Steps and example RClone systemd with mounted Google Drive or OneDrive for use with Plex en Jellyfin and other similar use-cases. Replace 'nano' with vi or your editor of choice if not on distro with nano included or because you like misery... your kinks are yours :)

rclone.service.md

CHANGE LEGEND: (you MUST replace these in the service file)

• USERNAME = your actual username e.g. gyarbij
• I recommend changing rclone.service to the name of eache drive if you have multiple mount points.
• If you already have rclone mounts check Step #2 then skip to Step #4 and place your mount point at #MOUNT

Steps for RClone systemd to autostart on boot

1. Install fusermount (if not already installed)

sudo apt install fuse3

2. Allow non-root users to mount filesystems

sudo nano /etc/fuse.conf

Uncomment (remove the) # from the line: allow_other

3. Make the requisite directories for mount and cache.

sudo mkdir /mnt/rclonecache

or do all directories at once. You will need to chown regardless.

sudo mkdir /mnt/{gdrive,rclonecache}

sudo chown -R USERNAME:USERNAME /mnt/{gdrive,rclonecache}

4. Create the service(s):

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/rclone.service

5. Copy the below BASIC example to the service file created/opened above:

[Unit]
Description=RClone Service
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
AssertPathIsDirectory=/mnt/gdrive

[Service]
Type=notify
Environment=RCLONE_CONFIG=/home/USERNAME/.config/rclone/rclone.conf #check USERNMAE
RestartSec=10
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount gdrive: /mnt/gdrive \  #MOUNT
   --allow-other \
   --dir-cache-time 5000h \
   --syslog \
   --poll-interval 10s \
   --umask 0000 \
   --user-agent GoogleDrive \
   --cache-dir=/mnt/rclonecache \
   --vfs-cache-mode full \
   --volname gdrive \ #MOUNT
   --vfs-cache-max-size 60G \
   --vfs-read-chunk-size 128M \
   --vfs-read-ahead 2G \
   --vfs-cache-max-age 5000h \
   --bwlimit-file 100M

ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -uz /mnt/gdrive #MOUNT
Restart=on-failure
User=USERNAME #change
Group=USERNAME #change

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

6. Save and then exit the file

ctrl+o | ctrl+x

7. Run the follwoing commands in order to enable and then start the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable rclone

sudo systemctl start rclone

8. To see if the service is running:

systemctl status rclone

9. To see if the drive is mounted run:

df -H

10. Reboot and repeat step 7 for a final sanity check!

11. Prevent Docker from starting before mounts:

sudo systemctl edit docker.service

[Service]
#ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 30
RequiresMountsFor=/mnt/gdrive /media/odrive