How to Properly Use Cloud Storage | Rsync Encrypt Tutorial

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  • @HamBands
    @HamBands 5 років тому +59

    On your cron example at 20:00, you should include a value for minutes or the cron will run that crontab job once a minute from 3am to 3:59am.

    • @ChrisTitusTech
      @ChrisTitusTech  5 років тому +7

      Great point! Thanks for catching this Bill

    • @strandloper
      @strandloper 5 років тому +1

      Also the guide that was shown said allowed values for hours are 0-23 making 3 4am not 3am.

    • @HamBands
      @HamBands 5 років тому +5

      @@strandloper - No, not quite.... Zero hour, midnight or 2400 hours is the beginning of the day. Each hour indicated after that is the number of whole hours since midnight. So, 3 AM means that there have been three whole hours since the zero hour. 4 AM would indicate that there had been four whole hours since the zero hour.

    • @strandloper
      @strandloper 5 років тому +1

      @@HamBands Ah right. Makes sense. I haven't used crontab since before 2005 so my memory is a little foggy.

  • @xseuz
    @xseuz 3 роки тому +2

    I LOVE YOU MAN! I JUST LOVE YOU! I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MANUAL BACKUP TO CLOUD FOR A MONTH WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ENCRYPT AND AUTOMATE IT. YOU SOLVED IT IN A 20 MINS VIDEO DAMN!

  • @someITGuy
    @someITGuy Рік тому

    Hi Chris, this tutorial is AWESOME! Just installed rclone on my machine an played a little with sync, copy and move and encryption / decryption to a personal OneDrive account. This works like a charm. Kudos!

  • @alexbright7735
    @alexbright7735 5 років тому +4

    Love this. Don't forget to use the -P flag to watch progress.

  • @richardsaylor1986
    @richardsaylor1986 5 років тому +4

    Nice video and very well done. I would like to add that it is a good idea to use the full path to rclone (/usr/bin/rclone) in crontab. In my opinion it isn't a good idea to depend on what the default path is set to. I once found out the hard way that what cron was actually running wasn't what I expected. This applies to scripts too.

  • @miriamramstudio3982
    @miriamramstudio3982 Рік тому +5

    Either I fell asleep or the Rsync part is missing ((((

  • @Ilsh1964
    @Ilsh1964 5 років тому +1

    Excellent video (like usual), but my advice is not using "rclone sync", instead use: "rclone copy". If (by mistake) you will delete a source file it will be deleted in the remote backup. It is not secure way of doing backups...

  • @FirstLast-ml7yf
    @FirstLast-ml7yf 4 роки тому

    Rclone is awesome. I've got symlinks on my desktop to my Rclone mounts for Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox, and I can simply drag and drop stuff between services or from my machine. Super transparent.

  • @AngryPacman222
    @AngryPacman222 5 років тому +6

    didn't know about rclone, thanks!

    • @jonathan.sullivan
      @jonathan.sullivan 5 років тому

      Rclone_vfs mount your gdrive for unlimited Plex storage.

  • @kawker
    @kawker 5 років тому +10

    A backup not tested is just a wish :P

  • @vmerinom
    @vmerinom Місяць тому

    Thanks for the video, Chris! Regards from Chile. 👍

  • @rtwg605
    @rtwg605 3 роки тому

    Any tips if you have a bunch of stuff ALREADY on Dropbox to encrypt it? Great video. Will be implementing ASAP.

  • @spaceiswater6539
    @spaceiswater6539 5 років тому

    Hi Chris, I just wanted to say that was one awesome video thank you so much. I really enjoy how you put it into simple basics so its very easy to understand.

  • @RegErvin
    @RegErvin 5 років тому

    Always learn something new in your videos! At some point, I hope you do a video on Ansible. I'm wanting to use it to backup laptop configs to deploy to different ones...

  • @KentSapp
    @KentSapp 5 років тому +1

    I wonder what your thoughts on Duplicati are
    Great vid! Very good content and well informative.

  • @Aemilindore
    @Aemilindore 5 років тому +1

    Exactly what I needed! Post this on Reddit!!

  • @ForrestRhoads
    @ForrestRhoads 5 років тому +1

    Excellent, useful video, Chris. Thank you so much.

  • @benriful
    @benriful 5 років тому +2

    Oh! BTW, you know you "can" use rclone inside Windows as well. It does all the same stuff there, though its mount option needs some user space file system driver as a dependency.
    Just thought I'd mention it for those who want to stick with windows for some reason. You're not totally left in the dark.

    • @ChrisTitusTech
      @ChrisTitusTech  5 років тому +1

      I did not know this, thanks for the comment!

    • @strandloper
      @strandloper 5 років тому

      That's good, I'm looking to move to Linux at home but will still be Windows at work.

    • @benriful
      @benriful 5 років тому +2

      @@strandloper In the exact same boat. Work only "provides" Windows and some programs needed for work only run on Windows anyway. This allows me to make use of "cloud" storage to transfer files and backups between both work and home - not needing an external to be carried about. Though mostly used so I can get to them no matter where I am, even if travelling abroad. I've been steadily moving towards Linux for the past 2 decades now, thus far the only Windows left at home is one VM on a desktop and a dual boot on my laptop. All the rest is some form of Debian or another (Mint, Kubuntu, Pop_OS, straight Debian as server, and OMV as NAS).
      For my "real" file transfers, the absolute simplest way I use is Syncthing instead. Effectively a peer-to-peer cloud without intermediate servers - directly transferring the files from one machine to any I choose and keeping all synchronized with one another.
      I used to use Fedora for everything, but around 10 years ago I ran into an issue with a program I needed for work (BricsCAD) at the time the program was only available as 32bit, but my machine was further ahead than a 32bit OS would allow. Fedora's 32bit on a 64bit OS didn't play well with that program. Yet I found Ubuntu worked perfectly without a hitch. Since then I've gone with some form of Debian or other, usually an Ubuntu derivative - just because they tend to need the least amount of effort to get setup. This is most probably no longer an issue, especially as that program is now available as 64bit as well. But I'm more "familiar" with Debian these days, not really any reason to change anymore.
      For gaming, Pop is my goto - since again I don't like to faf about too much. The simpler, easier, most expedient is my first choice. Only if I have some specific reason would I opt for some other idea like Arch. Thus far Pop does fine for my gaming needs. The only games I have which aren't exactly "awesome" are Bethesda stuff - most "run" in Proton / through Lutris. But things like F4SE and SKSE means mods don't work well or at all under Linux - similar issue to those anti-cheat stuff. Unfortunately Bethesda games tend to require mods to fix the bugs, crashes and bad design in their games, thus why I still have one dual boot for Windows.

    • @strandloper
      @strandloper 5 років тому

      @@benriful I'll take a look at Syncthing though I do like using cloud storage because it provides backup and some rollback for the occasional DOH! moment along with syncing. BTW are you also South African? I've never heard the phrase "don't like to faf about" used by non-Saffers.

    • @benriful
      @benriful 5 років тому +2

      @@strandloper Yep, SA since I was born.
      Note, Syncthing does have a setting to keep several versions of a file. You can state how many of them, per shared folder, per machine sharing it. Various options on how the versioning occurs, e.g. just placing it in a "trash can" (similar to how recycle bin works), simple versioning (moving the files at delete or overwrite to a date stamped folder, or staggered as a hybrid between date stamps and age, or using an external program for versioning. I think "default" is the date stamp folder with 5 versions per file.
      And since each computer you set to the shared folder will have a copy of everything in that folder, it means even if a complete computer dies on you, you still have it on another (or even more than one).

  • @DaveSomething
    @DaveSomething 5 років тому

    Thanks! I had been using rclone for regular drive use, but now it's encrypted =)

  • @totetoBT
    @totetoBT 4 місяці тому +1

    And why exactly was "rsync" needed? Is it dependancy of rclone that needs to be installed manually?

  • @Borsting89
    @Borsting89 4 роки тому

    Such a good lecture on rclone! Thanks Chirs!

  • @AndreKochDre
    @AndreKochDre 2 роки тому

    Exactly what I was looking for!

  • @AnzanHoshinRoshi
    @AnzanHoshinRoshi 5 років тому

    Thank you, Chris. I had never used rclone so I'll look into it.

  • @0cgw
    @0cgw 5 років тому +2

    Thanks Chris for the video and especially the section on encryption.
    rclone has a nice feature that allows you to mount the cloud-service as a directory on your local system
    rclone mount dropbox: /mount/point
    I find this easiest as I can then use cp to transfer files back and forth without making any allowance for the fact that I am communicating with the cloud. I'd be interested to know if this works with encryption.
    One problem I did have was that after a failed upload I lost the sharing information for the files (which I could only change using the browser anyway), but perhaps that's to be expected.

    • @Stinosko
      @Stinosko 5 років тому

      This would be very interesting!

    • @alex.username
      @alex.username 4 роки тому +1

      "I'd be interested to know if this works with encryption." Did you test it?

  • @YoungoneNL
    @YoungoneNL 5 років тому

    Thank you Chris, great video. Saludos from the Netherlands.

  • @geirha75
    @geirha75 4 роки тому

    Good tutorial Chris. But imagine you have to reinstall your os ( ubuntu ).. from scrach due to total harddrive failure. You buy new harddrive. You do new ubuntu install. You have your passwords stored at a safe place and your encrypted rclone files stored at Dropbox, fine. But how would we resync it back again to our fresh ubuntu install on new harddrive/os.

  • @Aemilindore
    @Aemilindore 5 років тому +1

    Hi I have a question. Lets say we have three folders 1, 2, 3 which are uploaded to some cloud storage using rsync. Later, if I merge folder 1 with 2, will it be reflected on my cloud server? or will there be still, 3 folders? Ideally, after the merge, I would want there to be 2 folders. Can rsync do this? Thanks for answering.

    • @Aemilindore
      @Aemilindore 5 років тому

      Aparently RSYNC may not be able to keep in memory if a folder is deleted. So its difficult to make it a Dropbox replacement. Can we perhaps use github.com/deajan/osync Osync?

  • @richardlair9363
    @richardlair9363 5 років тому

    Can you do a video on how to video yourself doing an install for example. This way you've got a trail to go back and see how you screwed things up. For example you could retrieve your passwords later by watching the install video.

  • @bjp2729
    @bjp2729 5 років тому

    Would you reccomend to use rclone sync for a large data. Let's say 10TB of oracle data?

  • @lualgomo3920
    @lualgomo3920 3 роки тому +1

    Is there a VERY light option of encryption algorythm I can use?
    I don't need to be as secure as I need it to be fast.
    I'm talking about stuff as simple as n shift-left operations of the bytearray. Secure enought that so you can't open it unless you know some basic stuff about computers and fast enough a potato computer can do it in an instant.
    Why?
    Because most of the stuff I have in my computer (main drive) is not that sensitive, and I want to offload the task to a raspberry pi.
    ...Why?
    Because it is faster to use sshfs and change de computer that is mounted instead of setting all this up again in case I want to (a) change drive, (b) move the folder or (c), do it in another computer.
    Is slow, yes, but more convinient for *me*

  • @stargirl3352
    @stargirl3352 5 років тому +17

    Just shoot your ssd/hdd on a cloudy day in the sky! Maybe a cloud stores it.

    • @ChrisTitusTech
      @ChrisTitusTech  5 років тому +7

      But what about retrieval? Maybe attach a really long string? :)

    • @stargirl3352
      @stargirl3352 5 років тому +1

      @@ChrisTitusTech Exactly c:

  • @aaronryder4008
    @aaronryder4008 5 років тому

    Will you be doing the updated version of arch installation?

  • @oleksiimartens9779
    @oleksiimartens9779 4 роки тому

    Hi Chris,
    are you aware of any native ZFS cloud backup solutions?

  • @kernel0verflow919
    @kernel0verflow919 4 місяці тому

    Watching Chris not being on DWM is weird x'D
    And yeah I know it's an older video ^^

  • @nihilistic7840
    @nihilistic7840 Рік тому +1

    I thought this was an `rsync` tute, but it seems to all be `rclone`. Is there a timestamp for the `rsync` bit? I just want to know the right options.

  • @tarunmasimukku530
    @tarunmasimukku530 4 роки тому

    Now, You said to encrypt my data before it gets to the cloud. What if I did not do this or learn how to do it before watching your video, and I have a lot of data sitting in a cloud drive like google drive. How do I go about encrypting it? Do I download it all, encrypt, and reupload? Is there another way? Will it even make a difference if they already have it?

  • @oogioboogie
    @oogioboogie 5 років тому

    Speaking of storage, I think it is time to talk about LVM. It can be deployed as a hybrid storage solution using both NAS and local SSD cache using dm_cache. LVM is very flexible, support encryption on the fly and RAID configurations. Oh, and check out Yakuake, much more easier to access the console that way with your own preferred global shortcut.

  • @wildmanjeff42
    @wildmanjeff42 5 років тому

    love advanced user friday!

  • @WR250a
    @WR250a 5 років тому +1

    i use pcloud. however the purpose of pcloud is to share files, not backup storage. pcloud offers a audio player along with being able to download the files. files and bandwidth are tracked so you know how many downloads or how much bandwidth is used (useful for my purposes, as in not needing to link back to my home computer to share said files)
    i use a 24TB NAS for my backups, as i do not trust cloud providers with my personal data, encrypted or not.

    • @nihilistic7840
      @nihilistic7840 Рік тому

      I use pcloud for backup. I guess you can use storage for whatever you like.

  • @racingtheweb
    @racingtheweb Рік тому

    When I upload some files from my laptop to GoogleDrive or Dropbox, rclone deletes all my previous files in there. How come?
    I type this: rclone sync ~/Documenti/ GoogleDrive:
    Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

  • @MastertheFun
    @MastertheFun 5 років тому +1

    Thank you Chris

  • @indian3960
    @indian3960 3 роки тому

    Could you make one video tutorial with wasabi? & please confirm that does their pricing is really true? Cause I find out it's way cheaper than any cloud provider even cheaper than Backblaze B2 cloud!

  • @sagargupta9014
    @sagargupta9014 5 років тому +1

    Hello Chris can you please explain ZFS option on new Ubuntu 19.10 and does it increase performance compared to ext4 or does it have potential to increase performance for daily average consumer

    • @ChrisTitusTech
      @ChrisTitusTech  5 років тому

      Performance is worse than EXT4 from my understanding, but I love ZFS for it's backups and reliability.

    • @sagargupta9014
      @sagargupta9014 5 років тому

      @@ChrisTitusTech thank you for your response. I read that apple is using a new file system optimized for SSDs what do you know about ext4 is it already well optimzed for SSDs or can we expect ext5 or something like that. (I thought ZFS could be that new ssd file system but its for another purpose altogether)

  • @hectic5523
    @hectic5523 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the tutorial. Everything worked until i rclone sync and downloaded the encrypted test file. For some reason, it's not decrypting the file. Any idea why?

  • @choppy1356
    @choppy1356 4 роки тому +1

    Chris, VEE-EYE ... jus' sayin' :) thanks for the vid. rclone is great!

  • @shauryashrivastava8965
    @shauryashrivastava8965 5 років тому +2

    Can you please make a video on QUBES OS ? Also can you please guide me on how to remove windows 10 from my laptop and install QUBES OS on it please ?

    • @ChrisTitusTech
      @ChrisTitusTech  5 років тому +1

      Certainly QUBES is an great way to compartmentalize things and be very secure.

    • @aaronryder4008
      @aaronryder4008 5 років тому +3

      A person who doesn't know how to remove windows 10 is trying to install/use Qubes OS? Qubes is not for beginners. You might have a difficult time using it

  • @khaoschan1697
    @khaoschan1697 4 роки тому

    Just wanna know if there any way to protect our data from the future threats?
    Such as quantum machines that can decrypt the copy of our data which is and will be stored secretly by any company...
    Maybe a company like our internet service provider.

  • @HarryLikely
    @HarryLikely 3 роки тому

    Is this a good way to do an S3 migration? I need to move some data from a netapp storage grid to a Dell ECS.

  • @maddogman529
    @maddogman529 5 років тому

    Could you do some videos on how to get Windows 10 working on VirtualBox as if it's running on native hardware?

  • @aymanelattar5341
    @aymanelattar5341 Рік тому

    How do you use rclone mount 1fichier I want to explain mount rclone to cloud 1fichier

  • @strandloper
    @strandloper 5 років тому

    If I understand correctly, you work on unencrypted files locally and periodically sync those into the cloud storage folder with encryption so they can sync to the cloud. I currently use (on Windows) the legacy Boxcryptor Classic that gives me a virtual unencrypted drive mapping on the fly to an encrypted subfolder of my Dropbox folder. I want to maintain this ability when I move to Linux; so what options are there to do that? I need the same on personal Linux desktop and laptop, as well as work Windows desktop. Cryptomator seems to fit the bill but what other options might there be?

    • @jt9651
      @jt9651 5 років тому

      Cryptomator was the only free solution I found, primarily as a linux user but wanting cross-platform compatibility with Win,Mac,iOS and android. The mobile apps are buggy but the desktop apps are solid.

  • @uNine-qb8gt
    @uNine-qb8gt 4 роки тому

    why is it so important to encrypt your filenames? like I get if it was something at all sensitive, but if it were just something like an essay or something, is it still important?

  • @zTrueFear
    @zTrueFear 5 років тому

    I use cryptomator on ios and win, it has an user interface. Works even with cyber duck

  • @avmazzola
    @avmazzola 5 років тому

    can you access the encrypted files from a windows machine and if so how?

  • @xfabiosoft
    @xfabiosoft 4 роки тому

    How can I read my encrypted files on mobile iOS?

  • @iflnr978
    @iflnr978 5 років тому

    I understood that my data needs to be encrypted the first time you said it now at 9:20 it’s starting all over, how many times did you repeat it? I don’t know how much longer I can be told that over and over. And be told it doesn’t matter what cloud storage service I use, I got that too. I’d love to see this video, now that I had a break and cooled down I’ll try again. What did you say about advanced Friday? This video is for advanced users? You explain to them simple concepts over and over as if they don’t listen or understand? What do you teach beginners like?

  • @SimonGhibli
    @SimonGhibli 5 років тому

    Hi Good morning . Ummm I need some help with my laptop . I just no longer want to use Ubuntu . And I can't remove it from laptop . I can't find aaaanyvideo or some information to get back into the Windows . Please help me Thank you

  • @nikkilewis5203
    @nikkilewis5203 5 років тому

    Thank you so much, someone has a cloud attached to my Google account that I did not download, and I tried to connect to the host when I downloaded the cloud console and it came up an unauthorized host called devshell

  • @PureMagma
    @PureMagma 5 років тому

    OneDrive just uploaded a ton of my personal data without my permission and I don't know how to get rid of it and get my files back without loosing the data on my computer. I had previously turned off this feature... but today "suddenly" all my files have a little cloud picture next to them.

  • @MastertheFun
    @MastertheFun 5 років тому +1

    Dont you think ''they'' could decrypt anything you could encrypt regardless? im no expert but if its a publicly offered encrypter whatever, i would think they could break it anyway.

    • @MastertheFun
      @MastertheFun 5 років тому +1

      @@arrdubu interesting, and thanks for the info :)

    • @ChrisTitusTech
      @ChrisTitusTech  5 років тому +2

      @Arr DubU said it best, it is far more common for the access point to be at the user level than breaking into encrypted storage. A good case of this is when a terrorist in the US encrypted his iPhone. A 3rd party finally cracked it using an exploit in the Apple iPhone software, but something like this, there is 0 access or exploits unless you have direct access to BOTH keys. Short of having a quantum computer, there is NO way for them to get access.

    • @MastertheFun
      @MastertheFun 5 років тому

      @@ChrisTitusTech Nice, cheers Chris :)

  • @GamingClubGermany
    @GamingClubGermany 4 роки тому

    2:33 - Why can you read my mind? no words can better describe my feelings about cloud storage xD

  • @hyugai
    @hyugai 4 роки тому

    really nice video

  • @grdewey
    @grdewey 5 років тому +1

    BTW, if you get the 404 package install, you can just run Pacman/yay -Sy

  • @drumpf4all
    @drumpf4all 5 років тому

    Sync.com has you covered. The crypto is almost perfect.

  • @squadramunter
    @squadramunter 5 років тому

    Me like: Oh I got some tape laying down here.Let's use them with my HP LTO 6 Tape Drive recorder.

  • @TheCocoaDaddy
    @TheCocoaDaddy 5 років тому +5

    Also, it's pronounced "vee-eye". Just pronounced each letter of "vi" and you're good. :)

  • @alexstone691
    @alexstone691 5 років тому

    We need an app like tutanota but for storage

  • @abarocio80
    @abarocio80 5 років тому

    nano, vim... What about emacs?

    • @abarocio80
      @abarocio80 5 років тому

      @@epsi I use Dvorak...
      Is just about learning and training your muscular memory.

    • @abarocio80
      @abarocio80 5 років тому

      @@epsi Maybe a boneless pinky?

  • @errorsofmodernism9715
    @errorsofmodernism9715 5 років тому +1

    dropbox asks for your computer username and password. someone would have to be insane to give them this info

  • @xorlop
    @xorlop 8 місяців тому

    RIP trying to use this with proton drive. So slow 😭

  • @lualgomo3920
    @lualgomo3920 3 роки тому

    3:42 Chris Murloc Tech

  • @ohio2440
    @ohio2440 5 років тому +1

    Don't use Google, you know why. JK, you can use whatever you want.

  • @brettlaw920
    @brettlaw920 4 роки тому

    IT is built on a web of trust. Or mistrust. But it will either become trust or it will become nothing.

  • @lollilol
    @lollilol 4 роки тому

    Rclone encryption does not take much processing power. Its the remote/api thing that makes everything go slow. that shit is limited af

  • @studiosinger
    @studiosinger 4 роки тому

    Back to the good ole USB, really too complicated.

  • @drumpf4all
    @drumpf4all 4 роки тому

    Sync.com is interesting.

  • @osamaheba7383
    @osamaheba7383 4 роки тому

    An why would I trust the encryption software?
    I could be just tagging my important files and they end up taking a longer route before reaching my cloud 🤷‍

  • @DavidKing-wk1ws
    @DavidKing-wk1ws 5 років тому

    Cloud storage is the toilet paper of the internet :) .... pay attention to the instructions . :) roflmao

  • @cointelpro123
    @cointelpro123 4 роки тому

    Don't trust any company!, LOL

  • @franciscooteiza
    @franciscooteiza 2 роки тому

    Please do not follow this guide, It's old and very outdated.

  • @GabrielAlejandroZorrilla
    @GabrielAlejandroZorrilla 5 років тому

    Preaching about security and your system is not up to date? Not consistent.