Configure rclone into Docker container

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Hi all,
I'm using rclone in my linux web server as shared storage for any files that I read from the web application. I configured it with Google Drive without problem.

Now I'm trying to convert my VM into a container, and I started from the Tomcat container, and I installed the rclone using Dockerfile below:

VM:

rclone:
rclone v1.53.3
- os/arch: linux/amd64
- go version: go1.15.5
OS:
Oracle Linux 8.3

Docker Container:

rclone:
rclone v1.54.1
- os/arch: linux/amd64
- go version: go1.15.8
OS:
Linux debian 10.8

Dovckerfile:

FROM tomcat:jdk8

COPY ./files /tmp/

RUN set -x
&& mkdir /opt/googledrive-rclone
&& chmod a+x /tmp/install.sh
&& /tmp/install.sh
&& mkdir /root/.config
&& mkdir /root/.config/rclone
&& mv /tmp/rclone.conf /root/.config/rclone/rclone.conf
;

EXPOSE 8080
CMD ["catalina.sh", "run"]

Now I'm testing the container, I'm running into the container this mount command:

rclone mount gdrive: /opt/googledrive-rclone/

I receive this error:

root@c18839c1276c:/usr/local/tomcat# rclone mount gdrive: /opt/externalemails/
2021/03/17 15:12:54 Fatal error: failed to mount FUSE fs: fusermount: exec: "fusermount": executable file not found in $PATH

Thanks for the update.

2

Hi, welcome to the forum!

Do you have package fuse installed in your container? See also rclone's official Dockerfile.

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Hi Albertony,
thank you for your reply.

I think it wasn't installed, I'm trying to install it.

I tried to use the offical Docker container for rclone, but I can't start it.
Did you use it?

Thanks for your support.
Marco

4

Good, let me know how if it works out!

No, have not tried it myself.

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I installed fuse with this command:

+ apt-get install fuse exfat-fuse exfat-utils -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following additional packages will be installed:
libfuse2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
exfat-fuse exfat-utils fuse libfuse2
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 275 kB of archives.
After this operation, 808 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libfuse2 amd64 2.9.9-1+deb10u1 [128 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 fuse amd64 2.9.9-1+deb10u1 [72.3 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 exfat-fuse amd64 1.3.0-1 [29.4 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 exfat-utils amd64 1.3.0-1 [45.2 kB]
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
Fetched 275 kB in 0s (2716 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libfuse2:amd64.
(Reading database ... 12572 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libfuse2_2.9.9-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libfuse2:amd64 (2.9.9-1+deb10u1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package fuse.
Preparing to unpack .../fuse_2.9.9-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking fuse (2.9.9-1+deb10u1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package exfat-fuse.
Preparing to unpack .../exfat-fuse_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking exfat-fuse (1.3.0-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package exfat-utils.
Preparing to unpack .../exfat-utils_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking exfat-utils (1.3.0-1) ...
Setting up libfuse2:amd64 (2.9.9-1+deb10u1) ...
Setting up exfat-utils (1.3.0-1) ...
Setting up fuse (2.9.9-1+deb10u1) ...
Setting up exfat-fuse (1.3.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-10) ...

but now I receive this error:

root@796b8aacd8b1:/opt/externalemails# rclone mount gdrive: /opt/externalemails/
2021/03/17 15:42:26 mount helper error: fusermount: fuse device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first
2021/03/17 15:42:26 Fatal error: failed to mount FUSE fs: fusermount: exit status 1

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What is the host machine?

Does it have FUSE support built into its kernel?

7

How can check if FUSE support built into its kernel?

The docker image is: tomcat:jdk8 based on Debian 10.8 with kernel
5.4.17-2036.104.4.el8uek.x86_64

8

You need to check the host not the docker image.

Also check the installing with docker section on the website - are you using these magic flags

mkdir -p ~/data/mount
docker run --rm \
    --volume ~/.config/rclone:/config/rclone \
    --volume ~/data:/data:shared \
    --user $(id -u):$(id -g) \
    --volume /etc/passwd:/etc/passwd:ro --volume /etc/group:/etc/group:ro \
    --device /dev/fuse --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --security-opt apparmor:unconfined \
    rclone/rclone \
    mount dropbox:Photos /data/mount &

I suspect that the --device /dev/fuse --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --security-opt apparmor:unconfined line is the one you need to fix this problem.

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Thank you for your reply.

rclone works correctly on my host, the problem is that it must run into the docker container.
I would create a custom image with Tomcat and rclone in the same image.
Is it possible?

10

Sure.

Did you try adding

--device /dev/fuse --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --security-opt apparmor:unconfined

to your docker run command.

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Hi,
thanks you so much for your reply, it works.

I have the last question: how can run the command

rclone mount gdrive: /opt/externalemails/

inside the container?
In my VM I run it as a services, how can add it on the Dockerfile?

Thanks a lot for your support.

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Great!

Parameters you add to your docker command line will get passed to rclone, so something like this, assuming /opt/externalemails is an empty folder.

docker run --rm \
    --volume ~/.config/rclone:/config/rclone \
    --volume /opt/externalemails:/data:shared \
    --user $(id -u):$(id -g) \
    --volume /etc/passwd:/etc/passwd:ro --volume /etc/group:/etc/group:ro \
    --device /dev/fuse --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --security-opt apparmor:unconfined \
    rclone/rclone \
    mount gdrive: /data
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