rclone config with cloudron

[timconsidine]

I know some people here use rclone with their cloudron.
I had a working rclone connection to my cloudron instance.
For some reason. "had" is the key word, and it doesn't work now.
Grey hair means I can't figure it out again.

Here is my config for the connection (done through CLI rclone config) :
[cloudron]
type = sftp
host = my.domain.tld
pass = *** ENCRYPTED ***
md5sum_command = md5sum
sha1sum_command = sha1sum
port = 222
user = ???

Should username be :

• <cloudron username> ?
• <cloudron_username>@my.domain.tld ?
• <cloudron user registered email address ?

I am not clear what rclone is doing in the background to make the connection.

rclone lsd cloudron: as test of connection fails with :
2025/04/25 17:41:52 Failed to create file system for "cloudron:": NewFs: couldn't connect SSH: dial tcp 1.2.3.4:222: connect: operation timed out

Does 2FA screw it up ?
I can use a non-2FA admin user if I know the basic connection config.

I'm assuming that because the connection is SFTP, there's no SSH keys needed. (but hey, assumptions !).

[fbartels]

This is documented at: https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/#sftp-access

So the username is depending on the domain of the app you're trying to access.

[timconsidine]

Thank you !
I did read that but I missed a critical part of it - it’s app-specific !!

Not how my rclone was set up before, so it’s a mystery how I did it before.
But I have got access to the specific app I need for now, so that’s

[robi]

Did you maybe have rclone accessing something externally before?

[timconsidine]

@robi good question, but I don’t recall, I have used rclone for access to different systems, I just didn’t recall how the cloudron was done when setting up a new machine, and didn’t pay attention to what an old connection was telling. User error, pure & simple.

I ‘m trying to use Logseq more as an accessible brain dump, discipline of taking time to log instead of rushing forwards is difficult for me (old dog, new trick).