Rclone GUI: Issues with mount point

[mgutt (Marc Gutt)]

I started the rclone container as follows:

docker run -d --name='rclone-gui' --net='bridge' -e TZ="Europe/Berlin" -e HOST_OS="Unraid" -e 'PUID'='99' -e 'PGID'='100' -p '5572:5572/tcp' -v '/mnt/user/appdata/rclone/config':'/config/rclone':'rw' -v '/mnt/user/web':'/data/web':'rw' -v '/mnt/cache/appdata/rclone/remotes':'/data/remotes':'rw' --device='/dev/fuse' --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --security-opt apparmor:unconfined 'rclone/rclone' rcd --rc-web-gui --rc-addr :5572 --rc-user john --rc-pass password --rc-web-gui-no-open-browser

Important part:
container's "/data/remotes" points to host's "/mnt/cache/appdata/rclone/remotes"

Adding a mount
After adding a config through the GUI I tried to add a mount. Issues:

1. I tried to add the mount point "/data/remotes/foo" for my remote. As "foo" does not exist the GUI returned an error 500. Suggestion: It would be nice if the error would be more clear like:

"/data/remotes/foo" does not exist

2. As its a GUI: Wouldn't it be better if it creates "/data/remotes/foo" automatically (or by additional confirmation dialog)?
3. I executed "mkdir /data/remotes/foo" and now I was able to add the mount point. I executed "ls /data/remotes/foo" which returns my remote files, but executing "ls /mnt/cache/appdata/rclone/remotes/foo" on the host, returns nothing. Isn't it possible to add mounts which are accessible outside of the container?
4. I restarted the container. While the configs are still there, the mount points are gone. Isn't it possible to make them persistent?

[ncw (Nick Craig-Wood)]

@mgutt

1. I tried to add the mount point "/data/remotes/foo" for my remote. As "foo" does not exist the GUI returned an error 500. Suggestion: It would be nice if the error would be more clear like:

"/data/remotes/foo" does not exist

There was almost certainly an nice error message in the 500 error - did the GUI not display it? If not then I suggest you make an issue here: Issues · rclone/rclone-webui-react · GitHub

@mgutt

As its a GUI: Wouldn't it be better if it creates "/data/remotes/foo" automatically (or by additional confirmation dialog)?

An additional message might be nice.

@mgutt

I executed "mkdir /data/remotes/foo" and now I was able to add the mount point. I executed "ls /data/remotes/foo" which returns my remote files, but executing "ls /mnt/cache/appdata/rclone/remotes/foo" on the host, returns nothing. Isn't it possible to add mounts which are accessible outside of the container?

You need to add the :shared tag to your mount line if you want that - see the example here: Install

@mgutt

I restarted the container. While the configs are still there, the mount points are gone. Isn't it possible to make them persistent?

That is a bit harder as the webgui is stateless, so it would have to be rclone doing that.