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How to Use rclone for S3 API Access

You will need EC2 credentials for this guide. [You can learn how to create them here.](https://support.moonqube.com/article/56-how-to-generate- ec2-credentials)

First, install rclone with sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash

Please note that you will need some type of program installed to unzip the file.

Configuring rclone

Section titled “Configuring rclone”

The default location for the configuration file is ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf

The minimum required values are provided here.

[backup-demo] # Name to be used when calling remote
type = s3
provider = Other
access_key_id = <access-key>
secret_access_key = <secret-key>
endpoint = https://us-east-1.moonqube.com:6780
acl = private

S3 Region Endpoint List

Section titled “S3 Region Endpoint List”

Once configured, you can test rclone by running rclone lsd backup-demo: