
- HOW TO RUN DELUGE CLIENT WHEN USING THE DAEMON HOW TO
- HOW TO RUN DELUGE CLIENT WHEN USING THE DAEMON INSTALL
- HOW TO RUN DELUGE CLIENT WHEN USING THE DAEMON WINDOWS
Sudo reboot -h now Accessing Deluge via the web interface To check the status of the daemon use status instead of stop in the above command.Ĭross your fingers and restart the server by typing the following command: If at any time you want to stop the web daemon then you can do so by issuing the following command: Now let’s start the daemon and ensure it launches on startup (by default it will not):

Sudo cp /media/WD40EFRX/RAIDMain/MyScripts/rvice /etc/systemd/system/rvice Starting the Web daemon: Next highlight the following commands, right-click on them and select Copy ĭescription=Deluge Bittorrent Client Web Interface Sudo vim /media/WD40EFRX/RAIDMain/MyScripts/rviceĪs above, substitute /media/WD40EFRX/RAIDMain/MyScripts with the location of your script files. Now we need to create the script to launch the web user interface: The status should look something like this: Create the Web start-up script To check the status of the daemon use status instead of stop in the above command. If at any time you want to stop the deluge daemon then you can do so by issuing the following command: Now let’s start the daemon and enable it so it launches on startup (by default it will not): Sudo cp /media/WD40EFRX/RAIDMain/MyScripts/rvice /etc/systemd/system/rviceĪs above substitute /media/WD40EFRX/RAIDMain/MyScripts with the location of your script files. Now let’s copy it to the location required as part of systemd: If you make a mistake editing the file then issue :q! instead of :wq to abort your changes.

Now press the key once and type :wq to save and quit out of the script. Next right click and the lines we’ve just copied above will be pasted into the file. Toggle back to the Putty Session and press the key once and add a couple of blank lines by pressing the key. # Configures the time to wait before service is stopped forcefully. Next, assuming you’re using Putty, highlight the following commands, right-click on them and select Copy ĭescription=Deluge Bittorrent Client Daemon Obviously substituting /media/WD40EFRX/RAIDMain/MyScripts with the location of your script files. Sudo vim /media/WD40EFRX/RAIDMain/MyScripts/rvice So, let’s create the first script we need by typing the following command: That’s no big deal really since we’ll not need to edit the script once it’s created. So, instead of linking to it we have to make a copy of it. If you’re following my advice about storing configuration files separately then please note that with systemd scripts there has to be a copy stored directly on the Operating System partition.

Now we’ve got the components installed we need to make everything run on start-up.Ī note about the storing of configuration files

HOW TO RUN DELUGE CLIENT WHEN USING THE DAEMON INSTALL
Sudo apt-get install deluge-web Run the Deluge Daemon on startup Next we’ll install the Web interface by typing: Next we’ll install the Deluge daemon itself: Sudo chown deluge:deluge /var/log/deluge* Install the Deluge Daemon Sudo adduser -disabled-password -system -home /var/lib/deluge -gecos "Deluge service" -group deluge So, first off we need to create a new user called “deluge” and perform a couple more steps: If you’ve not installed VNC and are running a purely headless setup then running Deluge headless is pretty much your only option! So, here’s how you install it:Īt the time of writing Deluge version 2.0.3 is the most up to date release for Focal Fossa 20.04LTS
HOW TO RUN DELUGE CLIENT WHEN USING THE DAEMON WINDOWS
You can either control the daemon using the Deluge client itself (for example the Windows version of Deluge) or alternatively you can use your browser to control it. This means you can install the Deluge daemon as a headless service and then control it from a remote machine. In the newer versions of Ubuntu, Deluge comes in two parts the server (also called the daemon) and the user interface.
HOW TO RUN DELUGE CLIENT WHEN USING THE DAEMON HOW TO
How to install Deluge (v2.0.x) headless on Ubuntu Serverĭeluge is a great BitTorrent client that you can install on Ubuntu to allow you to share your favourite files with the rest of the BitTorrent community.
