download transmission torrent client for raspbian

Typing username and password you can start to add torrent using the first icon on the left (Open torrent): Or using the host name, for raspbian “raspberrypi”:

Now you should reach web interface in this way: “rpc-whitelist”: “127.0.0.1,192.168.*.*,*.*.*.*” warning: copy the *.*.*.* only if you want to expose your Raspberry PI publicly on the Internet.īefore restarting transmission, copy the configuration file somewhere as a backup copy, because sometimes Transmission overwrite it badly.“rpc-password”: “mypassword” note: this will be hashed at the transmission restart.# nano /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/settings.jsonĬhange “download-dir” and “incomplete-dir” into different directories on your external usb device, something like /media/MYDRIVE/mydownloaddir and /media/MYDRIVE/myincompletedir. Using web client, I can start and stop and download torrents within the local network and, if you expose raspberry in the DMZ and use a static IP or a dyndns, from everywhere you are.Įdit the configuration file according to your filesystem: There are different client available, but I use the Web interface: It’s a very light version of Transmission running as a service (daemon) in background. Since Raspberry PI has limited resources, my choice go to Transmission daemon. I wrote an article about transforming Raspberry Pi into a NAS to share files on a local network with an external usb storage: see technical details there, for brevity here just suppose you’ve a Raspberry PI on local network with a USB drive attached.

Download transmission torrent client for raspbian