Install Grive2
Detailed instructions here.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install grive
The first run to establish a connection and authenticate
mkdir GoogleDrive cd GoogleDrive grive -a
Grive -a will give you url to enable access to google drive, returned private key must be copied back to the terminal.
To sync manually you execute “grive” command in the GoogleDrive folder:
grive
Enable Grive2 auto sync – better use without it
By default, this sync process take too much processor strength and make too much network traffic almost all the time or every 3 seconds, even when there are no changes on the google drive and the timer is set to 15 minutes.
Maybe default configuration just isn’t configured optimally or something. Take this into consideration before continue.
GoogleDrive in the systemctl commands is folder in your $HOME.
systemctl --user enable grive-timer@$(systemd-escape GoogleDrive).timer systemctl --user start grive-timer@$(systemd-escape GoogleDrive).timer systemctl --user enable grive-changes@$(systemd-escape GoogleDrive).service systemctl --user start grive-changes@$(systemd-escape GoogleDrive).service
Systemctl commands results:
Created symlink /home/igorb/.config/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/grive-timer@GoogleDrive.timer → /usr/lib/systemd/user/grive-timer@.timer
Change timer to only fire once in 15 minutes:
First stop the timer & service:
systemctl --user stop grive-timer@$(systemd-escape GoogleDrive).timer systemctl --user stop grive-changes@$(systemd-escape GoogleDrive).service
Edit the timer file:
sudo gedit ~/.config/systemd/user/timers.target.wants/grive-timer@GoogleDrive.timer
Change the content of the timer setup:
[Unit] Description=Google drive sync (fixed intervals) [Timer] OnCalendar=*:0/15 OnBootSec=3min OnUnitActiveSec=15min Unit=grive-timer@%i.service [Install] WantedBy=timers.target
Run the command to reload timers and then start the timer and service again.
systemctl --user daemon-reload
Set permission for GoogleDrive files
Ifyou have google drive folder on second drive, not exactly on “home” folder, then you need to change permissions for folders and files :
sudo chmod -R a+rwx ./Storage