To access CloudStor with the command line or a WebDAV app, you will need to create an app password.
Find out more about creating or changing passwords
Note: CloudStor can authorise a maximum of three login events within a five minute time frame per account. We strongly recommend creating a separate app password for your WebDAV connection.
Why set a different password for WebDAV, desktop and mobile clients?
WebDAV
Learn more about syncing CloudStor with WebDAV
Command Line
Supported CLI tools
Rclone
Setup
Note items in bold text. These instructions are for v1.52.2 and the options may change in future updates.
C:\temp\rclone-v1.52.2-windows-amd64>rclone config
No remotes found - make a new one
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> CloudStor
Type of storage to configure.
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / 1Fichier
\ "fichier"
2 / Alias for an existing remote
\ "alias"
3 / Amazon Drive
\ "amazon cloud drive"
4 / Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Provider (AWS, Alibaba, Ceph, Digital Ocean, Dreamhost, IBM COS, Minio, etc)
\ "s3"
5 / Backblaze B2
\ "b2"
6 / Box
\ "box"
7 / Cache a remote
\ "cache"
8 / Citrix Sharefile
\ "sharefile"
9 / Dropbox
\ "dropbox"
10 / Encrypt/Decrypt a remote
\ "crypt"
11 / FTP Connection
\ "ftp"
12 / Google Cloud Storage (this is not Google Drive)
\ "google cloud storage"
13 / Google Drive
\ "drive"
14 / Google Photos
\ "google photos"
15 / Hubic
\ "hubic"
16 / In memory object storage system.
\ "memory"
17 / Jottacloud
\ "jottacloud"
18 / Koofr
\ "koofr"
19 / Local Disk
\ "local"
20 / Mail.ru Cloud
\ "mailru"
21 / Mega
\ "mega"
22 / Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
\ "azureblob"
23 / Microsoft OneDrive
\ "onedrive"
24 / OpenDrive
\ "opendrive"
25 / OpenStack Swift (Rackspace Cloud Files, Memset Memstore, OVH)
\ "swift"
26 / Pcloud
\ "pcloud"
27 / Put.io
\ "putio"
28 / QingCloud Object Storage
\ "qingstor"
29 / SSH/SFTP Connection
\ "sftp"
30 / Sugarsync
\ "sugarsync"
31 / Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage
\ "tardigrade"
32 / Transparently chunk/split large files
\ "chunker"
33 / Union merges the contents of several upstream fs
\ "union"
34 / Webdav
\ "webdav"
35 / Yandex Disk
\ "yandex"
36 / http Connection
\ "http"
37 / premiumize.me
\ "premiumizeme"
38 / seafile
\ "seafile"
Storage> "webdav" option
** See help for webdav backend at: https://rclone.org/webdav/ **
URL of http host to connect to
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Connect to example.com
\ "https://example.com"
url> https://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/
Name of the Webdav site/service/software you are using
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Nextcloud
\ "nextcloud"
2 / Owncloud
\ "owncloud"
3 / Sharepoint
\ "sharepoint"
4 / Other site/service or software
\ "other"
vendor> 2
User name
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
user> user@institute.edu.au
Password.
y) Yes type in my own password
g) Generate random password
n) No leave this optional password blank (default)
y/g/n> y
Enter the password:
password: <<SYNC or APP password>>
Confirm the password:
password: <<SYNC or APP password>>
Bearer token instead of user/pass (eg a Macaroon)
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
bearer_token> <<LEAVE BLANK, press enter key>>
Edit advanced config? (y/n)
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> y
Command to run to get a bearer token
Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
bearer_token_command>
Remote config
--------------------
[CloudStor]
type = webdav
url = https://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/
vendor = owncloud
user = user@institute.edu.au
pass = *** ENCRYPTED ***
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
Current remotes:
Name Type
==== ====
CloudStor webdav
e) Edit existing remote
n) New remote
d) Delete remote
r) Rename remote
c) Copy remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
e/n/d/r/c/s/q> q
Parallel upload example:
# rclone copy --progress --transfers 8 ~/testdata/ CloudStor:/test
- Parallel streams:
--transfers 8(Recommend not to go beyond 8 parallel streams) - Upload to:
CloudStor:/test(Upload to “test/”. The CloudStor path is whatever is after CloudStor:/ in the path (CloudStor:/test)) - Upload from:
~/testdata/
Parallel download example:
# rclone copy --progress --transfers 8 CloudStor:/test ~/testdata/
- Parallel streams:
--transfers 8(Recommend not to go beyond 8 parallel streams) - Download from:
CloudStor:/test(Download from “test/”. The CloudStor path is whatever is after CloudStor:/ in the path (CloudStor:/test)) - Download to:
~/testdata/
File listing example
# rclone ls CloudStor:/test
- Username:
-u user@institute.edu.au(Replace email with your username) - List:
ls - List from:
CloudStor:/test(List from “test/”. The CloudStor path is whatever is after CloudStor:/ in the path (CloudStor:/test))
Wrapper script for Rclone
Download from https://github.com/AARNet/copyToCloudstor
Features:
- Automatic retry failed uploads.
- Handle data sets with a large number of directories.
- Tuned default values for smooth uploads.
This script is recommended for automating data uploads to CloudStor.
Duck.sh
Parallel upload example
# duck -u user@institute.edu.au --parallel 8 -e compare --upload davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/ ~/testdata/
- Username:
-u user@institute.edu.au(Replace email with your username) - Parallel streams:
--parallel 8(Recommend not to go beyond 8 parallel streams) - Transfer action for existing files:
-e compare(Skips files that match size, modification date or checksum) - Upload:
--upload - Upload to:
davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/(Upload to “test/” . The CloudStor path is whatever is after webdav/ in the url (davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/)) - Upload from:
~/testdata/(Must use absolute paths)
Parallel download example
# duck -u user@institute.edu.au --parallel 8 -e compare --download davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/ /tmp/testdata/
- Username:
-u user@institute.edu.au(Replace email with your username) - Parallel streams:
--parallel 8(Recommend not to go beyond 8 parallel streams) - Transfer action for existing files:
-e compare(Skips files that match size, modification date or checksum) - Download:
--download - Download from:
davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/(Download from “test/”. The CloudStor path is whatever is after webdav/ in the url (davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/)) - Download to:
/tmp/testdata/(Must use absolute paths)
File listing example
# duck -u user@institute.edu.au --list davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/
- Username:
-u user@institute.edu.au(Replace email with your username) - List:
--list - List from:
davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/(List from “test/”. The CloudStor path is whatever is after webdav/ in the url (davs://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/test/))