How to Install WebUI-aria2 on FreeBSD Latest

WebUI-aria2 is a lightweight and modern web interface for the aria2 downloader. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing WebUI-aria2 on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

• You have root/sudo access to a FreeBSD system.
• You have installed the latest version of aria2 using the following command:

pkg install aria2

Step 1: Install Apache web server and PHP

To run WebUI-aria2, we need to have Apache web server and PHP installed on our FreeBSD system. Run the following command to install Apache and PHP:

pkg install apache24 php74 php74-extensions

Step 2: Download WebUI-aria2 from Github

Go to the official Github repository of WebUI-aria2 at https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2 and download the zip file of the latest release.

fetch https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2/archive/refs/tags/[VERSION].zip

Replace [VERSION] with the latest version number of WebUI-aria2.

Unzip the downloaded file using the following command:

unzip [VERSION].zip

Step 3: Move the WebUI-aria2 files to the Apache DocumentRoot

Move the extracted files to the Apache DocumentRoot. By default, the Apache DocumentRoot on FreeBSD is located at /usr/local/www/apache24/data/. You can move the files to this directory using the following command.

mv webui-aria2-[VERSION]/* /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Step 4: Configure WebUI-aria2

Create a new configuration file 'aria2.conf' in the /usr/local/www/apache24/data directory and paste the following configuration options:

enable-rpc=true
rpc-allow-origin-all=true
rpc-listen-all=true
max-concurrent-downloads=10
max-connection-per-server=16
max-tries=0
save-session=session.dat
save-session-interval=60
continue=true

Step 5: Start Apache web server

Start the Apache web server using the following command:

service apache24 start

Step 6: Run aria2 and access WebUI-aria2

Start aria2 using the following command:

aria2c --conf-path=/usr/local/www/apache24/data/aria2.conf

Access WebUI-aria2 by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost. You should see the WebUI-aria2 interface.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have learned how to install WebUI-aria2 on FreeBSD Latest. WebUI-aria2 is a modern web interface for the popular aria2 downloader, which provides a simple and user-friendly way to manage your downloads.

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