What is the procedure for adding a second mount?

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So I have a perfectly working encrypted mount that I have my media stored in, however I would like to attach a second mount and I’m wondering on the best way to go about this?

The script for my encrypted mount is as follows;

[Unit]
Description=RClone Service

[Service]
Type=notify
Environment=RCLONE_CONFIG=//home/craftyclown/.config/rclone/rclone.conf
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount "RichFlixCrypt:/Encrypted/" /home/craftyclown/Skull \
   --allow-other \
   --bind IP-ADDRESS \
   --buffer-size 256M \
   --dir-cache-time 72h \
   --drive-chunk-size 32M \
   --log-level INFO \
   --log-file /home/craftyclown/logs/rclone.log \
   --umask 002 \
   --vfs-read-chunk-size 128M \
   --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit off \
   --rc
ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -uz /home/craftyclown/Skull
Restart=on-failure
User=craftyclown
Group=craftyclown

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I tried adding a similar script for a second mount, however the service does not start and I get the following error in the logs;

2019/01/01 23:57:34 Failed to start remote control: start server failed: listen tcp 127.0.0.1:5572: bind: address already in use

2

Is this something to do with the first mount being bound to the IP address?
Does this prevent the second mount and if so is the bind even necessary?

3

If you aren’t using the rc features, just take that line out or you’d need to make it a different port.

--rc-addr=IP
IPaddress:Port or :Port to bind server to. (default “localhost:5572”)

So make it 5573 or something.

4

Thanks, I was actually using the script you suggested last time. I’m sure you recognise it :smiley:

So I don’t actually know what the purpose of -rc is. Does it make sense to just remove that from both scripts?

5

Yes, if you aren’t using it, you can remove it.

It’s for remote control features.

6

It’s working perfectly now. Thanks again.

I’m pretty much set up now, but I do have a slightly off topic question for you; Is there a certain level of security I should be considering for my VPS? I’ve removed root login and changed the SSH port, but that’s pretty much it so far.

7

That’s quite a bigger question, but in general, if you stopped the root login and use a complex password for the system, you should be pretty good.

I use a firewall so I only allow traffic to my box that’s very specific as otherwise, you’d want to turn off any service / application that you aren’t using.

8

Cool, thanks. With your firewall have you set it to only accept connections from the IP addresses of your friends and family? If you share your Plex libraries that is?

9

I just have Plex open as I ‘trust’ the Plex authentication to work properly and I log people that play stuff so I can always go back and see who does what.

10

Ah yes of course, that makes sense. Did you use UFW or something a little better? I was looking at CSF.

11

Well for my home network, I use an OPNSense firewall, which is similar to PFSense.

https://opnsense.org/