This docker image provides you with a small nfs-server that exposes your rclone remote. You can then access all your rclones remote files via NFS.
Be aware that nfs-server needs some special privileges to be able to start and also rclone needs privileges to be able to mount within a container. So you must run the container in privileged mode or provide the correct system capabilites. So be aware to run this container in a secure environment since it has more privileges than normal.
The host needs to have nfs and nfsd kernel modules loaded. You can do this by installing nfs-common package and optionally modprobing nfs and nfsd if not done automatically.
On debian based linux distributions this would work like this:
sudo apt-get install nfs-common
If you just want to use NFSv4 which only needs tcp port 2049 you can run the following. Your rclone.conf file in the directory you mount into the docker container needs to contain a remote with the name remote. Only this remote will be mounted and exposed via NFS.
[remote] # the name here is important
type = crypt
remote = gdrive:storage/rclone-path
filename_encryption = standard
directory_name_encryption = true
... further settings
docker run -v /path/to/rclone/confdir:/rclone/config -p 0.0.0.0:2049:2049 --privileged registry.gitlab.com/encircle360-oss/rclone-nfs-server:latest
Afterwards just use the NFS client or tool you want to connect to the host you binded. In case of the example it's the host which runs docker (10.10.10.10).
mkdir -p /mnt/test
sudo mount -t nfs 10.10.10.10:/ /mnt/test
You can customize many settings in the underlying nfs-server. For example it's also possible to restrict the IP addresses that are allowed to connect via NFS exports or to disable or enable specific NFS versions. In the default the container will spawn both simultaniously, NFSv4 and NFSv3.
You can find all customization options here.
Feel free to contribute to this open source project. Just fork, change and create a pull or merge request to this repository.
- Make rclone mount configurable
- Multiple rcloune mounts and nfs exports
This is open source software by encircle360. Use on your own risk and for personal use. If you need support or consultancy just contact us.