[Rclone] Mount vStorage on Window server

To Mount vStorage to Local Drive on Windows using Rclone, follow these instructions:

1. Download and Install Rclone

• You download Rclone via the link: https://rclone.org/downloads/ .

2. Create a certificate file rclone.conf

• After downloading and installing Rclone, create a file rclone.conf in the directory C:\Users\username\.config\rclonewith the content

[vstorage]
type = s3
provider = Other
access_key_id = <<Lấy thông tin từ vStorage Portal>>
secret_access_key = <<Lấy thông tin từ vStorage Portal>>
endpoint = https://hcm04.vstorage.vngcloud.vn

3. Perform mount

• Next, you can use Rclone with CMD or PowerShell

  • To list the objects in a bucket, use the command:

    C:\Users\stackops\Downloads\rclone.exe ls vstorage:[bucket_name]

  • To upload an object to a bucket, use the command:

    C:\Users\stackops\Downloads\rclone.exe copy [local_path] vstorage:[bucket_name]

  • To mount a bucket on vStorage to local_path, run the command:

    C:\Users\stackops\Downloads\rclone.exe mount vstorage:[bucket_name] [local_path] --vfs-cache-mode off --allow-non-empty --allow-other --drive-chunk-size 128M  --max-read-ahead 200M --dir-cache-time 30m

Note:

• If you encounter an error about missing winfsp package as shown below, you can download additional packages at this link https://github.com/billziss-gh/winfsp/releases/tag/v1.4.19049

• You do not need to create the local_path on the local machine when mounting.

• Rclone does not support background mode so you must not close cmd during use.