📦 Rclone Mount via systemd User Service

Setup Instructions

1. Create the user systemd service

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
nano ~/.config/systemd/user/rclone@.service

Paste this into the file:

# ~/.config/systemd/user/rclone@.service

[Unit]
Description=rclone: Remote FUSE filesystem for cloud storage config %i
Documentation=man:rclone(1)
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir -p %h/mnt/%i
ExecStart= \
  /usr/bin/rclone mount \
    --config=%h/.config/rclone/rclone.conf \
    --vfs-cache-mode writes \
    --vfs-cache-max-size 100M \
    --log-level INFO \
    --log-file /tmp/rclone-%i.log \
    --umask 022 \
    --allow-other \
    %i: %h/mnt/%i
ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -u %h/mnt/%i

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

2. Reload the user systemd daemon

systemctl --user daemon-reload

3. Enable and start the service

Replace <remote> with your rclone remote name (example: gdrive-muslim-indomode):

systemctl --user enable --now rclone@<remote>

Example:

systemctl --user enable --now rclone@gdrive-muslim-indomode

4. Check service status

systemctl --user status rclone@<remote>

or

systemctl --user status rclone@gdrive-muslim-indomode

If it shows active (running), the mount is successful!

📜 View Logs

⚡ Notes

• Changes (uploads, deletes, edits) sync live to your cloud storage.
• Rclone automatically polls for remote changes every 10 minutes.
• Logs are saved temporarily in /tmp/ and will be deleted on reboot unless you move them to a permanent location.

✅ Example for gdrive-muslim-indomode

• Mounts to: /home/muslim/mnt/gdrive-muslim-indomode
• Log file: /tmp/rclone-gdrive-muslim-indomode.log
• Start command:

systemctl --user enable --now rclone@gdrive-muslim-indomode