Remote Google Drive client on Heroku using rclone to
sync/upload/download files. Optionally you can download files using Aria2
and unpack/pack .rar files using WinRAR. There is also an installation of
Git LFS for usage in large filesystem git repositories.
The following apps are installed alongside this buildback:
1). Create new app:
$ heroku create myapp -b 22digital/gdrive-rclone
$ heroku git:clone -a myapp2). Existing app, use: add|set.
$ heroku buildpacks:set 22digital/gdrive-rclone -a myappNB: To run this buildpack you must have an rclone.conf file in the
root of project. The build pack will not run if you do not have this file
in this location.
3). Go to myapp directory and update configuration in rclone.conf.
4). Optionally, add a WinRAR registration key in the .rarreg.key file (or
create one if your app doesn't have this key).
5). Commit all the changes.
$ cd myapp
$ git add .
$ git commit -am "Initial commit with config files."
$ git push heroku masterThis buildpack installs packages to the following locations:
| Application | Path |
|---|---|
| aria2c | /app/vendor/aria2c/aria2c |
| git-lfs | /app/vendor/git-lfs/git-lfs |
| rclone | /app/vendor/rclone/rclone |
| rar | /app/vendor/winrar/rar |
| unrar | /app/vendor/winrar/unrar |
If you don't have an rclone.conf file on your machine, download
rclone and run rclone config locally to generate a config file.
Once created, this file will be found at:
Windows: %userprofile%\.config\rclone\rclone.conf
Linux/macOS: $HOME/.config/rclone/rclone.conf
Visit the Google Drive rclone page to view detailed setup instructions and all available options you can set when configuring the Google Drive remote.
If you configure your rclone remote to use SFTP or your Google Drive config
uses an openssh key pair then you can commit your private key to the root
folder of the repository.
The buildpack will automatically search for a private key file called id_rsa
and, if found in the project root folder, will move this file to
/app/.ssh/id_rsa.
If you use WinRAR you will need to copy the registration key file
rarreg.key to the root of your Heroku project folder in order for rar and
unrar to work correctly.
More on licensing from WinRAR:
Now WinRAR, command line RAR for Unix and macOS use the same registration key format, so you can use the same key with current WinRAR and RAR versions for all mentioned platforms. It is not guaranteed for WinRAR and RAR versions that are not equal to version included to this distribution file.
If you use RAR/Unix and RAR for macOS, you should copy rarreg.key to your home directory or to one of the following directories: /etc, /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib, /usr/local/etc. You may rename it to
.rarreg.keyor.rarregkey, if you wish, but rarreg.key is also valid.
We recommend changing the filename to .rarreg.key when placing it in the root of your project folder.
$ cd myapp
$ heroku run bashor:
$ heroku run bash --remote origin
Assume gdrive_config is your Google drive config name that was generated
when creating the config file.
$ rclone -v copy local_dir gdrive_config:remote_drive_dirIf you want to upload files smaller than 8mb increase the --transfers option.
$ rclone -v --transfers=16 --drive-chunk-size=16384k --drive-upload-cutoff=16384k copy local_dir gdrive_config:remote_drive_dir--transfers=N number parallel of connection (default: 4).
--drive-chunk-size=N if file bigger than this size it will split into
multiple uploads. Increase if you want better speed (default: 8192k or 8mb).
--drive-upload-cutoff=N should be same with chunk size.
-v option to view upload progress stats.
$ rclone lsd gdrive_config:remote_drive_dirView options:
lsdonly show file in current directory.lsshow file including in subdirectory (recursively).
Aria2 is a command-line download accelerator.
$ aria2c -x16 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pfigshare-u-files/9491437/standard.rar$ aria2c -x16 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pfigshare-u-files/9491434/sample.rar-x16 sets the total number of connections to the server.
With full path:
$ unrar x ./standard.rarIn current directory (use with caution):
$ unrar e ./standard.rar