Rclone can't mount google drive in my Synology NAS

midd · June 10, 2023, 7:42pm

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I'm trying to mount to my google drive within my synology nas.

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

rclone v1.62.2

os/version: unknown
os/kernel: 4.4.302+ (x86_64)
os/type: linux
os/arch: amd64
go/version: go1.20.2
go/linking: static
go/tags: none

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

Google Drive

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

systemctl start rclone.service

[Unit]
Description=RClone Service
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=notify
Environment=RCLONE_CONFIG=/volume1/rclone/config/rclone.conf
KillMode=none
RestartSec=5
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount gdrive: /volume1/rclone/gdrive
--allow-other
--dir-cache-time 1000h
--log-level INFO
--log-file /volume1/rclone/config/rclone.log
--poll-interval 15s
--umask 002
--cache-dir=/volume1/rclone/rclone-cache
--vfs-cache-mode full
--vfs-cache-max-size 4G
--vfs-cache-max-age 0m

ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -uzq /volume1/rclone/gdrive
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

The results show:

root@mynas:/etc/systemd/system# systemctl status rclone.service -l
● rclone.service - RClone Service
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/rclone.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2023-06-10 14:19:12 -05; 1s ago
  Process: 19586 ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -u /volume1/rclone/gdrive (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 19576 ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount gdrive: /volume1/rclone/gdrive --allow-other --dir-cache-time 1000h --log-level INFO --log-file /volume1/rclone/config/rclone.log --poll-interval 15s --umask 002 --cache-dir=/volume1/rclone/rclone-cache --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-size 4G --vfs-cache-max-age 0m (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 19576 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jun 10 14:19:12 mynas systemd[1]: Failed to start RClone Service.
Jun 10 14:19:12 mynas systemd[1]: Unit rclone.service entered failed state.
Jun 10 14:19:12 mynas systemd[1]: rclone.service failed.

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

- type: drive
- scope: drive
- token: {"access_token":"","expiry":"2023-06-10T15:03:27.971569-04:00"}
- root_folder_id = 
- team_drive:

kapitainsky · June 10, 2023, 8:25pm

It is totally wrong - it should be in one line (if you prefer) - or use \ to make it multiple lines act as one:

after fixing include:

--log-file /path/to/logs/rclone-log.log \
--log-level DEBUG \

and post your fixed service file and results from /path/to/logs/rclone-log.log file

midd · June 11, 2023, 1:00am

Sorry I had the | in there but they don't appear when I copy paste the file. Here's a screen shot:

Here is the log file from the after adding the line

2023/06/10 19:56:20 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.62.2" starting with parameters ["/usr/bin/rclone" "mount" "gdrive:" "/volume1/rclone/gdrive" "--allow-other" "--dir-cache-time" "1000h" "--log-level" "INFO" "--log-file" "/volume1/rclone/config/rclone.log" "--log-level" "DEBUG" "--poll-interval" "15s" "--umask" "002" "--cache-dir=/volume1/rclone/rclone-cache" "--vfs-cache-mode" "full" "--vfs-cache-max-size" "4G" "--vfs-cache-max-age" "0m"]
2023/06/10 19:56:20 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "gdrive:"
2023/06/10 19:56:20 DEBUG : Using config file from "/volume1/rclone/config/rclone.conf"
2023/06/10 19:56:20 Failed to create file system for "gdrive:": didn't find section in config file
2023/06/10 19:56:25 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.62.2" starting with parameters ["/usr/bin/rclone" "mount" "gdrive:" "/volume1/rclone/gdrive" "--allow-other" "--dir-cache-time" "1000h" "--log-level" "INFO" "--log-file" "/volume1/rclone/config/rclone.log" "--log-level" "DEBUG" "--poll-interval" "15s" "--umask" "002" "--cache-dir=/volume1/rclone/rclone-cache" "--vfs-cache-mode" "full" "--vfs-cache-max-size" "4G" "--vfs-cache-max-age" "0m"]
2023/06/10 19:56:25 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "gdrive:"
2023/06/10 19:56:25 DEBUG : Using config file from "/volume1/rclone/config/rclone.conf"
2023/06/10 19:56:25 Failed to create file system for "gdrive:": didn't find section in config file
2023/06/10 19:56:31 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.62.2" starting with parameters ["/usr/bin/rclone" "mount" "gdrive:" "/volume1/rclone/gdrive" "--allow-other" "--dir-cache-time" "1000h" "--log-level" "INFO" "--log-file" "/volume1/rclone/config/rclone.log" "--log-level" "DEBUG" "--poll-interval" "15s" "--umask" "002" "--cache-dir=/volume1/rclone/rclone-cache" "--vfs-cache-mode" "full" "--vfs-cache-max-size" "4G" "--vfs-cache-max-age" "0m"]
2023/06/10 19:56:31 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "gdrive:"
2023/06/10 19:56:31 DEBUG : Using config file from "/volume1/rclone/config/rclone.conf"
2023/06/10 19:56:31 Failed to create file system for "gdrive:": didn't find section in config file

bstrmbrg · June 11, 2023, 1:32am

I think the error is because you are trying to mount a remote called "gdrive:" but you have no such remote configured. Your rclone config looks wrong. You havent specified any name for your remote. Here is an example of a correct configuration

[gdrive]
type = drive
token = 
root_folder_id = root
client_id = 
client_secret = 
team_drive = 

[gcrypt_direct]
type = crypt
remote = gdrive:/gdrive/crypt
filename_encryption = obfuscate
directory_name_encryption = true
password = 
password2 =

midd · June 11, 2023, 2:33am

Thanks! That did it. I had the rclone.conf formatted using colons (see my original post) changed it to the way you showed me and it works. Thanks for your help and your patience!

bstrmbrg · June 11, 2023, 2:48am

No problem! Just a side note, I strongly recommend setting up a crypt remote and monting that. If you plan on storing anything with less liberal copyrights than linux ISOs

midd · June 11, 2023, 11:03am

lol yeah. I'm actually trying to move all of the "important stuff" off my google drive to my nas. All this work to get it mounted in my Nas to copy everything and I get this:

However I can use rclone from one of my computers and make the transfer to my nas that way.

asdffdsa · June 11, 2023, 12:42pm

on your synbox, are you using the file station to move files around?
if so, that will not work. i once tried to figure out a workaround.

midd · June 11, 2023, 1:14pm

yes that I was using when I got the message

asdffdsa · June 11, 2023, 1:22pm

on the synbox, could use midnight commander or other such file manager.

midd · June 11, 2023, 1:34pm

Thanks for that. I'll download the tools package and give it a try.

bstrmbrg · June 12, 2023, 4:08pm

If you just want to manually copy/move some files back and forth, why not mount rclone on your PC and just copy between the mounted drives?

midd · June 12, 2023, 6:12pm

Yeah that’s what I’ve been doing.

bstrmbrg · June 12, 2023, 7:00pm

Oops, missed that part

system · July 12, 2023, 7:00pm

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Rclone can't mount google drive in my Synology NAS

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

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

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

The rclone config contents with secrets removed.

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