Install Transmission on CentOS
Install Transmission torrent client on Ubuntu Server
See torrent
transmission is a torrent client. This come with a web GUI, that make it easy to installed on a remote server with no X-Windows. To install transmission on CentOS server, run
yum install -y transmission-daemon transmission-cli
To access transmission web GUI, you need to white list your IP address. To do this, first stop tranmission
service transmission-daemon stop
Edit file
vi /var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission/settings.json
Find
"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1",
Replace with
"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,YOUR_IP_ADDR_HERE",
YOUR_IP_ADDR_HERE – replace with your actual IP address.
Start transmission
service transmission-daemon start
You will be able to access web GUI at
http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:9091
Downloaded files are stored in folder
/var/lib/transmission/Downloads
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
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.
Web interface can be accessed using port 9091.
http://SERVER-IP:9091
rtorrent is a command line torrent client.
https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent
This can be run from SSH connection/terminal.
CTRL + S | Start torrent. |
CTRL + Q | Quit torrent. |
CTRL + D | Delete selected torrent. You can use arrow keys to select torrent to delete. |
Download Magnet Link
1. Press Enter
2. Paste Magnet link.
3. Press Enter.