Can we set user/password from `rclone serve` with environment variables?

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I would like to set the user/password from a rclone serve command using environment variables, rather than using the --user and --pass flag. Something like RCLONE_SERVE_AUTHKEYS. Documentation makes no mention of serve commands, so Iā€™m not sure how to proceed, or if the feature even exist

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.71.2-DEV

  • os/version: arch (64 bit)
  • os/kernel: 6.18.2-arch2-1 (x86_64)
  • os/type: linux
  • os/arch: amd64
  • go/version: go1.25.3 X:nodwarf5
  • go/linking: dynamic
  • go/tags: none

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

S3 (serve)

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welcome to the forum,

based on the example in rclone docs

@set RCLONE_AUTH_KEY="ACCESS_KEY_ID,SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"

rclone serve s3 d:\zork -vv 
DEBUG : Setting --auth-key "ACCESS_KEY_ID,SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" from environment variable RCLONE_AUTH_KEY="\"ACCESS_KEY_ID,SECRET_ACCESS_KEY\""
DEBUG : Setting  auth_key="\"ACCESS_KEY_ID,SECRET_ACCESS_KEY\"" from environment variable RCLONE_AUTH_KEY
DEBUG : Setting --config "d:\\data\\rclone\\rclone.conf" from environment variable RCLONE_CONFIG="d:\\data\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.71.2" starting with parameters ["d:\\data\\rclone\\rclone.exe" "serve" "s3" "d:\\zork" "-vv"]
DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "d:\\zork"
DEBUG : Using config file from "d:\\data\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "d:\\zork" to be canonical "//?/d:/zork"
DEBUG : Local file system at //?/d:/zork: Using hash md5 for ETag
INFO  : Local file system at //?/d:/zork: poll-interval is not supported by this remote
NOTICE: Local file system at //?/d:/zork: Starting s3 server on [http://127.0.0.1:8080/]
DEBUG : serve s3: LIST BUCKET
DEBUG : serve s3: bucketname:%!(EXTRA string=zork, string=prefix:, gofakes3.Prefix=prefix:"", delim:"", string=page:, string={Marker: HasMarker:false MaxKeys:1000})


rclone tree serves3: -vv
DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.71.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "tree" "serves3:" "-vv"]
DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "serves3:"
DEBUG : Using config file from "d:\\data\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
DEBUG : S3 root: Disabling multipart uploads
DEBUG : Stat: filePath="/"
DEBUG : >Stat: fi=, err=<nil>
DEBUG : ReadDir: dir=/
DEBUG : >ReadDir: names=[zork], err=<nil>
DEBUG : Stat: filePath="\\zork"
DEBUG : >Stat: fi=zork, err=<nil>
DEBUG : ReadDir: dir=\zork
DEBUG : >ReadDir: names=[file.ext], err=<nil>
DEBUG : Stat: filePath="\\zork\\file.ext"
DEBUG : >Stat: fi=zork\file.ext, err=<nil>
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1 directories, 1 files
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Thanks !

Is it normal that the variables is not mentioned in rclone serve s3 ?

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welcome

Every option in rclone can have its default set by environment variable