Object Storage.
Specify the endpoint from the same region.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
 1 / US East (N. Virginia)
   \ (s3.petabox.io)
 2 / US East (N. Virginia)
   \ (s3.us-east-1.petabox.io)
 3 / Europe (Frankfurt)
   \ (s3.eu-central-1.petabox.io)
 4 / Asia Pacific (Singapore)
   \ (s3.ap-southeast-1.petabox.io)
 5 / Middle East (Bahrain)
   \ (s3.me-south-1.petabox.io)
 6 / South America (São Paulo)
   \ (s3.sa-east-1.petabox.io)
endpoint> 1

Option acl.
Canned ACL used when creating buckets and storing or copying objects.
This ACL is used for creating objects and if bucket_acl isn't set, for creating buckets too.
For more info visit https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/acl-overview.html#canned-acl
Note that this ACL is applied when server-side copying objects as S3
doesn't copy the ACL from the source but rather writes a fresh one.
If the acl is an empty string then no X-Amz-Acl: header is added and
the default (private) will be used.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 1 | No one else has access rights (default).
   \ (private)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 2 | The AllUsers group gets READ access.
   \ (public-read)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 3 | The AllUsers group gets READ and WRITE access.
   | Granting this on a bucket is generally not recommended.
   \ (public-read-write)
   / Owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 4 | The AuthenticatedUsers group gets READ access.
   \ (authenticated-read)
   / Object owner gets FULL_CONTROL.
 5 | Bucket owner gets READ access.
   | If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
   \ (bucket-owner-read)
   / Both the object owner and the bucket owner get FULL_CONTROL over the object.
 6 | If you specify this canned ACL when creating a bucket, Amazon S3 ignores it.
   \ (bucket-owner-full-control)
acl> 1

Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> No

Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: s3
- provider: Petabox
- access_key_id: YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID
- secret_access_key: YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
- region: us-east-1
- endpoint: s3.petabox.io
Keep this "My Petabox Storage" remote?
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

This will leave the config file looking like this.

[My Petabox Storage]
type = s3
provider = Petabox
access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_ID
secret_access_key = YOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
region = us-east-1
endpoint = s3.petabox.io

Storj

Storj is a decentralized cloud storage which can be used through its native protocol or an S3 compatible gateway.

The S3 compatible gateway is configured using rclone config with a type of s3 and with a provider name of Storj. Here is an example run of the configurator.

Type of storage to configure.
Storage> s3
Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own boolean value (true or false).
Press Enter for the default (false).
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step.
   \ (false)
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM).
   \ (true)
env_auth> 1
Option access_key_id.
AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
access_key_id> XXXX (as shown when creating the access grant)
Option secret_access_key.
AWS Secret Access Key (password).
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
secret_access_key> XXXX (as shown when creating the access grant)
Option endpoint.
Endpoint of the Shared Gateway.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / EU1 Shared Gateway
   \ (gateway.eu1.storjshare.io)
 2 / US1 Shared Gateway
   \ (gateway.us1.storjshare.io)
 3 / Asia-Pacific Shared Gateway
   \ (gateway.ap1.storjshare.io)
endpoint> 1 (as shown when creating the access grant)
Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n

Note that s3 credentials are generated when you create an access grant.

Backend quirks

--chunk-size is forced to be 64 MiB or greater. This will use more memory than the default of 5 MiB.
Server side copy is disabled as it isn't currently supported in the gateway.
GetTier and SetTier are not supported.

Backend bugs

Due to issue #39 uploading multipart files via the S3 gateway causes them to lose their metadata. For rclone's purpose this means that the modification time is not stored, nor is any MD5SUM (if one is available from the source).

This has the following consequences:

Using rclone rcat will fail as the medatada doesn't match after upload
Uploading files with rclone mount will fail for the same reason
- This can worked around by using --vfs-cache-mode writes or --vfs-cache-mode full or setting --s3-upload-cutoff large
Files uploaded via a multipart upload won't have their modtimes
- This will mean that rclone sync will likely keep trying to upload files bigger than --s3-upload-cutoff
- This can be worked around with --checksum or --size-only or setting --s3-upload-cutoff large
- The maximum value for --s3-upload-cutoff is 5GiB though

One general purpose workaround is to set --s3-upload-cutoff 5G. This means that rclone will upload files smaller than 5GiB as single parts. Note that this can be set in the config file with upload_cutoff = 5G or configured in the advanced settings. If you regularly transfer files larger than 5G then using --checksum or --size-only in rclone sync is the recommended workaround.

Comparison with the native protocol

Use the the native protocol to take advantage of client-side encryption as well as to achieve the best possible download performance. Uploads will be erasure-coded locally, thus a 1gb upload will result in 2.68gb of data being uploaded to storage nodes across the network.

Use this backend and the S3 compatible Hosted Gateway to increase upload performance and reduce the load on your systems and network. Uploads will be encrypted and erasure-coded server-side, thus a 1GB upload will result in only in 1GB of data being uploaded to storage nodes across the network.

For more detailed comparison please check the documentation of the storj backend.

Memory usage {memory}

The most common cause of rclone using lots of memory is a single directory with millions of files in. Despite s3 not really having the concepts of directories, rclone does the sync on a directory by directory basis to be compatible with normal filing systems.

Rclone loads each directory into memory as rclone objects. Each rclone object takes 0.5k-1k of memory, so approximately 1GB per 1,000,000 files, and the sync for that directory does not begin until it is entirely loaded in memory. So the sync can take a long time to start for large directories.

To sync a directory with 100,000,000 files in you would need approximately 100 GB of memory. At some point the amount of memory becomes difficult to provide so there is a workaround for this which involves a bit of scripting.

At some point rclone will gain a sync mode which is effectively this workaround but built in to rclone.

Limitations

rclone about is not supported by the S3 backend. Backends without this capability cannot determine free space for an rclone mount or use policy mfs (most free space) as a member of an rclone union remote.

See List of backends that do not support rclone about and rclone about

Synology C2 Object Storage

Synology C2 Object Storage provides a secure, S3-compatible, and cost-effective cloud storage solution without API request, download fees, and deletion penalty.

The S3 compatible gateway is configured using rclone config with a type of s3 and with a provider name of Synology. Here is an example run of the configurator.

First run:

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process.

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config

n/s/q> n

Enter name for new remote.1
name> syno

Type of storage to configure.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value

XX / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers including AWS, ...
   \ "s3"

Storage> s3

Choose your S3 provider.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 24 / Synology C2 Object Storage
   \ (Synology)

provider> Synology

Get AWS credentials from runtime (environment variables or EC2/ECS meta data if no env vars).
Only applies if access_key_id and secret_access_key is blank.
Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default ("false").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Enter AWS credentials in the next step
   \ "false"
 2 / Get AWS credentials from the environment (env vars or IAM)
   \ "true"

env_auth> 1

AWS Access Key ID.
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").

access_key_id> accesskeyid

AWS Secret Access Key (password)
Leave blank for anonymous access or runtime credentials.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").

secret_access_key> secretaccesskey

Region where your data stored.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / Europe Region 1
   \ (eu-001)
 2 / Europe Region 2
   \ (eu-002)
 3 / US Region 1
   \ (us-001)
 4 / US Region 2
   \ (us-002)
 5 / Asia (Taiwan)
   \ (tw-001)

region > 1

Option endpoint.
Endpoint for Synology C2 Object Storage API.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
Press Enter to leave empty.
 1 / EU Endpoint 1
   \ (eu-001.s3.synologyc2.net)
 2 / US Endpoint 1
   \ (us-001.s3.synologyc2.net)
 3 / TW Endpoint 1
   \ (tw-001.s3.synologyc2.net)

endpoint> 1

Option location_constraint.
Location constraint - must be set to match the Region.
Leave blank if not sure. Used when creating buckets only.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
location_constraint>

Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No
y/n> y

Option no_check_bucket.
If set, don't attempt to check the bucket exists or create it.
This can be useful when trying to minimise the number of transactions
rclone does if you know the bucket exists already.
It can also be needed if the user you are using does not have bucket
creation permissions. Before v1.52.0 this would have passed silently
due to a bug.
Enter a boolean value (true or false). Press Enter for the default (true).

no_check_bucket> true

Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: s3
- provider: Synology
- region: eu-001
- endpoint: eu-001.s3.synologyc2.net
- no_check_bucket: true
Keep this "syno" remote?
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote

y/e/d> y

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Modification times and hashes

Modification times

Hashes

Reducing costs

Avoiding HEAD requests to read the modification time

Avoiding GET requests to read directory listings

Avoiding HEAD requests after PUT

Increasing performance

Using server-side copy

Increasing the rate of API requests

Versions

Versions naming caveat

Cleanup

Restricted filename characters

Multipart uploads

Buckets and Regions

Authentication

S3 Permissions

Key Management System (KMS)

Glacier and Glacier Deep Archive

Object-lock enabled S3 bucket

Standard options

--s3-provider

--s3-env-auth

--s3-access-key-id

--s3-secret-access-key

--s3-region

--s3-endpoint

--s3-location-constraint

--s3-acl

--s3-server-side-encryption

--s3-sse-kms-key-id

--s3-storage-class

Advanced options

--s3-bucket-acl

--s3-requester-pays

--s3-sse-customer-algorithm

--s3-sse-customer-key

--s3-sse-customer-key-base64

--s3-sse-customer-key-md5

--s3-upload-cutoff

--s3-chunk-size

--s3-max-upload-parts

--s3-copy-cutoff

--s3-disable-checksum

--s3-shared-credentials-file

--s3-profile

--s3-session-token

--s3-upload-concurrency

--s3-force-path-style

--s3-v2-auth

--s3-use-dual-stack

--s3-use-accelerate-endpoint

--s3-leave-parts-on-error

--s3-list-chunk

--s3-list-version

--s3-list-url-encode

--s3-no-check-bucket

--s3-no-head

--s3-no-head-object

--s3-encoding

--s3-memory-pool-flush-time

--s3-memory-pool-use-mmap

--s3-disable-http2

--s3-download-url

--s3-directory-markers

--s3-use-multipart-etag

--s3-use-unsigned-payload

--s3-use-presigned-request

--s3-versions

--s3-version-at

--s3-version-deleted

--s3-decompress

--s3-might-gzip

--s3-use-accept-encoding-gzip

--s3-no-system-metadata

--s3-sts-endpoint

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