Sporting a decluttered interface, it's a minimalist, extremely lightweight BitTorrent application that runs like a champ on the Raspberry Pi. Because of its low system resource consumption, the rTorrent Raspberry Pi client is a spectacular choice for a DIY seedbox.
You can of course use the web UI of torrent clients like Transmission, qBitTorrent, and Deluge to accomplish a similar feat. The Raspberry Pi makes a fantastic seedbox for an affordable torrent server.
It's cheap but functional, boasts an incredible price to performance ratio, and with excellent Linux support, there are loads of different Raspberry Pi-compatible torrent clients. You can run a variety of traditional desktop apps, command-line torrent clients, and web UI options. For most people, Transmission should be a great choice. It's easy to use, boasts a ton of features, offers web UI or desktop options.
Deluge is a solid pick for torrenting with a Raspberry Pi consumes very few system resources while maintaining a slew of features. Ultimately, a torrent client is one of the most versatile Raspberry Pi software options you can install. Moe Long is an editor, writer, and tech buff with a particular appreciation for Linux, Raspberry Pis, and retro gaming. You can read his writings on film and pop culture at Cup of Moe , check out his tech reviews, guides, and tutorials at Tech Up Your Life , and hear his thoughts on movies on the Celluloid Fiends podcast.
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News Want the latest news? Featured Featured articles from our blog. Reviews Hobbyist hardware product reviews. Join us. This enables remote connections to your Deluge daemon and double checks that the config variable has been set. At this point, your Deluge daemon is ready for remote access. By default it is checked. Uncheck it. Click OK and then restart the Deluge desktop client. This time, when Deluge starts, it will present you with the Connection Manager. Leave the port at the default Click Add.
Go ahead and configure the WebUI now if you wish to do so , or skip down to the next step of this tutorial. Configuring the WebUI is significantly faster, and allows for using some mobile apps to access Deluge.
For example, ThinClient can associate. First, take a moment to update and upgrade your repositories. Then, to install the WebUI, run the following commands. Note: If you already installed the Deluge daemon in the ThinClient section of the tutorial, skip the first command here. This stops the WebUI and opens up the configuration file for it. Open up a browser on your regular desktop machine and point it at the IP address of your Pi with the port you just chose e.
You might be tempted to start downloading torrents now, but wait! Read over the first section for a better understanding of why it is important to protect your BitTorrent connection , and then sign up for a proxy service or, better yet, a good VPN before continuing on.
Then, download and install the Linux client on your Pi, start it up, and connect to your desired server. You need to fill out the Peer, Web Seed, Tracker, and DHT sections like so, placing your proxy username and password in the appropriate slots. In order for the proxy settings to take effect, you need to restart the Deluge daemon. From the terminal enter the following commands:. You can find many of these torrents online, including this one from BTGuard and this one from TorGuard.
Load either or both torrents into Deluge and wait a moment. Both will report the IP address they detect from your client. If that IP address matches your public IP address , then the proxy or VPN is not configured properly and you should return to the previous section to check your configuration.
From there, all you need to do is change the default locations in Deluge. That little SD card is going to fill up real fast, however, so we need to change it. That way, we can easily access our downloaded torrents over the network and have a network-accessible watch folder for auto-loading torrent files.
Click OK to set the directories. For our test we grabbed the. Before we leave the Deluge setup, there is one final detail to attend to. Run the following command in a Terminal to do so. With the rc. Your rc. There are two major errors you may encounter here. Open up the terminal on your Pi and manually start the daemon and WebUI using the commands we learned earlier in the tutorial. Check to see that it works now. If it does, go back up and fix your rc.
Second, if you can open up the client, but it shows permission errors for your existing torrents like the Linux torrent we used to test things earlier , that indicates that your external hard drive was not mounted, or mounted incorrectly. Review the sections on installing an external drive and setting it to auto-mount on boot in our Low-Power Network Storage tutorial. Now that you have your torrent box configured and ready to rock, there are a few additional tools and modifications you can look into to really enhance your user experience.
None of these tips and tricks are necessary, but they do make your Raspberry Pi turned Torrent Box easier to use. Install Browser Plugins : There are several Deluge-centered plugins for Chrome and Firefox that improve the user experience, including:.
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