rclone/docs/content/tardigrade.md

title	description	date
Tardigrade	Rclone docs for Tardigrade	2020-04-24

{{< icon "fas fa-dove" >}} Tardigrade

Tardigrade is an encrypted, secure, and cost-effective object storage service that enables you to store, back up, and archive large amounts of data in a decentralized manner.

Setup

To make a new Tardigrade configuration you need one of the following:

• Access Grant that someone else shared with you.
• API Key of a Tardigrade project you are a member of.

Here is an example of how to make a remote called remote. First run:

 rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process:

Setup with access grant

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.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage
   \ "tardigrade"
[snip]
Storage> tardigrade
** See help for tardigrade backend at: https://rclone.org/tardigrade/ **

Choose an authentication method.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("existing").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Use an existing access grant.
   \ "existing"
 2 / Create a new access grant from satellite address, API key, and passphrase.
   \ "new"
provider> existing
Access Grant.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
access_grant> your-access-grant-received-by-someone-else
Remote config
--------------------
[remote]
type = tardigrade
access_grant = your-access-grant-received-by-someone-else
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

Setup with API key and passhprase

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.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
XX / Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage
   \ "tardigrade"
[snip]
Storage> tardigrade
** See help for tardigrade backend at: https://rclone.org/tardigrade/ **

Choose an authentication method.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("existing").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / Use an existing access grant.
   \ "existing"
 2 / Create a new access grant from satellite address, API key, and passphrase.
   \ "new"
provider> new
Satellite Address. Custom satellite address should match the format: `<nodeid>@<address>:<port>`.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("us-central-1.tardigrade.io").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
 1 / US Central 1
   \ "us-central-1.tardigrade.io"
 2 / Europe West 1
   \ "europe-west-1.tardigrade.io"
 3 / Asia East 1
   \ "asia-east-1.tardigrade.io"
satellite_address> 1
API Key.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
api_key> your-api-key-for-your-tardigrade-project
Encryption Passphrase. To access existing objects enter passphrase used for uploading.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
passphrase> your-human-readable-encryption-passphrase
Remote config
--------------------
[remote]
type = tardigrade
satellite_address = 12EayRS2V1kEsWESU9QMRseFhdxYxKicsiFmxrsLZHeLUtdps3S@us-central-1.tardigrade.io:7777
api_key = your-api-key-for-your-tardigrade-project
passphrase = your-human-readable-encryption-passphrase
access_grant = the-access-grant-generated-from-the-api-key-and-passphrase
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

Usage

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

Once configured you can then use rclone like this.

Create a new bucket

Use the mkdir command to create new bucket, e.g. bucket.

rclone mkdir remote:bucket

List all buckets

Use the lsf command to list all buckets.

rclone lsf remote:

Note the colon (:) character at the end of the command line.

Delete a bucket

Use the rmdir command to delete an empty bucket.

rclone rmdir remote:bucket

Use the purge command to delete a non-empty bucket with all its content.

rclone purge remote:bucket

Upload objects

Use the copy command to upload an object.

rclone copy --progress /home/local/directory/file.ext remote:bucket/path/to/dir/

The --progress flag is for displaying progress information. Remove it if you don't need this information.

Use a folder in the local path to upload all its objects.

rclone copy --progress /home/local/directory/ remote:bucket/path/to/dir/

Only modified files will be copied.

List objects

Use the ls command to list recursively all objects in a bucket.

rclone ls remote:bucket

Add the folder to the remote path to list recursively all objects in this folder.

rclone ls remote:bucket/path/to/dir/

Use the lsf command to list non-recursively all objects in a bucket or a folder.

rclone lsf remote:bucket/path/to/dir/

Download objects

Use the copy command to download an object.

rclone copy --progress remote:bucket/path/to/dir/file.ext /home/local/directory/

The --progress flag is for displaying progress information. Remove it if you don't need this information.

Use a folder in the remote path to download all its objects.

rclone copy --progress remote:bucket/path/to/dir/ /home/local/directory/

Delete objects

Use the deletefile command to delete a single object.

rclone deletefile remote:bucket/path/to/dir/file.ext

Use the delete command to delete all object in a folder.

rclone delete remote:bucket/path/to/dir/

Print the total size of objects

Use the size command to print the total size of objects in a bucket or a folder.

rclone size remote:bucket/path/to/dir/

Sync two Locations

Use the sync command to sync the source to the destination, changing the destination only, deleting any excess files.

rclone sync --progress /home/local/directory/ remote:bucket/path/to/dir/

The --progress flag is for displaying progress information. Remove it if you don't need this information.

Since this can cause data loss, test first with the --dry-run flag to see exactly what would be copied and deleted.

The sync can be done also from Tardigrade to the local file system.

rclone sync --progress remote:bucket/path/to/dir/ /home/local/directory/

Or between two Tardigrade buckets.

rclone sync --progress remote-us:bucket/path/to/dir/ remote-europe:bucket/path/to/dir/

Or even between another cloud storage and Tardigrade.

rclone sync --progress s3:bucket/path/to/dir/ tardigrade:bucket/path/to/dir/

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Standard Options

Here are the standard options specific to tardigrade (Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage).

--tardigrade-provider

Choose an authentication method.

• Config: provider
• Env Var: RCLONE_TARDIGRADE_PROVIDER
• Type: string
• Default: "existing"
• Examples:
  • "existing"
    • Use an existing access grant.
  • "new"
    • Create a new access grant from satellite address, API key, and passphrase.

--tardigrade-access-grant

Access Grant.

• Config: access_grant
• Env Var: RCLONE_TARDIGRADE_ACCESS_GRANT
• Type: string
• Default: ""

--tardigrade-satellite-address

Satellite Address. Custom satellite address should match the format: <nodeid>@<address>:<port>.

• Config: satellite_address
• Env Var: RCLONE_TARDIGRADE_SATELLITE_ADDRESS
• Type: string
• Default: "us-central-1.tardigrade.io"
• Examples:
  • "us-central-1.tardigrade.io"
    • US Central 1
  • "europe-west-1.tardigrade.io"
    • Europe West 1
  • "asia-east-1.tardigrade.io"
    • Asia East 1

--tardigrade-api-key

API Key.

• Config: api_key
• Env Var: RCLONE_TARDIGRADE_API_KEY
• Type: string
• Default: ""

--tardigrade-passphrase

Encryption Passphrase. To access existing objects enter passphrase used for uploading.

• Config: passphrase
• Env Var: RCLONE_TARDIGRADE_PASSPHRASE
• Type: string
• Default: ""

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