Install Transmission torrent client on Ubuntu Server

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To install transmission torrent client on Ubuntu, run

apt install transmission-cli transmission-common transmission-daemon

Before you can configure transmission-deamon, you need to stop it.

service transmission-daemon stop

Edit configuration file

vi /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/settings.json

Once edited, start transmission-deamon with

service transmission-daemon start

Settings Password

Default user and password is “transmission”.

You can modify it by editing config file

"rpc-password": "{62b16db87b89a91dd49a5110a7cafc06d20eb4f2wtK6kqPj",
"rpc-username": "transmission",

Password you can use plain text. Transmission will convert it to SHA1 encrypted format on startup,

You need to put your IP

"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,192.168.*.*",

Only white listed IP can access the web interface.

By default download will be stored in folder

"download-dir": "/var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads",

You can modify this folder as required.

Transmission web client

Web interface can be accessed using port 9091.

http://SERVER-IP:9091