Running a Torrent tracker on Ubuntu
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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

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
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

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

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[edit]

Optional argument: --piece_size_pow2 SIZE