Support #731
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 7 years ago
This is a guide on installing the Transmission bittorrent client with the web interface on FreeBSD 9.
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
<pre>
pkg update && pkg upgrade
</pre>
h2. Install Transmission
* Install the transmission daemon and web packages:
<pre>
pkg install transmission-daemon transmission-cli transmission-web
</pre>
* Create the directories for the torrents to download to:
<pre>
mkdir -p /var/torrents/{complete,incomplete}
chown -R transmission:transmission /var/torrents
</pre>
* Create a new transmission config file:
<pre>
vi /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/settings.json
</pre>
#* And add the following:
<pre>
{
"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
}
</pre>
* *NOTE*: I needed to set the @net.inet.udp.recvspace@ sysctl to a higher value:
<pre>
vi /etc/sysctl.conf
</pre>
#* And add the following to the end of the file:
<pre>
net.inet.udp.recvspace=4194304
</pre>
* Start and enable transmission at boot:
<pre>
echo 'transmission_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
service transmission start
</pre>
* Open a web browser and go to http://transmission.example.com:9091
h2. 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