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Install a Transmission Bittorrent Server on FreeBSD

Added by Daniel Curtis almost 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
Suspended
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
-
Target version:
FreeBSD 9
Start date:
01/22/2016
Due date:
% Done:

30%

Estimated time:
1.50 h
Spent time:
1.00 h

Description

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

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