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This example configures transfers to/from Beartooth using passwordless authentication with an ssh-key:

  1. command in CLI for rclone  to configure Beartooth as a remote location AKA “transfer partner “:

account_user@uwarcc-mbp ~ % rclone config

No remotes found, make a new one?

n) New remote    
s) Set configuration password 
q) Quit config

  1. sets up a new remote location, named beartooth:

[n/s/q> n
Enter name for new remote.
[name> beartooth

  1. Configure remote beartooth location with SSH/SFTP:

Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below or type in your own value.
[snip loooooooooong list] ...
##      /SSH/SFTP
        \ “sftp”
[snip loooooooooong list] ...
[Storage> ##

  1. Provide the ssh address for beartooth in which we’ll connect:

Option host.
SSH host to connect to.
...  
[host > beartooth.arcc.uwyo.edu

  1. Configure beartooth to log in with UW username, <username>:

Option user.
SSH username.
Enter a string value.  Press Enter for the default.
[user> <username>

  1. Hit enter for the default (port 22):

Option port.
SSH port number.
Enter a signed integer.  
Press Enter for the default (22).
[port>

  1. Hit enter to go with the default (leave optional password blank):

Option pass.
SSH password, leave blank to use ssh-agent.
Choose an alternative below.  Press Enter for the default (n).
y) Yes, type in my own password
g) Generate random password
n) No, leave this optional password blank (default)
[y/g/n>

  1. Hit Enter to leave this empty since we don’t want to use a key pem (usually only use if created in putty)

Option key_pem.
Raw PEM-encoded private key.
If specified, will override key_file parameter.
Enter a value. Press Enter to leave empty.
[key_pem>

#Set the location of our keyfile to where it is on the client (in our .ssh folder with name id_rsa):

Option key_file.
Path to PEM-encoded private key file.
Leave blank or set key-use-agent to ssh-agent.
Enter string value Press Enter to leave blank (default)
[key_file> /home/<username>/.ssh/id_rsa

#We hit enter to use default (no), since we don’t want to make a password to use our ssh key file:

Option key_file_pass.
...
[y/g/n>

#We hit enter to use default (empty), since we don’t need to make a pubkey file or have a signed cert for authentication:

Option pubkey_file.
...
[pubkey_file>

#Hit enter to use default, since we don’t want to specify our ssh-agent:

Option key_use_agent.
When set forces usage of ssh-agentLeave blank or set key-use-agent to ssh-agent.
Enter Boolean (true or false).  
Enter for the default (false).
[key_use_agent>

#We hit enter to use default (false), to use default ciphers for key exchange (more secure):

Option use_insecure_cipher.
...
1 / Use default Cipher list.
  \(false)
2 /Enables use of less secure .... Ciphers.
  \(true)

#We hit enter to use default (false), because disabling hashchecks is not recommended and not a secure practice:

Option disable_hashcheck.
...
[disable_hashcheck>

#We’re done. No advanced configs required. Hit enter or ’n’ to select default (no):

Edit advanced config?
y)Yes
#We hit enter to use default (yes, options we configured that are listed look good):
...n)No (default)[y/n>

#We hit enter to use default (yes, options we configured that are listed look good):

Configuration complete.
Options:
Keep this “beartooth” remote?
y) Yes, this is ok (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote

#We hit q to get out of rclone configuration:

Current remotes: 
...
[e/n/d/r/c/s/q>  q

#Now we’re back at our main command prompt, and out of rclone. If everything is properly configured, we can test whether we can see within the remote location or “transfer-partner”:

account_user@uwarcc-mbp ~ % rclone lsd beartooth:

#If you get a list of your files on beartooth, we’re in good shape!

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