Rtorrent - Revision history

Makefu: add hint on how to increase the open file limit ( just encountered this myself)

2025-12-07T00:09:51Z

add hint on how to increase the open file limit ( just encountered this myself)

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:09, 7 December 2025
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	openFirewall = true;		openFirewall = true;
	};		};
			# If you have lots of torrents in the seed you may see rtorrent stack-trace with "too many open files"
			# to increase the limit of open files use:
			systemd.services.rtorrent.serviceConfig.LimitNOFILE = 16384;

	services.flood = {		services.flood = {

Makefu: remove jesec-rtorrent

2025-07-28T12:06:30Z

remove jesec-rtorrent

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:06, 28 July 2025
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	enable = true;		enable = true;
	port = peer-port;		port = peer-port;
	package = pkgs.~~jesec-~~rtorrent; # ~~currently~~ (~~2024~~-12-30) rtorrent ~~0.15.0~~ in nixpkgs ~~unstable is incompatible with flood, this is why a fork is used~~		package = pkgs.rtorrent; # (2025-07-28) upstream develop of rtorrent continued, jesec-rtorrent does not build in nixpkgs
	openFirewall = true;		openFirewall = true;
	};		};

Makefu: add server category

2024-12-30T23:55:07Z

add server category

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:55, 30 December 2024
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	}		}
	After performing '''nixos-rebuild switch''' on port http://localhost:8112 the flood service should run.		After performing '''nixos-rebuild switch''' on port http://localhost:8112 the flood service should run.

			[[Category:Server]]

Makefu: add link to flood web service

2024-12-30T23:52:29Z

add link to flood web service

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:52, 30 December 2024
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	imports = [ ./rtorrent.nix ];		imports = [ ./rtorrent.nix ];
	}		}
			After performing '''nixos-rebuild switch''' on port http://localhost:8112 the flood service should run.

Makefu: add note about how to use and import the config

2024-12-30T23:51:11Z

add note about how to use and import the config

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:51, 30 December 2024
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	=== Integration with flood-js via UNIX sockets ===		=== Integration with flood-js via UNIX sockets ===
	rtorrent can open a socket which other software can use to interface with. No unprotected RPC socket of rtorrent is required with this setup and it therefore provides a higher security standard<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		rtorrent can open a socket which other software can use to interface with. No unprotected RPC socket of rtorrent is required with this setup and it therefore provides a higher security standard.

			<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:		{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

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	openFirewall = true;		openFirewall = true;
	};		};

	services.flood = {		services.flood = {
	enable = true;		enable = true;
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	systemd.services.flood.serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups = [ config.services.rtorrent.group ];		systemd.services.flood.serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups = [ config.services.rtorrent.group ];
	}		}
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>Sample configuration is to be put into '''rtorrent.nix''' and imported in your '''configuration.nix''' via:
			{
			imports = [ ./rtorrent.nix ];
			}

Makefu: initial creation with sample code for rtorrent + flood

2024-12-30T23:47:29Z

initial creation with sample code for rtorrent + flood

New page

rtorrent is a bittorrent client. This article discusses integrations of rtorrent with other graphical interfaces such as flood.

=== Integration with flood-js via UNIX sockets ===
rtorrent can open a socket which other software can use to interface with. No unprotected RPC socket of rtorrent is required with this setup and it therefore provides a higher security standard<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

let
peer-port = 51412;
web-port = 8112;
in {

services.rtorrent = {
enable = true;
port = peer-port;
package = pkgs.jesec-rtorrent; # currently (2024-12-30) rtorrent 0.15.0 in nixpkgs unstable is incompatible with flood, this is why a fork is used
openFirewall = true;
};
services.flood = {
enable = true;
port = web-port;
openFirewall = true;
extraArgs = ["--rtsocket=${config.services.rtorrent.rpcSocket}"];
};
# allow access to the socket by putting it in the same group as rtorrent service
# the socket will have g+w permissions
systemd.services.flood.serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups = [ config.services.rtorrent.group ];
}
</syntaxhighlight>