This is an addon for WD MyCloud NAS systems running under OS5. Addon utilizes rclone which is "a command line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers."
You might use mySync to periodically sync selected directories or backup whole NAS to other cloud storage of your choice.
- Use your own judgement to decide whether rclone is secure enough for your needs. You will have to authorize this tool for access to your other cloud account.
- Get familiar with rclone documentation and make sure to test your rclone configuration in controled environment before deploying to NAS. Wrong configuration might send data to unintended location, overwrite or delete data.
- mySync has been created for my personal needs. As long as it fulfills my expectations I don't plan heavy involvement in further development.
- WD MyCloud OS5 SDK - you will need mksapkg tool to build a package. You can:
- Check if the official site has been updated to include mksapkg for OS5.
- Check on the official WD community site.
- Download from some unofficial source at your own risk (expect md5sum: 849d3ce1153d674684f9f7243e5a8679)
- rclone - download or compile binary for your NAS and place it under mySync/bin/ directory.
Before building make sure rclone is under mySync/bin/.
In the mySync directory execute:
mksapkg -E -s -m <module_name>
where module_name is one of:
- WDMyCloud
- WDMyCloudEx4100
- WDMyCloudMirror
- MyCloudEX2Ultra
- MyCloudPR4100
- MyCloudPR2100
- WDCloud
In the MyCloud Administration Console select Apps menu and use "Install an app manually". Select the package you have built by yourself or downloaded from this site.
There are two configurations you will have to privide:
Configure your connection using rclone locally on your desktop:
rclone config
Locate generated rclone.conf configuration file:
rclone config file
In the MyCloud Administration Console select Apps menu -> mySync -> Configure -> Remote Connections.
Select rclone.conf from your drive and Save it.
In the MyCloud Administration Console select Apps menu -> mySync -> Configure -> Backup Flows.
Define one synchronization operation per line by providing following information
source_path|remote:target_path|options
where:
- source_path is a path on your WD device, e.g. /mnt/HD/HD_a2/Public
- remote is a name of your rclone defined remote site
- target_path is a path on the remote site
- options are optional rclone options you might want to define, e.g. --max-duration duration
Remember to escape spaces and special characters in paths with "", e.g.: /mnt/HD/HD_a2/Public/Tim\ O\'Raily
By default following options are used:
--create-empty-src-dirs
--log-level INFO
--delete-after
--copy-links
--retries 10
--retries-sleep 60s
--stats 0
--stats-one-line
--log-file
Save the configuration and restart the service.
In the MyCloud Administration Console select Settings -> Notifications.
Configure according to your preferences. mySync failures will be reported as a following Warning:
Remote Backup Error
An error occurred for the remote backup job named mySync. Please check the backup job detail.
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In the MyCloud Administration Console select Apps menu -> mySync -> Configure -> Logs.
By default logs are kept here: /mnt/HD/HD_a2/.systemfile/mySync/log
[2022-11-20] - v1.1.0
- Integration with notification services of MyCloud
[2021-11-01] - v1.0.0
- mySync job to perform regular backups
- Web GUI for mySync administration:
- Upload rclone.conf
- Define folders for backup
- Browse and search log files
[2021-10-22] - v0.9.2
- First version of Online log browsing in MyCloud Administration Console
- Several fixes to file permissions and apkg.rc
- Remote backup with plenty of connectivity options
- Multiple sync jobs
- Automatically restarts after NAS restart
- Online log browsing in MyCloud Administration Console
- Online configuration in MyCloud Administration Console
- Integration with notification services of MyCloud
- Log retention