Fails to mount S3 bucket to Windows Server

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

Hi I am trying to mount an S3 bucket to a Windows EC2 instance, but I get an error when I try to do so

What is your rclone version (output from rclone version)

rclone-v1.51.0-windows-amd64

Which OS you are using and how many bits (eg Windows 7, 64 bit)

Windows Server 2019 Datacenter 64-bit

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

AWS S3 Storage

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

.\rclone mount bucketname:bucketname/ S: --vfs-cache-mode full

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

[bucketname]
type = s3
provider = AWS
access_key_id = xxxxxxxxxxxxx
secret_access_key = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
region = us-east-1
storage_class = STANDARD

A log from the command with the -vv flag

2020/11/03 08:08:27 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.51.0" starting with parameters ["C:\\rclone\\rclone.exe" "mount" "bucketname:bucketname/" "S:" "--vfs-cache-mode" "full" "-vv"]
2020/11/03 08:08:27 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.config\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
2020/11/03 08:08:27 DEBUG : S3 bucket bucketname: Mounting on "S:"
2020/11/03 08:08:27 INFO : S3 bucket bucketname: poll-interval is not supported by this remote
2020/11/03 08:08:27 DEBUG : vfs cache root is "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Local\\rclone\\vfs\\bucketname\\bucketname"
2020/11/03 08:08:27 DEBUG : Adding path "vfs/forget" to remote control registry
2020/11/03 08:08:27 DEBUG : Adding path "vfs/refresh" to remote control registry
2020/11/03 08:08:27 DEBUG : Adding path "vfs/poll-interval" to remote control registry
2020/11/03 08:08:27 DEBUG : S3 bucket bucketname: Mounting with options: ["-o" "fsname=bucketname:bucketname" "-o" "subtype=rclone" "-o" "max_readahead=131072" "-o" "attr_timeout=1" "-o" "atomic_o_trunc" "-o" "uid=-1" "-o" "gid=-1" "--FileSystemName=rclone" "-o" "volname=bucketname bucketname"]
2020/11/03 08:08:27 ERROR : S3 bucket bucketname: Mount failed
2020/11/03 08:08:27 Fatal error: failed to mount FUSE fs: mount stopped before calling Init: mount failed
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hello and welcome to the forum,

  • you might want to update to a latest version of rclone.
  • what version of winfsp?
  • before trying a mount, try rclone ls bucketname:bucketname
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Hi, thanks for the reply. The version of winfsp is 2020.2. I tried rclone ls bucketname:bucketname before trying the mount but get the same error. I will try and update to the latest version of rclone and see if that resolves the issue

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can you run rclone ls bucketname:bucketname -vv and post the output

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2020/11/03 17:18:45 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.51.0" starting with parameters ["C:\\rclone\\rclone.exe" "ls" "bucketname:bucketname" "-vv"]
2020/11/03 17:18:45 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.config\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
2020/11/03 17:18:45 DEBUG : 5 go routines active
2020/11/03 17:18:45 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.51.0" finishing with parameters ["C:\\rclone\\rclone.exe" "ls" "bucketname:bucketname" "-vv"]
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hi that's the output I get from rclone ls bucketname:bucketname -vv

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no error with that command.

do you have any files in that remote?
if not, perhaps try a rclone copy

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So I get this error when I try to rclone copy, but I'm not sure if that's an error or I'm getting the format wrong?

PS C:\rclone> .\rclone -vvv copy c:\test\test.txt bucketname:/

2020/11/03 17:53:06 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.51.0" starting with parameters ["C:\\rclone\\rclone.exe" "-vvv" "copy" "c:\\test\\test.txt" "bucketname:/"]
2020/11/03 17:53:06 DEBUG : Using config file from "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\.config\\rclone\\rclone.conf"
2020/11/03 17:53:06 ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 1 errors and: InvalidParameter: 1 validation error(s) found.
- minimum field size of 1, HeadObjectInput.Key.
2020/11/03 17:53:06 ERROR : Attempt 2/3 failed with 1 errors and: InvalidParameter: 1 validation error(s) found.
- minimum field size of 1, HeadObjectInput.Key.
2020/11/03 17:53:06 ERROR : Attempt 3/3 failed with 1 errors and: InvalidParameter: 1 validation error(s) found.
- minimum field size of 1, HeadObjectInput.Key.
2020/11/03 17:53:06 Failed to copy: InvalidParameter: 1 validation error(s) found.
- minimum field size of 1, HeadObjectInput.Key.
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not sure what the error is.

and can you post the real command as is?

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Sure, thing. It looks as though for the copy I was typing the command wrong as I managed to copy a file from my local folder to the S3 (remote) bucket. Is there a guide for upgrading rclone on Windows as I've only been able to find information on Linux systems ? Do I need to uninstall the current version before or after installing the newer version?

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on windows, there is no install.
rclone is a portable app.
so download it and run it.

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Hi, thanks for your help. It looks like upgrading to the latest version of rclone solved my problem.

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good to know...

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