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Sync Pictures to Nextcloud with rclone

This guide syncs:

/home/furios/Pictures

to your Nextcloud server at:

example.localhost

1. Create a Nextcloud app password

In the Nextcloud web UI, go to:

Personal settings → Security → Devices & sessions → Create new app password

Copy the generated app password. You will use it when setting up rclone.

2. Install rclone

sudo apt install rclone

3. Configure rclone

Start the rclone setup:

rclone config

Create or edit a remote with these settings:

type: webdav
url: https://example.localhost/remote.php/dav/files/YOUR_USERNAME
vendor: nextcloud
user: YOUR_USERNAME
pass: YOUR_APP_PASSWORD

4. Test the connection

rclone lsd Nextcloud.example.localhost:

If it lists folders from your Nextcloud, the connection is working.

5. Copy Pictures to Nextcloud

This copies your local Pictures folder to Nextcloud:

rclone copy /home/furios/Pictures Nextcloud.example.localhost:Photos/Pictures

6. Check the sync

rclone check /home/furios/Pictures Nextcloud.example.localhost:Photos/Pictures

Run automatically every 30 minutes

7. Create the systemd user folder

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user

8. Create the sync service

nano ~/.config/systemd/user/pictures-nextcloud-sync.service

Paste this:

[Unit]
Description=Sync Pictures to Nextcloud

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone copy /home/furios/Pictures Nextcloud.example.localhost:Photos/Pictures --log-file=/home/furios/.cache/pictures-nextcloud-sync.log --log-level INFO

Save and exit.

9. Create the timer

nano ~/.config/systemd/user/pictures-nextcloud-sync.timer

Paste this:

[Unit]
Description=Run Pictures Nextcloud sync every 30 minutes

[Timer]
OnBootSec=2min
OnUnitActiveSec=30min
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Save and exit.

10. Enable and start the timer

Use systemctl --user, not sudo systemctl --user:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now pictures-nextcloud-sync.timer

11. Check status

Check the timer:

systemctl --user status pictures-nextcloud-sync.timer

Check the service:

systemctl --user status pictures-nextcloud-sync.service

View logs:

cat /home/furios/.cache/pictures-nextcloud-sync.log

Optional: keep the timer running after logout

sudo loginctl enable-linger furios