Want a small seedbox on your server ? It’s really not complicated, thanks to Transmission.
First step, install it using your OS package manager
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apt-get install transmission-daemon |
Then we need to stop the deamon to configure it.
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/etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop |
To edit the configuration file (vi FTW):
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vi /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json |
Here is a list of important values to change. You can find documentation about the configuration file there.
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/* Username and password so only you can access the web interface */ "rpc-username": "myUsername", /* You can enter the password here, it will be hashed on the first login */ "rpc-password": "my5up3r$C0mplic47edPa$$", /* If you don't want login/pass protection, set that to false */ "rpc-authentification-required": true, /* If you want to find your files easily, better change this one */ "download-dir": "/path/to/the/dir", /* You might want to change this one also */ "incomplete-dir": "/path/to/the/dir", /* Authorize access only to known connections * You can set that to false, especially if you have dynamic IP address */ "rpc-whitelist-enabled": true, /* Add your IP address here if you set previous param to true */ "rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,192.168.1.1", /* -- ports setup -- */ /* access to the web interface */ "rpc-port": 8353, /* peer port */ /* set fixed port */ "peer-port": 6401, /* or set a range */ "peer-port-random-high": 6411, "peer-port-random-low": 6401, "peer-port-random-on-start": true, |
Configure the firewall so we can actually access the web interface and send/receive packets. Be sure to set it up regarding the ports you entered in your configuration file.
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sudo iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 8353 -j ACCEPT sudo iptables -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8353 -j ACCEPT sudo iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 6401:6411 -j ACCEPT sudo iptables -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 6401:6411 -j ACCEPT sudo iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -m owner --gid-owner debian-transmission -j ACCEPT |
Now, time to start the daemon again
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/etc/init.d/transmission-daemon start |
To access transmission web interface, use your server IP address
http://1.2.3.4:8353/transmission
And you’re done ! Easy, isn’t it ?
