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=== 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.

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

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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~~

package = pkgs.rtorrent; # (2025-07-28) upstream develop of rtorrent continued, jesec-rtorrent does not build in nixpkgs

openFirewall = true;

};

services.flood = {

enable = true;

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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 ];

}

After performing '''nixos-rebuild switch''' on port http://localhost:8112 the flood service should run.

[[Category:Server]]

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 === 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, ... }:
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      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
+     package = pkgs.rtorrent; # (2025-07-28) upstream develop of rtorrent continued, jesec-rtorrent does not build in nixpkgs
      openFirewall = true;
    };
    services.flood = {
      enable = true;
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    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 ];
+ }
+After performing '''nixos-rebuild switch''' on port http://localhost:8112 the flood service should run.
+[[Category:Server]]