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--- installing_sabnzbd_rtorrent_and_rtgui_on_ubuntu_9.04 [2009/08/14 07:15] – tkbletsc
+++ installing_sabnzbd_rtorrent_and_rtgui_on_ubuntu_9.04 [2009/10/16 12:45] (current) – tkbletsc
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+**(It turns out that rtorrent sucks. Not surprising, given how shitty the interface is.  Follow the [[Installing SABnzbd+ and Deluge on Ubuntu 9.04|SABnzbd+Deluge guide]] instead)**
 ====== Installing SABnzbd+, rtorrent, and rtgui on Ubuntu 9.04 ======
 ===== SABnzbd+ =====
+SABnzbd+ is a web-based usenet binary downloader that eats NZB files.
+==== Paths ====
 Here are the paths we'll assume:
 ^ Path ^ Purpose ^
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 | /x/usenet/dropbox              | Place where NZBs get picked up from |
-===== rtorrent =====
+==== Install ====
+  $ sudo apt-get install sabnzbdplus
+==== Configure ====
+Edit ''/etc/default/sabnzbdplus'' and set:
+  * USER to your username (or the username that sabnzbd should run as).
+  * HOST to 0.0.0.0 (to allow remote access) or 127.0.0.1 (for local access only)
+  * PORT to the port number to listen on (e.g. 8001).
+Then just go to http://yourserver:8001/sabnzbd to set it up.  Don't forget to set:
+  * web credentials
+  * usenet server details
+  * paths (if your root is mounted on flash, you should also move the cache and logs to a hard disk)
+  * download permissions to 0755 if sharing downloads via Samba/NFS
+===== rtorrent + rtgui =====
+rtorrent is a decent torrent client with a rubbish console interface.  rtgui is a web front-end for rtorrent.
+==== Paths ====
 Here are the paths we'll assume:
 ^ Path ^ Purpose ^
+| /home/<USERNAME>/.rtorrent.rc   | rtorrent config file |
 | /x/torrent/downloads/incomplete | Transfers in progress |
 | /x/torrent/downloads/complete   | Finished transfers |
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 | /x/torrent/rtorrent-session     | Rtorrent session directory |
 | /x/torrent/rtorrent.log         | Rtorrent log file |
+| /var/www/rtgui                  | RTgui installation (assuming /var/www is your web root) |
+==== Install rtorrent + rtgui prerequisites ====
+  $ sudo apt-get install php5 php5-xmlrpc libapache2-mod-scgi rtorrent
+==== Configure rtorrent ====
+Copy {{:rtorrent.rc|}} to ''~/.rtorrent.rc'' and edit as needed.
+==== Start + Autostart rtorrent ====
+Start rtorrent:
+  $ rtorrent
+It should come up without error, and you can press Ctrl+Q to exit.  Now we'll set it to start automatically. Add the following to /etc/rc.local (replace <USERNAME> with your username):
+  sudo -H -u <USERNAME> screen -dmS rtorrent rtorrent
+This will start rtorrent in a 'screen' session, which you can reconnect to with "''screen -R rtorrent''", if you wish.  However, since the rtorrent interface blows infinitely, we'll install rtgui to manage it over the web.
+Since that just starts it on reboot, start it now with:
+  $ screen -dmS rtorrent rtorrent
+==== SCGI ====
+rtgui uses Simple CGI (SCGI) to control rtorrent.  We have to do a few things to enable it.  As root, edit **''/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default''** and add the following before ''</VirtualHost>'':
+<file>
+LoadModule scgi_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_scgi.so
+SCGIMount /RPC2 127.0.0.1:5000
+</file>
+If you want to use .htaccess files to apply a password to this, under "''<Directory /var/www/>''" change ''AllowOverride'' to ''All''.
+Restart Apache:
+  $ sudo service apache2 restart
+==== Install and configure rtgui ====
+Download rtgui from http://code.google.com/p/rtgui/downloads/list and extract:
+  $ sudo tar xzf ~/rtgui-x.x.x.tgz -C /var/www
+Start with default config:
+  $ cd /var/www/rtgui/
+  $ sudo cp config.php.example config.php
+Edit config.php.  The only things you should need to change are ''$watchdir'', ''$downloaddir'', and ''$rtguiurl''.
-===== rtgui =====
+==== Authentication ====
+(You must have previously set ''AllowOverride'' to ''All'' in ''/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default'' for this to work.)
+If you want to require a password for rtgui:
+<file>
+$ cd /var/www/rtgui
+$ htpasswd -c .htpasswd <username>
+New password: <password>
+Re-type new password: <password>
+</file>
+Then populate .htaccess with:
+<file>
+AuthType Basic
+AuthName "rtgui"
+AuthUserFile /var/www/rtgui/.htpasswd
+require valid-user
+</file>
+===== Single dropbox =====
+If you want to have a single dropbox folder that works for both NZBs and torrents, we can make ''/x/dropbox'' do this.  Download {{:sort-dropbox.pl.txt|sort-dropbox.pl}} to your home directory or whereever.  Then make it start as a service on boot by adding this to ''/etc/rc.local'':
+  sudo -H -u <USERNAME> /path/to/sort-dropbox.pl -d &