Hello, sorry if this is not the right place to ask this, but i’m kinda beat.
I just bought a 1TB Google drive plan, and i’m planning on backing up and syncing some folders on my desktop(document folder, desktop etc) but how can I do so in a way, where I can backup the folders to Google drive but they are encrypted in google drive? And a way where it can sync up the folder so I don’t have to upload the whole folder every time I change or update something on my PC? I setup a remote and linked it to Google Drive, now i’m completely lost
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 7, 2018, 12:51pm
2
You have to create an encrypted remote in your google drive. See: https://rclone.org/crypt/ . Run rclone config
and follow the steps.
You have the answer yourself: use the sync command. See: https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_sync/
Sorry but I am completely lost here. I just setup the remote and linked my Google Drive, now what do I do?
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 8, 2018, 5:40pm
4
You probably created your remote on google drive as unencrypted, which is correct.
You should now create a new encrypted remote pointing to a folder in your remote created in google drive.
See how my rclone.conf
file looks (in this case with Dropbox):
[MyDropbox]
type = dropbox
app_key =
app_secret =
token = {"access_token":"............."}
[MyDropbox_crypt]
type = crypt
remote = MyDropbox:folder_encrypted
filename_encryption = off
password = ..............
password2 = ..............
Therefore, all the files that I transfer to MyDropbox_crypt
will be stored encrypted in the folder folder_encrypted
in my dropbox account.
I’m lost. Okay, please do not be vague… this is my first time using a command prompt like this. I created a encrypted remote I believe, now what? If possible please do a step by step i’m completely lost
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 8, 2018, 11:37pm
6
Ok, so from the beginning: you used the rclone config
command to create the remote, right? Then a configuration file rclone.conf
was created. Paste here the contents of this file (without the passwords!) and I will indicate the next step.
Where exactly do I get the rclone.conf file? (Sorry for so many questions)
Windows 10, latest update
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 9, 2018, 12:00am
10
So you’ll probably find it in:
C:\Users\[your user name]\.config\rclone
Thank you, here’s the config
[gdrive]
type = crypt
client_id =
client_secret =
scope = drive
root_folder_id =
service_account_file =
token =[edited out]
remote = secure
filename_encryption = standard
directory_name_encryption = true
password = [edited out]
password2 = [edited out]
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 9, 2018, 12:06am
12
Then you have a remote named gdrive, encrypted (type = crypt
) and pointing to a remote named “secure”. Did you create this “secure” remote?
Yes I did, but I may have not saved it… here’s what appears when I do rclone config
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.137]
© 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Daniel>cd\
C:>cd rclone
C:\rclone>rclone config
Current remotes:
Name Type
==== ====
gdrive crypt
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>
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 9, 2018, 12:10am
14
And did you saved the key (token)?
See a google drive remote from my rclone.conf
file:
[GDrive_user]
type = drive
client_id =
client_secret =
service_account_file =
token = {"access_token": ".....................
Yes I did, I just edited it for safety
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 9, 2018, 12:16am
16
So let’s try to edit your rclone.conf
file directly (it’s a normal txt file). Be careful when saving, don’t add a txt
extension (rclone.conf.txt
).
Add these lines at the beginning:
[secure]
type = drive
client_id =
client_secret =
service_account_file =
token = {"access_token":" your saved token here "}
Alright just did, what do I do next?
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 9, 2018, 12:21am
18
In this line of the rclone file:
remote = secure
modify to:
remote = secure:some_encripted_folder
Where some_encripted_folder
is a folder you should create on your google drive, and within encrypted files will be stored. Choose the name you want.
TowerBR
(TowerBR)
July 9, 2018, 12:23am
19
Paste here the rclone.conf
file again.
[secure]
type = drive
client_id =
client_secret =
service_account_file =
token = {“access_token”:“access_token”:"[edited out]"}
[gdrive]
type = crypt
client_id =
client_secret =
scope = drive
root_folder_id =
service_account_file =
token = {“access_token”:"[edited out]"}
remote = secure:Backup
filename_encryption = standard
directory_name_encryption = true
password = [edited out]
password2 = [edited out]