Flood (web interface for rtorrent) on CentOS 7
Install rTorrent
install rtorrent screen
adduser rtorrent
Confgure rTorrent
vi /home/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc # Where rTorrent saves the downloaded files directory = /srv/torrent/downloads # Where rTorrent saves the session session = /srv/torrent/.session # Which ports rTorrent can use (Make sure to open them in your router) port_range = 50000-50000 port_random = no # Check the hash after the end of the download check_hash = yes # Enable DHT (for torrents without trackers) dht = auto dht_port = 6881 peer_exchange = yes # Authorize UDP trackers use_udp_trackers = yes # Enable encryption when possible encryption = allow_incoming,try_outgoing,enable_retry # SCGI port, used to communicate with Flood scgi_port = 127.0.0.1:5000
mkdir /srv/torrent
mkdir /srv/torrent/downloads
mkdir /srv/torrent/.session
chmod 775 -R /srv/torrent
chown rtorrent:rtorrent -R /srv/torrent
chown rtorrent:rtorrent /home/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc
vi /etc/systemd/system/rtorrent.service [Unit] Description=rTorrent After=network.target [Service] User=rtorrent Type=forking KillMode=none ExecStart=/usr/bin/screen -d -m -fa -S rtorrent /usr/bin/rtorrent ExecStop=/usr/bin/killall -w -s 2 /usr/bin/rtorrent WorkingDirectory=%h [Install] WantedBy=default.target
systemctl enable rtorrent.service
systemctl start rtorrent
Install Flood
yum install gcc-c++ make curl git -y
curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash -
yum install -y nodejs
cd /srv/torrent
git clone https://github.com/jfurrow/flood.git
cd flood
cp config.template.js config.js
To access flood remotely
vi config.js
floodServerHost: '0.0.0.0'
npm install
If no error, continue with:
npm install -g node-gyp
npm run build
Start Flood
adduser flood
chown -R flood:flood /srv/torrent/flood/
vi /etc/systemd/system/flood.service [Service] WorkingDirectory=/srv/torrent/flood ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm start Restart=always StandardOutput=syslog StandardError=syslog SyslogIdentifier=notell User=flood Group=flood Environment=NODE_ENV=production [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
systemctl enable flood
systemctl start flood
Flood should be available via http://IP:3000. You need to create a new user and you’re all set.
Links:
https://github.com/jfurrow/flood
https://freedif.org/flood-modern-web-ui-for-rtorrent
https://github.com/nodesource/distributions
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RTorrent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_protocol_encryption
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