Mount cmd for web server

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I have a second dedicated server where i pointed my web server to mounted remote, i do not have to upload any file from local to remote, but have to download from remote to local cache when someone hit that file with https request,
My below cmd is good for this purpose? any suggestion recommendations?

rclone mount Dropbox: /www/wwwroot/videos/box --daemon --allow-other --poll-interval 10s --tpslimit 12 --tpslimit-burst 12 --dir-cache-time 5000h --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-age 150h --vfs-cache-max-size 600G --cache-dir /www/wwwroot/cache --transfers 64 --log-file /www/wwwroot/rclone.log --dropbox-batch-mode async --dropbox-batch-size 1000 --dropbox-batch-timeout 10s --checkers 64 --fast-list --checksum

I use this cmd for move files on other server and its very fast,
Thnaks

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these do nothing on a mount --checkers 64 --fast-list
not sure that --checksum does anything at all, or anything of use.

why not just test the command?

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This is live server many peoples are connected so cannot play with it, thats why needed some experts help, thanks for helping i will remove these flags

4

then setup a second rclone mount command.

based on the documenation, these flags are only for uploads
--dropbox-batch-mode async --dropbox-batch-size 1000 --dropbox-batch-timeout 10s

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so the final cmd will be like below

rclone mount Dropbox: /www/wwwroot/videos/box --daemon --allow-other --poll-interval 10s --tpslimit 12 --tpslimit-burst 12 --dir-cache-time 5000h --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-age 150h --vfs-cache-max-size 600G --cache-dir /www/wwwroot/cache --transfers 64 --log-file /www/wwwroot/rclone.log

Thanks a lot

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as far as i know, when using --vfs-cache-mode full
--transfers 64 does nothing.

i could be wrong, but with any `rclone mount, that flag does nothing.

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my mount cmd is

rclone mount Dropbox: /www/wwwroot/videos/box --daemon --allow-other --poll-interval 10s --tpslimit 12 --tpslimit-burst 12 --dir-cache-time 5000h --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-age 150h --vfs-cache-max-size 200G --cache-dir /www/wwwroot/cache --transfers 64 --log-file /www/wwwroot/rclone.log --allow-non-empty

and getting this error

2022/02/16 16:06:27 ERROR : /www/wwwroot/videos/box: Failed to unmount: exit status 1: fusermount: failed to unmount /www/wwwroot/videos/box: Device or resource busy

any idea

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why did you add --allow-non-empty???

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because i saw in log file

2022/02/16 16:10:46 Fatal error: Directory already mounted, use --allow-non-empty to mount anyway: /www/wwwroot/videos/box
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--- --allow-non-empty should never be used.
--- make sure you are not running another rclone mount in the background.

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no i checked with below cmd and there no any other mount cmd running

ps -aux | grep rclone
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getting this error

2022/02/16 16:20:58 INFO  : Starting transaction limiter: max 12 transactions/s with burst 12
2022/02/16 16:20:59 Fatal error: Directory already mounted, use --allow-non-empty to mount anyway: /www/wwwroot/videos/box
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You will probably get better performance if you use rclone serve http and proxy that with your webserver. The data is doing less looping through the kernel. It takes most of the same parameters as rclone mount including --vfs-cache-mode.

I'd suggest if you are staying with the mount that you add --read-only as the webserver will never need to write to the mount.

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Thank you so much, so my new cmd only for server where i dont have to upload anything on remote and only have to view from remote is below, plz take a look and guide me further if necessary,

rclone serve http Dropbox: /www/wwwroot/videos/box --daemon --allow-other --dir-cache-time 5000h --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-age 150h --vfs-cache-max-size 300G --cache-dir /www/wwwroot/cache --log-file /www/wwwroot/rclone.log

Thanks a lot

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That serves the files over http directly. You'd need to remove --daemon and --allow-other since these are mount only, but otherwise that looks fine

rclone serve http Dropbox: --dir-cache-time 5000h --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-age 150h --vfs-cache-max-size 300G --cache-dir /www/wwwroot/cache --log-file /www/wwwroot/rclone.log

That will serve the files on http://127.0.0.1:8080/ - proxy this with your webserver, or use it directly.

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using same cmd

rclone serve http Dropbox:/www/wwwroot/videos/box --dir-cache-time 5000h --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-age 150h --vfs-cache-max-size 300G --cache-dir /www/wwwroot/cache --log-file /www/wwwroot/rclone.log

also pointed domain at 127.0.01.:8080 but still not working,
Log file

2022/02/20 13:26:45 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.57.0" starting with parameters ["rclone" "serve" "http" "Dropbox:/www/wwwroot/videos/box" "--dir-cache-time" "5000h" "--vfs-cache-mode" "full" "--vfs-cache-max-age" "150h" "--vfs-cache-max-size" "300G" "--cache-dir" "/www/wwwroot/cache" "--log-file" "/www/wwwroot/rclone.log" "-vv"]
2022/02/20 13:26:45 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "Dropbox:/www/wwwroot/videos/box"
2022/02/20 13:26:45 DEBUG : Using config file from "/root/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2022/02/20 13:26:46 DEBUG : Dropbox root '': Using root namespace "10117126128"
2022/02/20 13:26:47 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "Dropbox:/www/wwwroot/videos/box" to be canonical "Dropbox:www/wwwroot/videos/box"
2022/02/20 13:26:47 INFO  : Dropbox root 'www/wwwroot/videos/box': Failed to get StartCursor: path/not_found/..
2022/02/20 13:26:47 DEBUG : vfs cache: root is "/www/wwwroot/cache"
2022/02/20 13:26:47 DEBUG : vfs cache: data root is "/www/wwwroot/cache/vfs/Dropbox/www/wwwroot/videos/box"
2022/02/20 13:26:47 DEBUG : vfs cache: metadata root is "/www/wwwroot/cache/vfsMeta/Dropbox/www/wwwroot/videos/box"
2022/02/20 13:26:47 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "/www/wwwroot/cache/vfs/Dropbox/www/wwwroot/videos/box"
2022/02/20 13:26:47 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "/www/wwwroot/cache/vfsMeta/Dropbox/www/wwwroot/videos/box"
2022/02/20 13:26:47 INFO  : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 0 (was 0) in use 0, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 0 (was 0)

Please

17

ops changed with root path and its working now
Thanks

18

now facing another issue, using rclone serve http i cannot open a php file from Dropbox, with mount cmd its working perfect, example domain.com/file.php
any clue?
Thanks

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Are you trying to run PHP files from Dropbox?

I think you will need a mount for that as serve http will just send the PHP files not run them.

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that is only a player file in php extension, trying to run videos in my own player, is there any other way to play videos in my own player using serve http?
Thanks