In order to run Lobber you will need at least the following software.

Software

• python
• django (apt-get install python-django)
• the web application – lobber

• a database
• sqlite
  or
• postgresql

• a tracker
• opentracker (git://git.nordu.net/opentracker.git)

Installation

• sudo apt-get install python-django python-libtorrent python-bittorrent python-django-doc python-egenix-mxdatetime python-egenix-mxtools python-pycurl python-openssl python-setuptools python-pysqlite2 python-django-tagging python-twisted

• sudo easy_install orbited

  If this doesn't work, do

  wget http://pypi.python.org/pypi/orbited/0.7.10 && tar xzf orbited-0.7.10.tar.gz && cd orbited-0.7.10 && python setup.py install

• sudo easy_install stompservice

• stomp

  wget http://stomppy.googlecode.com/files/stomp.py-3.0.1-beta2.tar.gz
  tar xzf stomp.py-3.0.1-beta2.tar.gz
  cd stomp.py-3.0.1/
  sudo python setup.py install

• opentracker

  cvs -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.fefe.de:/cvs login
  cvs -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.fefe.de:/cvs co libowfat
  cd libowfat && make && cd ..

  git clone git://git.nordu.net/opentracker.git
  cd opentracker && make && cd ..

See Lobber development sandbox for more details on configuration.

Bootstrapping

Do this once:

• Set up lobber

  cd lobber
  mkdir db logs torrents
  cd src
  ./dev-django-admin.sh syncdb

• Configure orbited

  cat > orbited.cfg <<EOF
  listen http://:9000
  stomp://:61613

  access

  • -> localhost:61613

  static

  global
  session.ping_interval = 300
  user=www-data

  logging
  debug=STDERR,debug.log
  info=STDERR,info.log
  access=STDERR,info.log
  warn=STDERR,error.log
  error=STDERR,error.log

  #Don't enable debug by default
  enabled.default=info,access,warn,error
  EOF

• Set up the tracker

  mkdir /tmp/tracker
  cat >> opentracker.conf << EOF
  listen.tcp_udp 0.0.0.0:4711
  access.stats_path stats-xyzzy
  tracker.rootdir /tmp/tracker
  EOF

Starting up

• lobber

  cd lobber/src
  ./dev-django-admin.sh runserver

• opentracker

  opentracker/opentracker -f opentracker.conf -a http://localhost:8000/torrent/exists/

• orbited

  orbited -c orbited.cfg

Using, first time

• Go to http://localhost:8000/admin/ and log in as whatever admin user you created in the syncbd phase under Bootstrapping above.
• Create an ordinary account
• Log out

Using

• http://localhost:8000/
• To craft your own torrent files, try

  btmakemetafile <FILE> http://localhost:4711/announce