Looking to setup a download server

[Conrad11]

Hi there,

I am looking to setup a download server and was looking to use linux but i have a couple of questions:

I want to be downloading torrents, but will i be able to access them on my Windows PC via some sort of filesharing or would that not work?

Will i be able to use some sort of software where i wouldnt need to have a monitor and i could you another pc on the network to control it.

Is this possible for a beginner on linux to do?

Thanks.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Do you want to stream the files from the server or do you want it to just download them so you can transfer them to your Windows machine? This wiull determine the software you need. For the distro I reccomend Ubuntu server.

I have an iTunes/daapd server that I manage over SSH using PuTTY when I'm using Windows. I transfer files to and fro using FileZilla.

 

[Conrad11]

I wish to transfer them to my windows machine.

I am looking to run this on a pretty shoddy machine. Ie 500Mhz.

Will ubuntu run ok?

Thanks.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

It'll run perfectly. My daapd server is 533 MHz. Here's a guide to set up the command-line bittorrent client for Debian (Ubuntu's parent distro, all commands should work the same): http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-command-line-bittorrent-client.html

You'll install the OS onto the download box then install SSH by running
sudo apt-get update
then
sudo apt-get install SSH

It'll install SSH so you can access remotely. Remember the server's IP address and go to your Windows machine. Install PuTTY and enter the server's IP address. You'll then log into the remote machine using your username and password. Install the bittorrent client from there using the above guide.

When you have files you want to transfer over, just use filezilla to transfer them at 100 megabits/sec.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

If you like I can set this up in parallel to help you out with issues encountered as they arise. I could go for a torrent downloader rig myself.

Let me know if you want me to do it.

EDIT: Link to the HTTP download of the .iso image
Link to torrent of the .iso image if you prefer this method

 

[Mr. Brightside]

You can have a web based interface if you want to. Torrentflux does this and was great when I tried it (only got rid of it because the box I was running it on had to go). I used this guide:
http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_lamp_torrentflux_vmware except of course I wasn't running it on a virtual machine so a lot of it didn't apply.

Hope this helps, null

 

[AndrewP]

I use torrentflux aswell, runs fine on my CentOS rig, installing the web server, mysql and php can be done in the OS install process and it was easy to set torrentflux up itself. Its a Duron 700 with most of my spare hard disks and RAM in.

Shared drives are fairly easy to set up with Samba so you can just copy using Windows Explorer, or use FTP as mentioned, pscp is a bit of a pain.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I use torrentflux aswell, runs fine on my CentOS rig, installing the web server, mysql and php...

Ubuntu server, IIRC, installs Apache, MSQL, and PHP by default.

 

[whitecrook]

debian + ebox + samba, plus btlaunchmanycurses with screen. Then putty on the Windows side.