BitTorrent / Download Tools¶

The web interface is accessible via port 9091:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:9091
• Username: root
• Password: <your global password>

Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by Transmission:

• folder accessed via file server: downloads
• local folder: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads

DietPi sets up Transmission to use port forwarding on the router.
In rare cases this won’t work with some routers and you will need to manually setup port forwarding:

• Use TCP+UDP with the default DietPi transmission port of 51413.
• Point this port to the IP address of your DietPi system.

Once port forwarding is setup, simply complete the following to update transmission:

• Load up the transmission web interface
• Click the settings button (bottom left spanner)
• Click the network tab
• Where is says Use port forwarding on my router, uncheck this box.

Simply close and reopen this screen to refresh the port status.

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface is accessible via port 8112:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:8112
• Password: <your global password>

Select the host 127.0.0.1 and click connect.

• Open up Deluge client on your other system
• Select Preferences > Interface and disable (uncheck) Classic Mode. Save changes and restart Deluge
• When the connection manager appears, select Add.
• Enter the following details:
  • Hostname: Your device’s IP address (e.g.: 192.168.0.100)
  • Port: 58846
  • Username: root
  • Password: <your global password>
• Simply select and connect to the new entry

Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by Deluge:

• Folder accessed via file server: downloads
• Local folder: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface is accessible via port 1340:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:1340
• Username: qbittorrent
• Password: <your global password> (default: dietpi)
  NB: Since qBittorrent v4.2.0 (Debian Bullseye), a new safer hash algorithm is used, which we are currently not able to replicate dynamically for the global software password with common shell tools. Until then, for your first login the password is dietpi. Please change it directly after first login: MichaIng/DietPi#5078

Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by qBittorrent:

• Folder accessed via file server: downloads
• Local folder: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads

Before activating search plugins within qBittorrent, you would need to install Python first. Afterwards you can search and activate the plugins.

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

• URL: http://<your.IP>/rutorrent
• Username: root
• Password: <your global password> (default: dietpi)

The login credentials can be changed, depending on the webserver choice, with the following commands:

# With Lighttpd (default):
echo "username:rtorrent:$(echo -n 'username:rtorrent:password' | md5sum | mawk '{print $1}')" > /etc/.rutorrent-htaccess

# With Apache:
htpasswd -c /etc/.rutorrent-htaccess

# With Nginx:
echo "username:$(openssl passwd -apr1 'password')" > /etc/.rutorrent-htaccess

Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by rTorrent:

• Folder accessed via file server: downloads
• Local folder: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads

Important note:
rTorrent creates a lock file based on the systems hostname. When the hostname is changed (e.g. via dietpi-config > Security Options), then the old lock file needs to be removed to allow rTorrent creating a new one based on the new hostname:

rm /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/.session/rtorrent.lock
systemctl restart rtorrent

rTorrent by default listens on the UNIX domain socket at /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/.session/rpc.socket. The webserver is configured to proxy http://<your.IP>/RPC2 calls to the UNIX socket, but HTTP authentication is enforced for that URL.

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

To view rTorrent service logs, run the following command:

journalctl -u rtorrent

Issues with the web interface can be debugged via webserver logs:

# With Lighttpd (default):
journalctl -u lighttpd
more /var/log/lighttpd/error.log

# With Apache:
journalctl -u apache2
more /var/log/apache2/error.log

# With Nginx:
journalctl -u nginx
more /var/log/nginx/error.log

rTorrent itself is installed via APT, and hence can be updated by running the following commands:

apt update
apt install rtorrent

If the ruTorrent web interface shall be updated as well, easiest is a reinstall:

dietpi-software reinstall 107

• URL: http://<your.IP>/aria2/docs
• rpc secret password: <your global password>

This needs to be entered in the following location, in the web interface:

• Settings
• Connection Settings
• Enter the rpc secret password into the Enter the secret token (optional): box, then save changes

Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by Aria2:

• Folder accessed via file server: downloads
• Local folder: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads

Please note, the aria2-webui does not support saving settings after session shutdown, this is a known limitation with the software, please use the file aria2.conf to make changes:

• Stop services with systemctl stop aria2
• Edit the following configuration file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/aria2/aria2.conf, making your required changes.
• Start services with systemctl start aria2

Full list of aria2.conf settings: https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface uses port 8080:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:8080/sabnzbd

In some instances, initial config generation during installation isn’t successful.
If you experience this, please run the following commands to reapply config settings for DietPi (copy and paste all).

systemctl stop sabnzbd
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'log_level[[:blank:]]+=' 'log_level = 0' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini # Warnings and errors only
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'auto_browser[[:blank:]]+=' 'auto_browser = 0' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'host[[:blank:]]+=' 'host = 0.0.0.0' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'admin_dir[[:blank:]]+=' 'admin_dir = /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/sabnzbd_admin' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'download_dir[[:blank:]]+=' 'download_dir = /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/incomplete' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'complete_dir[[:blank:]]+=' 'complete_dir = /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/complete' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'nzb_backup_dir[[:blank:]]+=' 'nzb_backup_dir = /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/sabnzbd_nzb_backup' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'permissions[[:blank:]]+=' 'permissions = 0775' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'refresh_rate[[:blank:]]+=' 'refresh_rate = 2' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
systemctl start sabnzbd

Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by SABnzbd:

• Folder accessed via file server: downloads/complete
• Local folder: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/complete

Requires compile install, please see: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/installation/multicore-par2

The steps require a Git client and build tools. You can install these running next command in the terminal:

apt install git build-essential

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface is accessible via port 8081:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:8081

Once registered and logged in with Medusa:

• Click the Shows button (top of screen)
• Click the Add Shows option.
• Select the Add new show option
• Input a TV show to find in the search box, select one of the entries from the search results, then click Next
• Make sure the parent folder is /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads, then click Next
• Finally, click the Add show button

• Click the Settings “cog” button (the top right hand corner of the screen)
• Select Search providers
• Select and tick the BitTorrent sites you would like enable. When Medusa searches for a TV show, these sites will then be searched for the available torrent.
• Finally click Save changes (bottom of the page)

To use this feature, you will need a supported BitTorrent server installed. All of the BitTorrent servers available in dietpi-software are supported by Medusa.

• Click the Settings “cog” button (the top right hand corner of the screen)
• Select Search settings
• Select Torrent search tab.
• Make sure the entry enable torrent search providers is enabled (ticked)
• Under the section Send .torrent files to, select the BitTorrent program you have installed, then enter the details.
• Use the Test connection button at the bottom of the page to ensure Medusa can connect to your BitTorrent server.
• Finally click Save changes (bottom of the page)

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface is accessible via port 8989:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:8989

Before you can add TV shows, you’ll need to select a search indexer to use from the web interface:

• Simply go to Settings > Indexer then choose at least one indexer.

Setup your download client:

• Simply go to Settings > Download Client, select your installed download client and enter required credentials.

Setup file creation mask:
If you require write access from other applications (e.g. Plex subtitle downloads), you’ll also need to set the file/folder creation mask to allow this.

• In the Sonarr web interface, select Settings
• Toggle to Advanced settings slider (enable it)
• Under Media Management tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page under Permissions, set the following values:

• Save changes

• Simply select Series > Add TV Show
• Type a name of the show you wish to find
• Once found, under path use the following location /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
• Change any further options (such as video quality) if needed, then select +

By default Sonarr has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:

1. Run dietpi-services from console
2. Select sonarr
3. Select Edit
4. Uncomment (remove leading #) the line, starting with ReadWritePaths=
5. Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
6. Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit

Link the Sonarr info/settings database to RAM to increase access performance, reduce disk I/O and avoid constant external HDD spinning due to the very regular access to these files: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-arr-to-ram-link-sonarr-radarr-lidarr-database-files-to-ram/3120

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

• Service: journalctl -u sonarr
• Daemon: /var/log/bazarr/sonarr.log

• Use the internal web based updater

The web interface is accessible via port 7878:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:7878

Before you can add movies, you’ll need to select a search indexer to use from the web interface:

• Simply go to Settings > Indexer then choose at least one indexer.

Setup your download client:

• Simply go to Settings > Download Client, select your installed download client and enter required credentials.

Setup file creation mask:
If you require write access from other applications (e.g. Plex subtitle downloads), you’ll also need to set the file/folder creation mask to allow this.

• In the Radarr web interface, select Settings
• Toggle to Advanced settings (enable it)
• Under Media Management tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page under Permissions, set the following values:

• Save changes

• Simply select Add New Movies
• Type a name of the movie you wish to find
• Once found, under path use the following location /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
• Change any further options (such as video quality) if needed, then select +

By default Radarr has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:

1. Run dietpi-services from console
2. Select radarr
3. Select Edit
4. Uncomment (remove leading #) the line, starting with ReadWritePaths=
5. Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
6. Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit

Link the Radarr info/settings database to RAM to increase access performance, reduce disk I/O and avoid constant external HDD spinning due to the very regular access to these files: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-arr-to-ram-link-sonarr-radarr-lidarr-database-files-to-ram/3120

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

• Service: journalctl -u radarr
• Daemon: /var/log/bazarr/radarr.log

• Use the internal web based updater

The web interface is accessible via port 6767:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:6767

• Install directory: /opt/bazarr
• Data directory: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/bazarr
• Bazarr configuration file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/bazarr/config/config.ini

• Service: journalctl -u bazarr
• Daemon: /var/log/bazarr/bazarr.log

• Use the internal web based updater

The web interface is accessible via port 8686:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:8686

Before you can music, you’ll need to select a search indexer to use from the web interface:

• Simply go to Settings > Indexer then choose at least one indexer.

Setup your download client:

• Simply go to Settings > Download Client, select your installed download client and enter required credentials.

Setup file creation mask:
If you require write access from other applications (e.g. Plex subtitle downloads), you’ll also need to set the file/folder creation mask to allow this.

• In the Sonarr web interface, select Settings
• Toggle to Advanced settings slider (enable it)

• Under Media Management tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page under Permissions, set the following values:

  

• Save changes

• Simply select Artist > Add New
• Type a name of the artist you wish to find
• Once found, under root folder, use the following location /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
• Change any other settings as required, then select Add

By default Lidarr has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:

1. Run dietpi-services from console
2. Select lidarr
3. Select Edit
4. Uncomment (remove leading #) the line, starting with ReadWritePaths=
5. Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
6. Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit

Link the Lidarr info/settings database to RAM to increase access performance, reduce disk I/O and avoid constant external HDD spinning due to the very regular access to these files: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-arr-to-ram-link-sonarr-radarr-lidarr-database-files-to-ram/3120

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

• Service: journalctl -u lidarr
• Daemon: /var/log/bazarr/lidarr.log

• Use the internal web based updater

The web interface is accessible via port 8787:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:8787

Before you can add ebooks, you’ll need to select a search indexer to use from the web interface:

• Simply go to Settings > Indexer then choose at least one indexer.

Setup your download client:

• Simply go to Settings > Download Client, select your installed download client and enter required credentials.

Setup folder creation mask:
If you require write access from other applications, you’ll also need to set the folder creation mask to allow this.

• In the Readarr web interface, select Settings
• Toggle to Advanced settings (enable it)
• Under Media Management tab, scroll down to the bottom of the page under Permissions, set the following values:

• Save changes

• Simply select Add New Author
• Type a name of the ebook or author you wish to find
• Once found, under path use the following location /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
• Change any further options if needed, then select Add

By default Readarr has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:

1. Run dietpi-services from console
2. Select readarr
3. Select Edit
4. Uncomment (remove leading #) the line, starting with ReadWritePaths=
5. Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
6. Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit

The install, config and data directory is located at:

• Install directory: /opt/readarr
• Data directory: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/readarr
• Readarr configuration file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/readarr/config.xml

Since Readarr runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:

systemctl status readarr

systemctl start readarr

systemctl stop readarr

systemctl restart readarr

• Service: journalctl -u readarr
• Daemon: /var/log/readarr/Readarr.txt

• Use the internal web based updater

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface is accessible via port 9696:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:9696

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface is accessible via port 9117:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:9117

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface is accessible via port 6789:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:6789
• Username: admin
• Password: <your global password>

Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by Transmission:

• Folder accessed via file server: downloads/complete
• Local folder: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/complete

NZBGet service logs can be viewed with the following command:

journalctl -u nzbget

Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.

The web interface is accessible via port 8085:

• URL: http://<your.IP>:8085

This tool could be accessed from the command line

youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

Read the documentation for more details on the options used: ytdl-org/youtube-dl#options