This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing WebUI-aria2, a web interface for the Aria2 download utility, on nixOS Latest. The steps outlined below assume that you have administrative privileges and are familiar with basic terminal commands.
Before we can use WebUI-aria2, we need to install Aria2. Use the following command in your terminal to install Aria2 on your system:
sudo nix-env -i aria2
Next, we need to download and extract the WebUI-aria2 package from its Github repository. Navigate to the directory where you want to install WebUI-aria2 and use the following command to download and extract the package:
sudo curl -L -o webui-aria2.zip https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2/archive/master.zip
sudo unzip webui-aria2.zip
sudo mv webui-aria2-master webui-aria2
Now that we have both Aria2 and WebUI-aria2 installed, we need to configure them to work together.
First, create a new configuration file for Aria2 using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/aria2.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file:
# File: /etc/aria2.conf
enable-rpc=true
rpc-allow-origin-all=true
rpc-listen-all=true
Save the configuration file and exit the editor.
Next, we need to configure WebUI-aria2 to use our Aria2 installation. Open the conf.js file located in the webui-aria2 directory using the following command:
sudo nano webui-aria2/conf.js
Find the following line in the conf.js file:
var rpc = new $.jsonRPCClient({url: '/jsonrpc'});
Replace it with the following line:
var rpc = new $.jsonRPCClient({url: '/rpc', username: 'username', password: 'password'});
Replace username and password with your desired login credentials.
Save the file and exit the editor.
Finally, we need to serve the WebUI-aria2 files using a web server. In this tutorial, we'll be using Lighttpd. Install Lighttpd using the following command:
sudo nix-env -i lighttpd
Next, we need to create a new configuration file for Lighttpd. Use the following command to create and open the configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file:
# File: /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
server.document-root = "/full/path/to/webui-aria2"
server.modules += ( "mod_alias" )
alias.url += ( "/rpc" => "/jsonrpc" )
Replace /full/path/to/webui-aria2 with the full path to your WebUI-aria2 installation directory.
Save the configuration file and exit the editor.
Finally, start the Lighttpd web server using the following command:
sudo lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5050. You should be prompted to log in with the credentials you set in Step 3. Once logged in, you'll be able to use the WebUI-aria2 interface to manage your Aria2 downloads.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed and configured WebUI-aria2 on nixOS Latest.
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