Difference between revisions of "Running a Torrent tracker on Ubuntu"

Latest revision as of 20:52, 12 February 2014

sudo apt-get install bittornado
mkdir ~/.bttrack
mkdir ~/btfiles
bttrack --port 6969 --dfile ~/.bttrack/dstate --logfile ~/.bttrack/tracker.log --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --allowed_dir $HOME/btfiles --parse_dir_interval 10 --allow_get 1
firefox http://localhost:6969

To make it a startup script, create a skeleton with the following

mkdir /torrent
sudo cp /etc/init.d/skeleton /etc/init.d/bttrack
vim /etc/init.d/bttrack

Change the following values:

DESC="BitTorrent protocol tracker"
NAME="bttrack"
DAEMON_ARGS="--dfile /var/run/bttrack/dstate --logfile /var/log/bttrack.log
  --port 6969 --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --allowed_dir /torrent/btfiles"

Creating a Torrent file

sudo apt-get install bittornado
btmakemetafile  http://localhost:6969/announce SOURCE_File/Folder --target OUTPUT.torrent

Optional argument: --piece_size_pow2 SIZE

Use any torrent client to upload the torrent data. Give the path of the torrent destination as the location where the data exists and do a hash-check

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-*sudo apt-get install bittornado
+ sudo apt-get install bittornado
-*mkdir ~/.bttrack
+ mkdir ~/.bttrack
-*mkdir ~/btfiles
+ mkdir ~/btfiles
-* bttrack --port 6969 --dfile ~/.bttrack/dstate --logfile ~/.bttrack/tracker.log --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --allowed_dir $HOME/btfiles --parse_dir_interval 10 --allow_get 1
+ bttrack --port 6969 --dfile ~/.bttrack/dstate --logfile ~/.bttrack/tracker.log --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --allowed_dir $HOME/btfiles --parse_dir_interval 10 --allow_get 1
-* firefox http://localhost:6969
+ firefox http://localhost:6969
- To make it a startup script, create a skeleton with the following
+* To make it a startup script, create a skeleton with the following
-mkdir /torrent
+ mkdir /torrent
-  DAEMON_ARGS="--dfile /var/run/$NAME/dstate --logfile /var/log/$NAME.log
+ sudo cp /etc/init.d/skeleton /etc/init.d/bttrack
+ vim /etc/init.d/bttrack
+*Change the following values:
+ DESC="BitTorrent protocol tracker"
+ NAME="bttrack"
+  DAEMON_ARGS="--dfile /var/run/bttrack/dstate --logfile /var/log/bttrack.log
     --port 6969 --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --allowed_dir /torrent/btfiles"
+==Creating a Torrent file==
+ sudo apt-get install bittornado
+ btmakemetafile  http://localhost:6969/announce SOURCE_File/Folder --target OUTPUT.torrent
+Optional argument: --piece_size_pow2 SIZE
+*Use any torrent client to upload the torrent data. Give the path of the torrent destination as the location where the data exists and do a hash-check
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