Using rclone to mount /wynton filesystem #

The rclone application is available for macOS, Windows and Linux. Check the rclone website for the most up-to-date installation instructions for your operating system.

• install FUSE
  • macOS: install macFUSE
  • for Windows, follow instructions for installing on Windows
• install rclone from the Downloads page
• set up a new ssh key
  • generate key with ssh-keygen command with​ a password/passphrase ~/.ssh % ssh-keygen -m PEM -f ~/.ssh/rclone_to_wynton
  • 2 files should be generated, in this case named:
    • rclone_to_wynton
    • rclone_to_wynton.pub
  • store the new key rclone_to_wynton in ~/.ssh/ on laptop/workstation
  • push the .pub file to wynton using: $ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/rclone_to_wynton.pub alice@log1.wynton.ucsf.edu
    • note: replace alice with your Wynton username
• set up a new “remote” with: rclone config

To create a new remote: run rclone config, in this example named log1 and select sftp as the “Type of Storage”:

name> log1
storage> sftp
host> log1.wynton.ucsf.edu
user> alice                         <-- enter *your* Wynton username
port> 22
key_file> ~/.ssh/rclone_to_wynton
Option key_file_pass.
The passphrase to decrypt the PEM-encoded private key file.
Only PEM encrypted key files (old OpenSSH format) are supported. Encrypted keys
in the new OpenSSH format can't be used.
Choose an alternative below. Press Enter for the default (n).
y) Yes, type in my own password
Enter the password:
password:

To mount /wynton you will need to be on the UCSF network or VPN, or have authenticated to Duo already that day and selected “Remember me for 12hrs” so rclone doesn’t get prompted for the Duo password.

• in one terminal:

rclone mount by default runs in the foreground (there’s a background option). But using the default in foreground, in one terminal window on laptop (log1 is the name of the “remote” in this example):

laptop ~ $ ./rclone mount log1:/ ./wynton

• in a separate terminal, now that Wynton’s / directory is mounted:

$ ls -l wynton
drwxr-xr-x.   3 root root         1 Oct 22  2020 globus
drwxr-xr-x. 130 root root       130 Sep 20 14:05 group
drwxr-xr-x. 563 root root       561 Oct  5 17:22 home
drwxrwx---.   2 root root         0 Jul 23  2019 lost+found
drwxr-x---.   6 root wynton-phi   4 Aug 17  2022 protected
drwxrwxrwt. 105 root root       103 Oct  9 03:15 scratch

should now show the contents from the /wynton and look like a local directory on your laptop/workstation.

Depending what work you are doing you might want to just mount a directory from /wynton/scratch/ or your home directory.

You should also then be able to run other rclone commands like rclone lsd, rclone copy, etc.