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WebDAV
Paths are specified as remote:path
Paths may be as deep as required, eg remote:directory/subdirectory
.
To configure the WebDAV remote you will need to have a URL for it, and a username and password. If you know what kind of system you are connecting to then rclone can enable extra features.
Here is an example of how to make a remote called remote
. First run:
rclone config
This will guide you through an interactive setup process:
No remotes found - make a new one
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n
name> remote
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
[snip]
22 / Webdav
\ "webdav"
[snip]
Storage> webdav
URL of http host to connect to
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
1 / Connect to example.com
\ "https://example.com"
url> https://example.com/remote.php/webdav/
Name of the Webdav site/service/software you are using
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> 1
User name
user> user
Password.
y) Yes type in my own password
g) Generate random password
n) No leave this optional password blank
y/g/n> y
Enter the password:
password:
Confirm the password:
password:
Bearer token instead of user/pass (eg a Macaroon)
bearer_token>
Remote config
--------------------
[remote]
type = webdav
url = https://example.com/remote.php/webdav/
vendor = nextcloud
user = user
pass = *** ENCRYPTED ***
bearer_token =
--------------------
y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
Once configured you can then use rclone
like this,
List directories in top level of your WebDAV
rclone lsd remote:
List all the files in your WebDAV
rclone ls remote:
To copy a local directory to an WebDAV directory called backup
rclone copy /home/source remote:backup
Modified time and hashes
Plain WebDAV does not support modified times. However when used with Owncloud or Nextcloud rclone will support modified times.
Likewise plain WebDAV does not support hashes, however when used with Owncloud or Nextcloud rclone will support SHA1 and MD5 hashes. Depending on the exact version of Owncloud or Nextcloud hashes may appear on all objects, or only on objects which had a hash uploaded with them.
Standard Options
Here are the standard options specific to webdav (Webdav).
--webdav-url
URL of http host to connect to
- Config: url
- Env Var: RCLONE_WEBDAV_URL
- Type: string
- Default: ""
- Examples:
- "https://example.com"
- Connect to example.com
- "https://example.com"
--webdav-vendor
Name of the Webdav site/service/software you are using
- Config: vendor
- Env Var: RCLONE_WEBDAV_VENDOR
- Type: string
- Default: ""
- Examples:
- "nextcloud"
- Nextcloud
- "owncloud"
- Owncloud
- "sharepoint"
- Sharepoint
- "other"
- Other site/service or software
- "nextcloud"
--webdav-user
User name
- Config: user
- Env Var: RCLONE_WEBDAV_USER
- Type: string
- Default: ""
--webdav-pass
Password.
- Config: pass
- Env Var: RCLONE_WEBDAV_PASS
- Type: string
- Default: ""
--webdav-bearer-token
Bearer token instead of user/pass (eg a Macaroon)
- Config: bearer_token
- Env Var: RCLONE_WEBDAV_BEARER_TOKEN
- Type: string
- Default: ""
Provider notes
See below for notes on specific providers.
Owncloud
Click on the settings cog in the bottom right of the page and this
will show the WebDAV URL that rclone needs in the config step. It
will look something like https://example.com/remote.php/webdav/
.
Owncloud supports modified times using the X-OC-Mtime
header.
Nextcloud
This is configured in an identical way to Owncloud. Note that
Nextcloud does not support streaming of files (rcat
) whereas
Owncloud does. This may be
fixed in the
future.
Sharepoint
Rclone can be used with Sharepoint provided by OneDrive for Business or Office365 Education Accounts. This feature is only needed for a few of these Accounts, mostly Office365 Education ones. These accounts are sometimes not verified by the domain owner github#1975
This means that these accounts can't be added using the official API (other Accounts should work with the "onedrive" option). However, it is possible to access them using webdav.
To use a sharepoint remote with rclone, add it like this: First, you need to get your remote's URL:
- Go here to open your OneDrive or to sign in
- Now take a look at your address bar, the URL should look like this:
https://[YOUR-DOMAIN]-my.sharepoint.com/personal/[YOUR-EMAIL]/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx
You'll only need this URL upto the email address. After that, you'll most likely want to add "/Documents". That subdirectory contains the actual data stored on your OneDrive.
Add the remote to rclone like this:
Configure the url
as https://[YOUR-DOMAIN]-my.sharepoint.com/personal/[YOUR-EMAIL]/Documents
and use your normal account email and password for user
and pass
.
If you have 2FA enabled, you have to generate an app password.
Set the vendor
to sharepoint
.
Your config file should look like this:
[sharepoint]
type = webdav
url = https://[YOUR-DOMAIN]-my.sharepoint.com/personal/[YOUR-EMAIL]/Documents
vendor = other
user = YourEmailAddress
pass = encryptedpassword
dCache
dCache is a storage system that supports many protocols and authentication/authorisation schemes. For WebDAV clients, it allows users to authenticate with username and password (BASIC), X.509, Kerberos, and various bearer tokens, including Macaroons and OpenID-Connect access tokens.
Configure as normal using the other
type. Don't enter a username or
password, instead enter your Macaroon as the bearer_token
.
The config will end up looking something like this.
[dcache]
type = webdav
url = https://dcache...
vendor = other
user =
pass =
bearer_token = your-macaroon
There is a script that obtains a Macaroon from a dCache WebDAV endpoint, and creates an rclone config file.
Macaroons may also be obtained from the dCacheView web-browser/JavaScript client that comes with dCache.
OpenID-Connect
dCache also supports authenticating with OpenID-Connect access tokens. OpenID-Connect is a protocol (based on OAuth 2.0) that allows services to identify users who have authenticated with some central service.
Support for OpenID-Connect in rclone is currently achieved using
another software package called
oidc-agent. This is a
command-line tool that facilitates obtaining an access token. Once
installed and configured, an access token is obtained by running the
oidc-token
command. The following example shows a (shortened)
access token obtained from the XDC OIDC Provider.
paul@celebrimbor:~$ oidc-token XDC
eyJraWQ[...]QFXDt0
paul@celebrimbor:~$
Note Before the oidc-token
command will work, the refresh token
must be loaded into the oidc agent. This is done with the oidc-add
command (e.g., oidc-add XDC
). This is typically done once per login
session. Full details on this and how to register oidc-agent with
your OIDC Provider are provided in the oidc-agent
documentation.
The rclone bearer_token_command
configuration option is used to
fetch the access token from oidc-agent.
Configure as a normal WebDAV endpoint, using the 'other' vendor,
leaving the username and password empty. When prompted, choose to
edit the advanced config and enter the command to get a bearer token
(e.g., oidc-agent XDC
).
The following example config shows a WebDAV endpoint that uses oidc-agent to supply an access token from the XDC OIDC Provider.
[dcache]
type = webdav
url = https://dcache.example.org/
vendor = other
bearer_token_command = oidc-token XDC