rclone on Windows | Zata Docs

rclone is a free command-line tool that copies and syncs files between your computer and cloud storage. This page shows how to install it on Windows and connect it to Zata. The Zata settings are the same as on Linux.

The rclone settings on this page were tested with rclone v1.75.2 on Zata in October 2026.

Before you start

A bucket. See Create a bucket.
An access key and secret key from the same region as the bucket. See Access keys.

Connection settings

Setting	Value
`provider`	`Other`
`endpoint`	`https://idr01.zata.ai` for Indore, `https://bom01.zata.ai` for Mumbai
`region`	`us-east-1`
`access_key_id` / `secret_access_key`	from Access Keys in the Zata console. The key must be from the same region as the bucket.
`force_path_style`	`true`
`no_check_bucket`	`true` (needed for sub-user keys)
`sign_accept_encoding`	`false` (needed on rclone v1.66 and newer)

Without sign_accept_encoding = false, every command fails with SignatureDoesNotMatch.

Install rclone

Download rclone

On the rclone downloads page, download the Windows file for Intel/AMD - 64 Bit.

rclone downloads page with the Windows Intel/AMD 64 Bit download highlighted

Extract the zip file

Right-click the downloaded zip file and extract it.

Downloads folder showing the rclone zip file and the extracted rclone folder

Move rclone to C:\rclone

Create a folder C:\rclone and move the extracted files into it, including rclone.exe.

The C:\rclone folder containing rclone.exe and its documentation files

Add C:\rclone to the PATH

So that you can run rclone from any folder:

Right-click This PC and select Properties, then Advanced system settings.
Select Environment Variables.
Under System variables, select Path and then Edit.
Select New, enter C:\rclone (the folder, not the .exe file), and select OK in each window.

Check the installation

Open a new Command Prompt or PowerShell window and run:

rclone version

Command Prompt showing the output of rclone version

Create the Zata remote

A remote is rclone’s name for a saved connection. Create one called zata, either with one command or with the wizard.

One command

Wizard

Replace the keys with yours. For Mumbai, use https://bom01.zata.ai.

rclone config create zata s3 provider=Other access_key_id=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY secret_access_key=YOUR_SECRET_KEY region=us-east-1 endpoint=https://idr01.zata.ai force_path_style=true no_check_bucket=true sign_accept_encoding=false

Check the saved settings:

rclone config show zata

The remote looks like this in rclone.conf. rclone config file shows where the file is (usually %APPDATA%\rclone\rclone.conf).

[zata]
type = s3
provider = Other
access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
secret_access_key = YOUR_SECRET_KEY
region = us-east-1
endpoint = https://idr01.zata.ai
force_path_style = true
no_check_bucket = true
sign_accept_encoding = false

To fix an existing remote without the wizard:

rclone config update zata no_check_bucket=true sign_accept_encoding=false

Test it

Replace my-bucket with your bucket name:

rclone ls zata:my-bucket
rclone copy "C:\Users\YOUR_USER\Documents\myfile.txt" zata:my-bucket/ --progress

rclone lsd zata: lists your buckets. A sub-user’s key may show none; use the bucket name directly.

Copy, sync or move

Put Windows paths with spaces in double quotes.

Command	What it does in the bucket
`rclone copy "C:\data" zata:my-bucket/data`	Adds new and changed files. Never deletes: files that exist only in the bucket are kept.
`rclone sync "C:\data" zata:my-bucket/data`	Makes the bucket folder an exact copy. Also deletes files in the bucket that are not in the local folder.
`rclone move "C:\data" zata:my-bucket/data`	Uploads, then deletes the local files that were uploaded.

All three skip files that are already the same in the bucket. Before a sync, add --dry-run to see what it would delete.

PowerShell running rclone copy from a local folder to a Zata bucket, 15 files transferred — Copying a folder to a bucket with --progress.

To download, swap the two sides:

rclone copy zata:my-bucket "C:\Users\YOUR_USER\Downloads\restore" --progress

PowerShell running rclone copy from a Zata bucket to a local restore folder — Downloading a bucket to a local folder.

For very large files, checking a backup, and copying between regions, the commands are the same as on Linux. See rclone on Linux.

Mount a bucket as a drive

This part was not tested on Zata. It follows rclone’s own documentation.

Install WinFsp first, then mount the bucket to a free drive letter:

rclone mount zata:my-bucket X: --vfs-cache-mode writes

Download links

rclone link does not work with Zata (it fails with not found: FixupRequest). Make a temporary download link with the AWS CLI (aws s3 presign), or share the file from the console (Share a file).

Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
Windows says `rclone` is not recognized	`C:\rclone` is not in the PATH, or the window was opened before you changed it. Open a new window, or run `.\rclone.exe` inside `C:\rclone`.
`SignatureDoesNotMatch` or `403 Forbidden` on every command	Set `sign_accept_encoding = false` (rclone v1.66 and newer).
`AccessDenied` when uploading or copying (rclone tries to create the bucket first)	Set `no_check_bucket = true`.
`rclone lsd zata:` shows no buckets	A sub-user’s key cannot list buckets. Use the bucket name: `rclone ls zata:my-bucket`.

For other errors, see Signature errors and Access denied.