Rclone
While having local area network file access to your Pi is extremely helpful, accessing those files can be problematic when attempting to do so over the Internet. You could set up a VPN server or port forward your connection requests from your router to your Pi, but doing so is cumbersome and potentially insecure.
The ever-growing popularity of cloud storage providers makes using them on platforms like Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows easy and broadly accessible. But few of these providers offer a simple app for Linux to participate. Rclone,[20] created by Nic Craig-Wood and a long list of contributors, is a free and open source cloud platform utility written in the Go[21] programming language that allows users to connect to over thirty ...
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