How to Install rTorrent/ruTorrent Seedbox on Ubuntu VPS

How to Install rTorrent/ruTorrent Seedbox on Ubuntu VPS

This tutorial will guide you through the installation of libtorrent 0.13.0, rTorrent 0.9, and the ruTorrent Web UI (3.0) on a Debian or Ubuntu system. It has been tested with Debian 6 (x64) and Ubuntu 11.04 (x64).

To begin, access your VPS via SSH and run the following to update your platform and install some needed dependencies:

    # apt-get update
    # sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential automake libtool libcppunit-dev libcurl3-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev unzip unrar-free curl libncurses-dev
    # apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-cli php5-curl

Enable scgi for Apache:

    # apt-get install libapache2-mod-scgi
    # ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/scgi.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/scgi.load

Install XMLRPC:

    # mkdir /install;cd /install
    # svn checkout http://xmlrpc-c.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xmlrpc-c/stable xmlrpc-c
    # cd xmlrpc-c
    # ./configure --disable-cplusplus
    # make
    # make install

Intall libtorrent:

    # cd /install
    # wget http://vps6.net/src/libtorrent-0.13.0.tar.gz
    # tar xvf libtorrent-0.13.0.tar.gz
    # cd libtorrent-0.13.0
    # ./autogen.sh
    # ./configure
    # make
    # make install

Install rTorrent:

    # cd /install
    # wget http://vps6.net/src/rtorrent-0.9.0.tar.gz
    # cd rtorrent-0.9.0
    # ./autogen.sh
    # ./configure --with-xmlrpc-c
    # make
    # make install
    # ldconfig

Create required directories:

    # mkdir /home/seeder1/rtorrent
    # mkdir /home/seeder1/rtorrent/.session
    # mkdir /home/seeder1/rtorrent/watch
    # mkdir /home/seeder1/rtorrent/download

Setup .rtorrent.rc file (rTorrent config):

    # cd ~/
    # wget http://vps6.net/src/.rtorrent.rc
    # cp .rtorrent.rc /home/seeder1/
(Edit the settings in .rtorrent.rc, like max upload/download speed, max connected peers, etc, as needed.)

Install rTorrent:

    # cd /install
    # wget http://vps6.net/src/rutorrent-3.0.tar.gz
    # tar xvf rutorrent-3.0.tar.gz
    # mv rutorrent /var/www
    # wget http://vps6.net/src/plugins-3.0.tar.gz
    # tar xvf plugins-3.0.tar.gz
    # mv plugins /var/www/rutorrent
    # rm -rf /var/www/rutorrent/plugins/darkpal
    # chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/rutorrent

Secure /rutorrent:

    # a2enmod ssl
    # a2enmod auth_digest
    # a2enmod scgi
    # openssl req $@ -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out /etc/apache2/apache.pem -keyout /etc/apache2/apache.pem
    # chmod 600 /etc/apache2/apache.pem
    # htdigest -c /etc/apache2/passwords seedbox seeder1
(Enter a password of your choice when prompted, you will use this to log in to the ruTorrent web UI.)
    # cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
    # rm -rf default
    # wget http://vps6.net/src/default
    # a2ensite default-ssl
    # /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Install screen:

    # apt-get install screen
Start rTorrent in a detached shell using screen:
    # screen -fa -d -m rtorrent
(To start rtorrent automatically after reboots, add the above command to /etc/rc.local)

Setup is now complete! Access ruTorrent at http://xx.xx.xx.xx/rutorrent/ (replace xx.xx with your server's IP address). You should be greeted with a login prompt, where the username is "seeder1" and the password is the one you set above in the "secure /rutorrent" section.