Rclone is an open source file transfer tool to make transfering files to and from various cloud resources such as Box, Amazon S3, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Clou
d Storage and your local machine a simpler task. Guides on how to set up a variety of resources to transfer to and from can be found at [rclone's webpage](https://rc
lone.org/).
Rclone is an open source file transfer tool to make transfering files to and from various cloud resources such as Box,
Amazon S3, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Cloud Storage and your local machine a simpler task.
Guides on how to set up a variety of resources to transfer to and from can be found at [rclone's webpage](https://rclone.org/).
This tool can be used to transfer files between HCC's NextCloud instance and HCC's clusters, local machines, etc. using the WebDAV protocol.
This guide will show how to create dedicated credentials within NextCloud and configure rclone.
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## Rclone setup
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The instructions here are written assuming rclone usage on an HCC cluster. The same procedure (starting with
the `rclone config` step) however can be used on any machine (i.e. local desktop) that rclone is installed on.
See [this link](https://rclone.org/install/) for details on installing rclone locally.
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### Create new remote
After logging into the cluster of your choice, load the `rclone` module by entering the command below at the prompt: