P2P

Want a small seedbox on your server ? It’s really not complicated, thanks to Transmission. First step, install it using your OS package manager apt-get install transmission-daemon Then we need to stop the deamon to configure it. /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop To edit the configuration file (vi FTW): vi /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json Here is a list of important values to change. You can find documentation about the configuration file there. /* 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. ...