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A lobber storage node is essentially a standard BitTorrent client with a very thin layer used to receive notification about new and modified torrents. A lobber storage node is provided as a twisted plugin and is installed from the python package index. Currently the twisted plugin works with transmission - a popular, cross-platform BitTorrent client. Other BT clients may be supported in the future.Anchor
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The examples below assume a debian/ubuntu and OS X environment. If you're running another unix-like or windows OS your milage may vary. Our goal is for lobber to run on a multitude of environments and operating systems. Please provide us with patches!
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Installing on Ubuntu
Install Transmission
We recommend installing transmission 2.03 or later. If you are using Ubuntu 10.04 you may have to install transmission from a PPA:
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At this point you should have a transmission daemon running after each reboot. Use the /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon tool to stop/start the service in the normal way.Anchor
Install lobber-storagenode
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Download the tar archive lobber-storagenode-12.tar.gz or get the storage node from git.nordu.net:
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(for tar archive) tar xvzf lobber-storagenode-12-tar.gz cd lobber-storagenode python setup.py install |
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Installing on OS X
Install Transmission
Install Transmission for OS X and enable "Remote Access" in Preferences. We recommend installing transmission 2.03 or later.
Install lobber-storagenode
Download the tar archive lobber-storagenode-2.tar.gz or get the storage node from git.nordu.net:
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git clone git://git.nordu.net/lobber-storagenode.git
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Configuration
At this point twistd should have a new plugin registered. Verify this by running twistd --help and look for lobberstoragenode in the list of commands. If you see this then you're installation should be ok.
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$ twistd lobberstoragenode --help
Usage: twistd [options] lobberstoragenode [options]
Options:
-n, --standardNotifications Add standard notificiation destinations
-R, --register Register new torrents with lobber
-a, --announceUrl= Announce URL (tracker) to use for new
torrents
-A, --acl= Access Control List to apply to new torrents
-b, --dropbox= A directory to watch for new content
-d, --torrentDir= The directory where to store torrents
[default: torrents]
-D, --transmissionDownloadsDir= The downloads directory for transmission
[default:
/var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads]
-h, --lobberHost= The host running both STOMP and https for
lobber
-k, --lobberKey= The Lobber application key to use
-p, --trackerProxyTrackerUrl= Enable tracker proxying for given https
tracker (HOST[:PORT])
-P, --trackerProxyListenOn= Adress to bind the tracker proxy to [default:
localhost:8080]
-r, --removeLimit= Remove torrent and data when this many other
storage-nodes have the data (0=never remove)
[default: 0]
-S, --stompUrl= The STOMP protocol URL to use for
notifications
-T, --transmissionRpc= The RPC URL for transmission
--version
--help Display this help and exit.
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update-rc.d lobberstoragenode defaults
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OS X specific configuration
These are the changes that are needed to make the storage node work with the OS X version of Transmission.
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L_TORRENTDIR="/Users/[username]/Downloads"
L_TRANSMISSIONDLDIR="/Users/[username]/Downloads"
L_TRANSMISSIONRPC="http://localhost:9091"
L_USER="[username]"
L_GROUP_PERM="staff"
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