How to setup a vps as a seedbox

Installing PHP is quite simple. Since this is going to be a seedbox, we only need a small handful of PHP modules. First we want to set cgi. Finally, we want to add PHP to the startup configuration and start the service itself. Before we can test PHP support, we need to actually configure nginx to make use of our php-fpm service. With all that done, we should have a functional copy of rTorrent built.

Before we get to that though, we need to download the stock rtorrent. I assume we used sbox. We rename it to. Open the. Last but not least, we have to start rtorrent in a screen session or some other detachable shell software :.

You may get a couple of errors about missing programs for some plugins, but all should work just fine. Add Comment. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

I accept the Privacy Policy. Post Comment. Now you have to restart the SSH server daemon. Start and stop the Transmission daemon. You must do this before proceeding to the next step. This ensures that everything up to now has been installed properly. Most important, this creates a default configuration file that we will be editing later on.

You should see two green [OK] outputs after the completion. Now we need to modify the Transmission configuration file. This application will help your server to stay secure and also ensure that the necessary ports are open for Transmission to function properly. This is an important step, please do not skip it. Hosting providers have different configurations of the default CentOS install and may block certain ports.

This installation will ensure that the necessary ports are open and unnecessary ones remain closed. By now you should have the Transmission daemon running.

You will be prompted to enter a username and password. Use the same username and password you have created during the Transmission installation the second one. Once logged in, you should see a Transmission web interface. Download , install and open FileZilla. Give it a good name. This is my favourite part about this whole setup. Not only you get a nice and fast web based client, but you can also set this up to be used with the desktop application!

Install the software. You still need to use the FTP client to download the completed torrents. All credits go to Seeboxr from DIYseedbox. Why do you need a seedbox? The IT department at your work is blocking or throttling BitTorrent traffic.

You have a laptop and it is not practical to keep it running all the time. You travel a lot and rarely stay online for a significant period of time to download a full torrent. You are a member of a private torrent site and would like to maintain a good standing aka ratio.

You are tired of overpaying for seedbox hosting at other places. What will I accomplish at the end of this howto? A Linux box running Transmission BitTorrent client with web based access. Web based access is also optimized for iPhone.