Question: How to use docker image with regular syncs and webui?

[Apollo3zehn]

I am running the docker image with the following command (powershell):

sudo docker run `
    --detach `
    --name rclone `
    --publish 127.0.0.1:8004:5572 `
    --restart always `
    --volume /<local config path>:/config/rclone `
    --volume /<local data path>:/data:shared `
        rclone/rclone:beta `
        rcd --rc-web-gui `
            --rc-web-gui-no-open-browser `
            --rc-addr 0.0.0.0:5572 `
            --rc-user yyy `
            --rc-pass xxx

With this I am able to access the webui via http://127.0.0.1:8004.

I have a cron job which runs once per day and starts the rclone sync. Something like this (simplified):

0 1 * * * root docker exec rclone rclone sync local:/data crypt:/backup

With this setup, I can't see the activity within the webui since these are two different processes. Which makes sense.

I could adapt the docker command so that I am not using cron anymore but instead use a while loop with sleep time to run the sync command, similar to what I am using for nginx:

docker run nginx:1.17.4 -c 'while :; do sleep 6h & wait ${!}; nginx -s reload; done & nginx -g \"daemon off;\"'

With a command similar to the one for nginx I could do a sync and expose the --rc connection. But whenever the sync is finished, the webui will stop running.

My question: Is there any way to have the webui always running in a docker container and start sync regularly in parallel so the sync activity is shown in the webui?

[negative0]

No, not right now. But, we are working on integrating all commands in rc. After that is done, you should be able to run rclone rc to run your commands

[timdonovanuk]

So is there any way to actually see rclone commands run from a shell (inside the container) in the webUI (also running in the container)?