Hello everyone,
I recently decided to host my own bittorrent tracker so I can share files with
my mum without using anyone else’s service.
I successfully installed opentracker and I wanted to share the info in case some
of you wanted to do the same. After a ssh on the server, here is what I did :
Install opentracker :
cd /home/admin
git clone git://erdgeist.org/opentracker
cd opentracker
sudo apt install libowfat-dev zlib1g-dev # necessary to compile opentracker
make
Open the port in the firewall :
sudo yunohost firewall allow Both 6969
In my case, my server is behind a router, I also forwarded port 6969 from WAN to
the server.
As of now, it is possible to test if it works properly :
On the server, run opentracker :
/home/admin/opentracker/opentracker
On a computer, create a torrent file and set its tracker to
“udp://yourserver.nohost.me:6969” (replace “yourserver.nohost.me” with your
domain).
Share it with a friend, transfer will work as expected.
Now, if you stop opentracker on the server, you won’t be available to share your
files anymore. So, use systemd to run opentracker at startup by writing a file
(make sure to add an & at the end of the ExecStart command, otherwise the server
will never complete the boot sequence) :
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/opentracker.service
[Unit]
Description=opentracker
After=network.target[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/admin/opentracker
User=admin
Group=users
Type=simple
UMask=000
ExecStart=/home/admin/opentracker/opentracker &
RestartSec=15
Restart=always[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then enable the service and start it:
sudo systemctl enable opentracker.service
sudo systemctl start opentracker.service
That’s it. Your bittorrent tracker is now functioning.
Hope this helps.
alb
Ps: feel free to tell me if I missed anything.