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This is a guide on installing the Transmission bittorrent client with the web interface on FreeBSD 9.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

Install Transmission¶

• Install the transmission daemon and web packages:
  

  pkg install transmission-daemon transmission-cli transmission-web
  

• Create the directories for the torrents to download to:
  

  mkdir -p /var/torrents/{complete,incomplete}
  chown -R transmission:transmission /var/torrents
  

• Create a new transmission config file:
  

  vi /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/settings.json
  

  • And add the following:
    

    {
     "alt-speed-down": 50,
     "alt-speed-enabled": false,
     "alt-speed-time-begin": 540,
     "alt-speed-time-day": 127,
     "alt-speed-time-enabled": false,
     "alt-speed-time-end": 1020,
     "alt-speed-up": 50,
     "bind-address-ipv4": "0.0.0.0",
     "bind-address-ipv6": "::",
     "blocklist-enabled": true,
     "blocklist-url": "http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz",
     "cache-size-mb": 4,
     "dht-enabled": true,
     "download-dir": "/var/torrents/complete",
     "download-limit": 100,
     "download-limit-enabled": 0,
     "encryption": 2,
     "idle-seeding-limit": 30,
     "idle-seeding-limit-enabled": false,
     "incomplete-dir": "/var/torrents/incomplete",
     "incomplete-dir-enabled": true,
     "lpd-enabled": false,
     "max-peers-global": 200,
     "message-level": 2,
     "peer-congestion-algorithm": "",
     "peer-limit-global": 240,
     "peer-limit-per-torrent": 60,
     "peer-port": 51413,
     "peer-port-random-high": 65535,
     "peer-port-random-low": 49152,
     "peer-port-random-on-start": false,
     "peer-socket-tos": "default",
     "pex-enabled": true,
     "port-forwarding-enabled": true,
     "preallocation": 1,
     "prefetch-enabled": 1,
     "ratio-limit": 2,
     "ratio-limit-enabled": false,
     "rename-partial-files": true,
     "rpc-authentication-required": true,
     "rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",
     "rpc-enabled": true,
     "rpc-password": "SuperSecretPassword",
     "rpc-port": 9091,
     "rpc-url": "/",
     "rpc-username": "username",
     "rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,*.*.*.*",
     "rpc-whitelist-enabled": false,
     "script-torrent-done-enabled": false,
     "script-torrent-done-filename": "",
     "speed-limit-down": 100,
     "speed-limit-down-enabled": false,
     "speed-limit-up": 100,
     "speed-limit-up-enabled": false,
     "start-added-torrents": true,
     "trash-original-torrent-files": false,
     "umask": 18,
     "upload-limit": 100,
     "upload-limit-enabled": 0,
     "upload-slots-per-torrent": 14,
     "utp-enabled": true
    }
    

• NOTE: I needed to set the net.inet.udp.recvspace sysctl to a higher value:
  

  vi /etc/sysctl.conf
  

  • And add the following to the end of the file:
    

    net.inet.udp.recvspace=4194304
    

• Start and enable transmission at boot:
  

  echo 'transmission_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  service transmission start
  

• Open a web browser and go to http://transmission.example.com:9091

Resources¶

• http://abyrne.me/setting-up-a-transmission-web-interface-on-a-headless-ubuntu-server/
• http://www.htpcbeginner.com/install-transmission-web-interface-on-ubuntu-1204/2/
• http://pynej.blogspot.com/2010/02/set-up-transmission-deamon-bittorrent.html