Exatorrent is a self-hosted BitTorrent client that runs on your own server or computer. It is designed to provide fast and reliable torrent downloads without the need for external trackers. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing Exatorrent on Alpine Linux Latest.
The first step is to install the dependencies required by Exatorrent. We will use the apk package manager to install the required packages.
sudo apk update
sudo apk add nodejs npm libgcc libstdc++
To install Exatorrent, we will download it from the official Github repository using git. We will clone the repository in the /opt directory.
sudo git clone https://github.com/varbhat/exatorrent.git /opt/exatorrent
Before running Exatorrent, we need to configure it. We can do this by navigating to the /opt/exatorrent directory and copying the sample configuration files.
cd /opt/exatorrent
cp server-config.toml.sample server-config.toml
cp client-config.toml.sample client-config.toml
After copying the configuration files, we need to edit the server-config.toml file to specify the download directory and port number.
nano server-config.toml
Scroll down to find the [server.filesystem] section and specify the download_path variable to where you want to store the downloaded files. Then, change the port variable to the port number you want Exatorrent to listen on.
Save and exit the file by pressing CTRL+X, then Y, then ENTER.
To start Exatorrent, navigate to the /opt/exatorrent directory and execute the npm start command.
cd /opt/exatorrent
npm start
Exatorrent should now be up and running on the specified port number. You can access Exatorrent by opening a web browser and navigating to http://your_ip_address:port_number.
Exatorrent is now installed and configured on your Alpine Linux system. You can use it to download torrent files on your own server or computer without relying on external trackers. Enjoy your fast and reliable torrent downloads with Exatorrent!
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