===================== Transmission README ===================== 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. 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. Caution ------- Usage of transmission consumes significant Internet data and system resources. Caveat emptor! (That's Latin for "Buyer Beware"). Access ------ You can login transmission using its web interface http://box:9091/ with the following administration account. Username: Admin Password: changeme Alternatively you can also access transmission using the 'transmission-remote' or 'transmission-remote' on the command line. Configuration -------------- You can configure transmission using the web interface http://box:9091. 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. $ sudo systemctl stop transmission-daemon.service $ sudo nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json Adding torrents --------------- 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-remote -a Known Issues ------------- Currently it is not possible to use random ports in the range 65535-49152. It is difficult to open multiple ports in IIAB firewall. Troubleshooting ---------------- 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.