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How to Obtain Cloudflare R2 Credentials and Endpoint

To connect Cloudflare R2 to Rclone or RcloneView, you’ll need three key pieces of information:

  • ✅ Access Key ID
  • ✅ Secret Access Key
  • ✅ R2 S3-Compatible Endpoint URL

This guide walks you through how to retrieve these from your Cloudflare dashboard.

🧰 Prerequisites​

Before you begin:

  • You must have a Cloudflare account with R2 Object Storage enabled.
  • You need access to the Cloudflare Dashboard.
  • Basic understanding of cloud storage concepts is helpful.

📦 Step 1: Create an R2 Bucket (If You Haven’t Already)​

  1. Log in to your Cloudflare Dashboard.
  2. In the left sidebar, go to R2 → Object Storage.
  3. Click Create bucket.
  4. Enter a unique name for your bucket.
  5. Choose a location (e.g., Automatic, or a region like westerneurope).
  6. Click Create Bucket.

This bucket will be your storage location for files transferred using RcloneView.

🔐 Step 2: Generate API Credentials​

To authenticate with R2, you’ll need to create API tokens that provide access permissions.

➕ How to Create an Access Key and Secret Key:​

  1. Go to R2 → API in the Cloudflare dashboard.
  2. Click Manage R2 API Tokens. cloudflare manage r2 api token
  3. Click Create API Token.
  4. Give the token a name (e.g., Rclone Access).
  5. Select the permissions:
    • Admin Read & Write (full access)
      ❗other permissions may not allow bucket access.
  6. Choose whether to apply to:
    • All buckets
    • Specific buckets only
  7. Optionally, set expiration (or leave as "Forever").
  8. Click Create API Token.

Once the token is created, Cloudflare will show you:

  • Access Key ID
  • Secret Access Key
Important

These credentials will be shown only once. Make sure to copy and store them securely.

🌐 Step 3: Get the R2 Endpoint URL​

  1. Return to R2 → Object Storage in your dashboard.
  2. Click your bucket name.
  3. Go to the Settings tab of the bucket.
  4. Look for the S3 API-compatible endpoint. It will look something like this:
https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/westerneurope
cloudflare r2 s3 api endpoint

This is the endpoint you’ll enter into Rclone or RcloneView when connecting to Cloudflare R2.

✅ Summary​

You should now have the following values ready to configure your Cloudflare R2 remote:

FieldDescription
Access Key IDProvided by Cloudflare API token
Secret Access KeyProvided by Cloudflare API token
Endpoint URLFound in R2 bucket settings (S3-compatible URL)

You can now enter these into RcloneView when setting up a new S3-compatible remote, or use the Rclone CLI.

👉 Next: How to Add S3-Compatible Remote in RcloneView