rclone

rclone is a command-line program for syncing files with cloud storage and speaks the S3 protocol that RustFS implements.

Install

curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash

Or see the official install guide.

Configure

Add a remote to ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf. Replace http://localhost:9000 with your server address, and use your own access keys. force_path_style = true is required because RustFS uses path-style addressing:

[rustfs]
type = s3
provider = Other
access_key_id = <your-access-key>
secret_access_key = <your-secret-key>
endpoint = http://localhost:9000
region = us-east-1
force_path_style = true

Verify

Create a bucket:

rclone mkdir rustfs:my-bucket

Upload a file:

rclone copy /path/to/hello.txt rustfs:my-bucket

List buckets and contents:

rclone lsd rustfs:
rclone ls rustfs:my-bucket

          -1 2026-07-15 10:30:00        -1 my-bucket
       12 hello.txt

Next steps

Build applications against RustFS with an S3 SDK, or manage objects with mc.