Set up SOCKS proxy for rclone

rclone-proxy.md

SOCKS5 Proxy for rclone CLI/Mount using Docker

Docker Image: https://github.com/serjs/socks5-server

• YourUsername: Unique username for SOCKS proxy
• YourPassword: Unique password for SOCKS proxy
• RemoteSocksHost: IP or hostname of remote server running the proxy

SOCKS Server

Start a SOCKS5 server on the remote host that all rclone data will go through

docker run --restart=always -d --name socks5 -p 0.0.0.0:1080:1080 -e PROXY_USER=YourUsername -e PROXY_PASSWORD=YourPassword -e PROXY_PORT=1080 serjs/go-socks5-proxy

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'override' script

Write to a file in ~/bin called rclone or rcx.

#!/bin/bash

http_proxy=socks5://YourUsername:YourPassword@RemoteSocksHost:1080
https_proxy=$http_proxy
HTTP_PROXY=$http_proxy
HTTPS_PROXY=$http_proxy

rclone "$@"

Ensure ~/bin is in $PATH and use rclone or rcx like normal

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System-Wide Proxy

• Not recommended, last resort. Any tool will use this environment variable and can break other tools

in ~/.bashrc` write:

export http_proxy=socks5://YourUsername:YourPassword@RemoteSocksHost:1080
export https_proxy=$http_proxy
export HTTP_PROXY=$http_proxy
export HTTPS_PROXY=$http_proxy

Run source ~/.bashrc

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Systemd Service

If rclone is running as a service add the below under the [Service] line un the file

Environment="http_proxy=socks5://YourUsername:YourPassword@RemoteSocksHost:1080"
Environment="https_proxy=socks5://YourUsername:YourPassword@RemoteSocksHost:1080"
Environment="HTTP_PROXY=socks5://YourUsername:YourPassword@RemoteSocksHost:1080"
Environment="HTTPS_PROXY=socks5://YourUsername:YourPassword@RemoteSocksHost:1080"

Restart the service.