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Transmission README
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Transmission is a set of lightweight BitTorrent clients (in GUI, CLI and daemon form). All its incarnations feature a very simple, intuitive
interface on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end.
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The transmission program is used to download and seed Ka-Lite packages. Once the packages are downloaded, Please verify the content
before copying them to Ka-Lite content directory.
Transmission is a set of lightweight BitTorrent clients (in GUI, CLI and daemon form). All these incarnations feature a very simple and intuitive interface, on top on an efficient, cross-platform back-end.
Transmission is intended to download KA Lite content to IIAB, from places like http://pantry.learningequality.org/downloads/ka-lite/0.17/content/ -- and also to seed it, in assistance of others.
Once the packages are downloaded, please verify the content before copying it (carefully) to KA Lite content directory: /library/ka-lite/content
Caution
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Usage of transmission consumes significant Internet data and system resources.
Caveat emptor! (That's Latin for "Buyer Beware").
Usage of Transmission consumes significant Internet data and system resources.
Caveat emptor! (That's Latin for "Buyer Beware")
Access
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You can login transmission using its web interface http://box:9091/ with the following administration account.
Login to Transmission's web interface http://box:9091 using administrative account:
Username: Admin
Password: changeme
Alternatively you can also access transmission using the 'transmission-remote' or 'transmission-remote' on the command line.
Alternatively, you can type 'transmission-remote' at the command-line.
Configuration
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You can configure transmission using the web interface http://box:9091.
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You can also edit the transmission settings in '/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json'. Before you start editing the
'settings.json' file, Please ensure that transmission-daemon.service is stop.
You can configure Transmission using its web interface http://box:9091
You can also edit Transmission settings in '/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json'. Before you start editing the
'settings.json' file, please ensure that transmission-daemon.service is stopped:
$ sudo systemctl stop transmission-daemon.service
$ sudo nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
$ sudo nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
Adding torrents
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The transmission provisioning system is designed to add ka-Lite packages. You can also use transmission is
download torrent using the Transmission web interface or using 'transmission-remote' program.
Transmission can facilitate provisioning your IIAB, by adding KA Lite content from places like: http://pantry.learningequality.org/downloads/ka-lite/0.17/content/
You can also download other torrents using Transmission's web interface, or by typing 'transmission-remote' at the command-line.
$ transmission-remote -a <path_to_the.torrent>
Known Issues
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* Default Transmission user/group (See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/537)
Currently you need to set these these in "transmission_user" and "transmission_group" variables. You can check
the value for these in transmission-daemon systemd unit file "lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service"
* Random Ports
Currently it is not possible to use random ports in the range 65535-49152. It is difficult to open multiple ports in IIAB firewall.
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* Default Transmission user/group (See https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/537). Currently you need to set these "transmission_user" and "transmission_group" variables. Check their values in transmission-daemon's systemd unit file: lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service
* Random Ports: Currently it is not possible to use random ports in the range 49152-65535. It is difficult to open multiple ports in IIAB's iptables-based firewall.
Troubleshooting
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Please check if the transmission daemon is running:
$ sudo systemctl status transmission-daemon.service
Check the transmission settings '/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json' are correct.
Check that Transmission's settings are correct in: /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json