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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 these incarnations feature a very simple and intuitive interface, on top on an efficient, cross-platform backend: https://transmissionbt.com
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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 content, assisting others.
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For example, once KA Lite videos and thumbnails are confirmed downloaded, copy them (carefully!) from ``/library/transmission`` into ``/library/ka-lite/content`` as outlined by "KA Lite Administration: What tips & tricks exist?" at http://FAQ.IIAB.IO
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Caution
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Usage of Transmission consumes significant Internet data and system resources.
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Caveat emptor! (That's Latin for "Buyer Beware")
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Using It
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Login to Transmission's web interface http://box:9091 using administrative account::
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Username: Admin
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Password: changeme
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Alternatively, you can run ``transmission-remote`` at the command-line.
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Configuration
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Configure Transmission using its web interface: http://box:9091
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More settings can be edited within '/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json' if you first ensure that the transmission-daemon.service is stopped::
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systemctl stop transmission-daemon
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Then edit the file::
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nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
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Here are some short explanations, as to what those 70+ variables mean: https://github.com/transmission/transmission/wiki/Editing-Configuration-Files
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Adding torrents
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Transmission can facilitate provisioning content onto your IIAB, e.g. by adding KA Lite content from places like: http://pantry.learningequality.org/downloads/ka-lite/0.17/content/
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You can also download other torrents using Transmission's web interface, or by typing 'transmission-remote' at the command-line::
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transmission-remote -a <path_to_the.torrent>
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Known Issues
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* Default Transmission user/group may need fixing (https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/537). You can set Ansible variables 'transmission_user' and 'transmission_group' e.g. in /opt/iiab/iiab/roles/transmission/defaults/main.yml (you might need 'User=' and 'Group=' in systemd unit file /lib/systemd/system/transmission-daemon.service — both might need to be set to 'debian-transmission' — if so 'systemctl daemon-reload' then 'systemctl restart transmission-daemon').
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* 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.
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Troubleshooting
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Verify that transmission-daemon is running::
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systemctl status transmission-daemon
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Re-check that Transmission's settings are correct in::
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/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
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