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Tutorial for creating/mounting an encrypted rclone volume

Install the dependencies

You have to install fuse on your system to run plexdrive/rclone. Please check your system on how to install fuse. Normally you can use:

apt-get install fuse

Mounting the unencrypted volume with plexdrive

  1. Then you should download the newest release from the GitHub release page.
  2. Create your own client id and client secret (see https://rclone.org/drive/#making-your-own-client-id).
  3. Create a systemd startup script for automatic startup on boot
# /etc/systemd/system/plexdrive.service

[Unit]
Description=Plexdrive
AssertPathIsDirectory=/mnt/plexdrive
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/plexdrive -v 2 /mnt/plexdrive
ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -u /mnt/plexdrive
Restart=on-abort

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
  1. Refresh your daemons
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  1. Run the application like this
sudo systemctl start plexdrive.service
  1. Activate the auto startup option
sudo systemctl enable plexdrive.service

Preparations in rclone

  1. Download and install rclone
  2. Configure a new rclone remote:
rclone config
  1. Select "new remote" remote image
  2. Give the remote a descriptive name. We will be using the name "local-crypt" throughout the rest of this guide.
  3. Select "5" for "Encrypt/Decrypt a remote" type image
  4. Now we need to specify the remote to decrypt. This needs to be the path where plexdrive is mounted:
/mnt/plexdrive/encrypted
  1. Encryption type: Select the same type of encryption that you initially chose when setting up your rclone encryption.
  2. Password: Use the same password you used then setting up your rclone encryption.
  3. Salt: Use the same salt you used when setting up your rclone encryption.
  4. Review the details and if everything looks good select "y".
  5. We should now have a working Encrypt/Decrypt remote.
  6. Create a systemd startup script for automatic startup on boot
# /etc/systemd/system/rclone.service

[Unit]
Description=Google Drive (rclone)
AssertPathIsDirectory=/mnt/media
After=plexdrive.service

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount --allow-other local-crypt: /mnt/media
ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -u /mnt/media
Restart=on-abort

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
  1. Refresh your daemons
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  1. Run the application like this
sudo systemctl start rclone.service
  1. Activate the auto startup option
sudo systemctl enable rclone.service