transmission on ubuntu cincai guide

# update n upgrade in one go

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

# install add-apt-repository

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

# add transmission ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa

# update

sudo apt-get update

# install transmission and nano

sudo apt-get install transmission-daemon nano

# edit /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/settings.json

sudo nano /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/settings.json

/****

Example config

{
    "alt-speed-down": 50,
    "alt-speed-enabled": false,
    "alt-speed-time-begin": 540,
    "alt-speed-time-day": 127,
    "alt-speed-time-enabled": false,
    "alt-speed-time-end": 1020,
    "alt-speed-up": 50,
    "bind-address-ipv4": "0.0.0.0",
    "bind-address-ipv6": "::",
    "blocklist-enabled": true,
    "blocklist-url": "http://tbg.iblocklist.com/Lists/ipfilter.dat.gz",
    "cache-size-mb": 4,
    "dht-enabled": true,
    "download-dir": "/var/www/any-folder-name-that-u-want",
    "download-limit": 100,
    "download-limit-enabled": 0,
    "encryption": 1,
    "idle-seeding-limit": 30,
    "idle-seeding-limit-enabled": false,
    "incomplete-dir": "/root/Downloads",
    "incomplete-dir-enabled": false,
    "lazy-bitfield-enabled": true,
    "lpd-enabled": false,
    "max-peers-global": 200,
    "message-level": 2,
    "open-file-limit": 32,
    "peer-congestion-algorithm": "",
    "peer-limit-global": 240,
    "peer-limit-per-torrent": 60,
    "peer-port": 51413,
    "peer-port-random-high": 65535,
    "peer-port-random-low": 49152,
    "peer-port-random-on-start": false,
    "peer-socket-tos": "default",
    "pex-enabled": true,
    "port-forwarding-enabled": false,
    "preallocation": 1,
    "prefetch-enabled": 1,
    "proxy": "",
    "proxy-auth-enabled": false,
    "proxy-auth-password": "",
    "proxy-auth-username": "",
    "proxy-enabled": false,
    "proxy-port": 80,
    "proxy-type": 0,
    "ratio-limit": 2,
    "ratio-limit-enabled": false,
    "rename-partial-files": true,
    "rpc-authentication-required": true,
    "rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",
    "rpc-enabled": true,
    "rpc-password": "replace rpc-password to your chosen password. It will be rehashed later",
# any port can be chosen. I chose 8080 for mine.
    "rpc-port": 8080,
    "rpc-url": "/transmission/",
    "rpc-username": "transmission",
    "rpc-whitelist": "*",
    "rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,


*****/


#restart daemon + update config

service transmission-daemon reload

# try to access your web interface from your ip:port

# Example:

http://1.2.3.4:8080