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Whay have you tried? Are you getting errors with samba/ nfs?
What's your OS
I have not tried anything as far as mounting it as I don't how to proceed
Ubuntu on the VPS
Hostbrr uses DirectAdmin panel and has a terminal but I do not have permissions to install any package, samba/nfs
SSHFS it is then
So what is it thay you are trying to achieve?
I was able to bring up an AI Generated tutorial using search term: "rclone mount network drive ubuntu"
You could probably improve it with more details like your ubuntu version or drive type.
I believe those storage boxes have rclone installed.
Report back any errors or if you're successful.
I checked and there is no rclone.
I was trying to ssh into it earlier using port 22, just found out they use 23 but I cannot seem to use the password for login now.
I am trying to mount the storage box onto my ubuntu VPS, trying to use sshfs now instead.
Prompts me the following when entering the password when trying to ssh
"PTY allocation request failed on channel 0
shell request failed on channel 0"
Maybe it was rsync. My mistake.
Searching for the storagebox specifications I found this: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/203092/how-to-utilize-my-1-tb-hostbrr-storage-box-efficiently/p1
Which may have some useful information.
Yes, rysnc is installed and I have read that thread but could not find anything that coudl help
Using rysnc, how could I mount this on my VPS if it is installed on the storage box?
I recommend reading it again more thoroughly.
The sky will not change color to suit you.
Not clear what are you trying to achieve
What wrong with just mounting as ftp or sftp?
You need to create remote then mount it
https://rclone.org/ftp/
Nothing wrong I just could not figure why it would not connect using SFTP, to my understanding SFTP is much more secure than FTP so I would like to avoid it
Again, I tried SFTP with a different port and it I can access it now, I will try mounting with sftp now.
Sshfs works. Install it on the ubuntu vps.
AI Instructions
@slo064 i think you should add 1st ssh keys for the login. Then login with ssh keys
Use rclone or sshfs.
What made you pick hostbrr storage box btw?
It's pretty cheap, like approximately 15 euro/yr/TB ($1.43/mo/TB).
Oh, now i see! They sell it per annum for like 7.7$ for 500Gigs. Makes much more sense now.
It's cheap. $7/yr for 500GB. It comes with DA - meaning some things, I can do it from my phone. I installed nextcloud on it, and it ran fine. I have mounted it to one of my VPS.
It does a lot of things for cheap, making it attractive.
Yes, it is cheap that's why. I managed to get it working, so thank you all for your suggestions
If you did it with rclone, mind your VFS cache. Depending on your usecase, having a cache of up to 20GBs can improve shizz significantly. If you need help, ping me.
Install nextcloud, the mount it via rclone with its webdav interface.
I use rclone to mount. Works like a charm.
https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/
HostBrr storagebox does have rclone support, to use it you also have to install rclone locally on your VPS
Yes, I used rclone sftp.
That would be great, what kind of settings do you use?
mounting a storage on a vps only works well if both are close to one another. for latency more than 50ms is not worth it unless you are just storing backup of your files from vps.
In any case you can try either sshfs or rclone. Rclone seems to work faster than sshfs but the latter offers changing of permission which is essential for docker volumes.
Thank you for explaining the Docker aspect. To confirm, if a Docker container sets a UID and GID other than the default $USER ownership, including root, it will create the files/folder safely with SSHFS?
If you want to mount it on your VPS, first check if Hostbrr supports Samba (SMB) or NFS - many storage boxes only allow FTP or SFTP. If Samba/NFS isn’t available, you can still use rclone mount over SFTP to mount it like a regular drive. It's stable and works well on a VPS.
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