Rclone config times out for google drive

Hi,

Upon configuring rclone for google drive, it times out while trying to get the authorization from web browser.

Version used:

rclone --version
rclone v1.45

  • os/arch: linux/amd64
  • go version: go1.11.2

Steps followed:

rclone config
2019/01/29 10:55:10 NOTICE: Config file “/home/mrajaa/.config/rclone/rclone.conf” not found - using defaults
No remotes found - make a new one
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> remote
Type of storage to configure.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / A stackable unification remote, which can appear to merge the contents of several remotes
\ “union”
2 / Alias for a existing remote
\ “alias”
3 / Amazon Drive
\ “amazon cloud drive”
4 / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Providers (AWS, Ceph, Dreamhost, IBM COS, Minio)
\ “s3”
5 / Backblaze B2
\ “b2”
6 / Box
\ “box”
7 / Cache a remote
\ “cache”
8 / Dropbox
\ “dropbox”
9 / Encrypt/Decrypt a remote
\ “crypt”
10 / FTP Connection
\ “ftp”
11 / Google Cloud Storage (this is not Google Drive)
\ “google cloud storage”
12 / Google Drive
\ “drive”
13 / Hubic
\ “hubic”
14 / JottaCloud
\ “jottacloud”
15 / Local Disk
\ “local”
16 / Mega
\ “mega”
17 / Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
\ “azureblob”
18 / Microsoft OneDrive
\ “onedrive”
19 / OpenDrive
\ “opendrive”
20 / Openstack Swift (Rackspace Cloud Files, Memset Memstore, OVH)
\ “swift”
21 / Pcloud
\ “pcloud”
22 / QingCloud Object Storage
\ “qingstor”
23 / SSH/SFTP Connection
\ “sftp”
24 / Webdav
\ “webdav”
25 / Yandex Disk
\ “yandex”
26 / http Connection
\ “http”
Storage> 12
** See help for drive backend at: https://rclone.org/drive/ **

Google Application Client Id
Leave blank normally.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
client_id>
Google Application Client Secret
Leave blank normally.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
client_secret>
Scope that rclone should use when requesting access from drive.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Full access all files, excluding Application Data Folder.
\ “drive”
2 / Read-only access to file metadata and file contents.
\ “drive.readonly”
/ Access to files created by rclone only.
3 | These are visible in the drive website.
| File authorization is revoked when the user deauthorizes the app.
\ “drive.file”
/ Allows read and write access to the Application Data folder.
4 | This is not visible in the drive website.
\ “drive.appfolder”
/ Allows read-only access to file metadata but
5 | does not allow any access to read or download file content.
\ “drive.metadata.readonly”
scope> 1
ID of the root folder
Leave blank normally.
Fill in to access “Computers” folders. (see docs).
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
root_folder_id>
Service Account Credentials JSON file path
Leave blank normally.
Needed only if you want use SA instead of interactive login.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
service_account_file>
Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No
y/n> n
Remote config
Use auto config?

  • Say Y if not sure
  • Say N if you are working on a remote or headless machine or Y didn’t work
    y) Yes
    n) No
    y/n> y
    If your browser doesn’t open automatically go to the following link: http://127.0.0.1:53682/auth
    Log in and authorize rclone for access
    Waiting for code…
    Got code

2019/01/29 10:56:04 Failed to configure token: failed to get token: Post
someauthurl dial tcp someipfollowedbyport : i/o timeout

Here while browser pops up, I have authorized and it says “All done. Please go back to rclone”. And then it prints “Got code” in CLI and still it times out.

I have found out the solution to this. Since I am behind corporate network, I had to export proxy settings via CLI to make rclone config to work.

Glad you’ve fixed it :slight_smile: