Mostly stolen directly from: https://no.help/rTorrent-ruTorrent-Seedbox-Guide.php With some fixes (and not compiling anything from source).
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install -y subversion screen curl git nano
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.listAnd add main contrib non-free to each source.
Before running check if there is a newer libtorrent: apt search libtorrent
sudo apt-get install -y install rtorrent libtorrent20 libxmlrpc-core-c3Run the following to get the official default config:
curl -Ls "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rakshasa/rtorrent/CONFIG-Template.md" \
| sed -ne "/^######/,/^### END/p" \
| sed -re "s:/home/USERNAME:$HOME:" >~/.rtorrent.rc
mkdir -p ~/rtorrent/You may wish to modify the directories defined at the beginning and also the "## Tracker-less torrent and UDP tracker support "
Check rtorrent runs ok
Now add the following to the config:
scgi_port = 127.0.0.1:5000
system.daemon.set = true
scgi_port allows rutorrent to communicate with rtorrent and system.daemon.set = true runs rtorrent without the interface.
Create a system service to start rtorrent on boot:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/rtorrent.servicePaste the following (replacing USERNAME, and changing the location of the session if you modified it from the default):
[Unit]
Description=rTorrent Daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
[Unit]
Description=rTorrent Daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
KillMode=process
User=USERNAME
ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c "if test -e /home/USERNAME/rtorrent/.session/rtorrent.lock && test -z pidof rtorrent; then rm -f /home/nath/rtorrent/.session/rtorrent.lock; fi"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rtorrent
WorkingDirectory=/home/USERNAME/rtorrent
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
ruTorrent is just a website/webpage, hence a webserver like apache2 or nginx is needed to host it.
sudo apt-get install -y apache2 apache2-utils libapache2-mod-phpsudo a2enmod auth_digest ssl reqtimeout
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.confAnd edit or add:
Timeout 30
ServerSignature Off
ServerTokens Prod
"ServerTokens Prod will prevent Apache from reporting its version number, and ServerSignature Off will disable the server signature displayed in Apache error messages. Small steps to harden your system."
Restart apache2
sudo service apache2 restartConfirm Apache2 and PHP are working:
echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' | sudo tee /var/www/html/info.phpOpen a browser and go to <your.ip.address>/info.php
You should see a large table of info - take note of the Loaded Configuration file.
When prompted for CN (common name) enter the hostname (usually raspberrypi unless you've changed it).
sudo mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl
sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem -out /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
sudo chmod 600 /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pemConfigure apache access:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.confAnd paste the following (replacing <your.ip.address>)
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
Redirect permanent / https://<your.ip.address>/
Redirect permanent /rutorrent https://<your.ip.address>/rutorrent
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName <your.ip.address>:443
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.pem
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/html/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Location /rutorrent>
AuthType Digest
AuthName "rutorrent"
AuthDigestDomain /var/www/html/rutorrent/ https://<your.ip.address>/rutorrent
AuthDigestProvider file
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
SetEnv R_ENV "/var/www/html/rutorrent"
</Location>
</VirtualHost>
Now:
sudo a2ensite default-ssl
sudo nano /etc/apache2/ports.confAnd make sure it looks something like:
Listen 80
<IfModule ssl_module>
Listen 443
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
Listen 443
</IfModule>
sudo service apache2 restartNow check that going to <your.ip.address> in a browser redirects to https.
Uploading many torrents to rutorrent will fail unless you allow as many file uploads in the php config. Open the loaded php config you noted earlier (or create the info.php file again like above and have a look, delete it again afterwards). Search for the following lines and change them to whatever you like:
max_file_uploads = 200
post_max_size = 128M
sudo apt-get install -y zip unzip zlib1g-dev ffmpeg mediainfo unrar cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent.git rutorrent
sudo rm -r rutorrent/plugins
sudo svn checkout https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/trunk/plugins rutorrent/pluginssudo chown -R www-data:www-data rutorrent
sudo chmod -R 755 rutorrent
sudo nano rutorrent/conf/config.phpand edit the following, changing directories to what you want:
$log_file = '/tmp/rutorrent_errors.log';
$topDirectory = '/home/downloads/';
$pathToExternals = array(
"php" => '/usr/bin/php',
"curl" => '/usr/bin/curl',
"gzip" => '/bin/gzip',
"id" => '/usr/bin/id',
"stat" => '/usr/bin/stat',
);
Configure plugins:
sudo rm -f /var/www/html/rutorrent/conf/plugins.ini
sudo nano /var/www/html/rutorrent/conf/plugins.iniand paste from here.
Now for auth (use a different username/password (or not you dont have to do what I say)):
sudo htdigest -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd rutorrent USERNAMENow go to <your.ip.address>/rutorrent
The rtorrent user needs write access to any drive it downloads to (configure external drives with uid & gid options). rtorrent and irssi should run as same user to integrate nicely (i think).
https://no.help/rTorrent-ruTorrent-Seedbox-Guide.php
https://terminal28.com/how-to-install-and-configure-rutorrent-rtorrent-debian-9-stretch/
https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/wiki/CONFIG-Template