############################################################################# # A minimal rTorrent configuration that provides the basic features # you want to have in addition to the built-in defaults. # # See https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/wiki/CONFIG-Template # for an up-to-date version. ############################################################################# # Instance layout (base paths) method.insert = cfg.basedir, private|const|string, (cat,(system.env,HOME),"/Downloads/rtorrent/") method.insert = cfg.download, private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.basedir),"download/") method.insert = cfg.logs, private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.basedir),"log/") method.insert = cfg.logfile, private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.logs),"rtorrent-",(system.time),".log") method.insert = cfg.session, private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.basedir),".session/") method.insert = cfg.watch, private|const|string, (cat,(cfg.basedir),"watch/") # Create instance directories execute.throw = sh, -c, (cat,\ "mkdir -p \"",(cfg.download),"\" ",\ "\"",(cfg.logs),"\" ",\ "\"",(cfg.session),"\" ",\ "\"",(cfg.watch),"/load\" ",\ "\"",(cfg.watch),"/start\" ") # Listening port for incoming peer traffic (fixed; you can also randomize it) network.port_range.set = 62820-62820 network.port_random.set = no # Enable DHT support for trackerless torrents or when all trackers are down. # May be set to "disable" (completely disable DHT), "off" (do not start DHT), # "auto" (start and stop DHT as needed), or "on" (start DHT immediately). # The default is "off". # For DHT to work, a session directory must be defined. # See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dnsmasq#Local_DNS_Cache for enabling local DNS cache # Open ports to the firewall as well dht.mode.set = auto # UDP port to use for DHT dht.port.set = 62882 # Enable/disable peer exchange for torrents that aren't marked private. Disabled by default. (peer_exchange) protocol.pex.set = 1 # Set whether the client should try to connect to UDP trackers (It can cause various problems if it's enabled, if you experience any with this option enabled then disable it.) trackers.use_udp.set = 1 # Adding public DHT servers for easy bootstrapping # schedule2 = dht_node_1, 5, 0, "dht.add_node=router.utorrent.com:6881" # schedule2 = dht_node_2, 5, 0, "dht.add_node=dht.transmissionbt.com:6881" # schedule2 = dht_node_3, 5, 0, "dht.add_node=router.bitcomet.com:6881" # schedule2 = dht_node_4, 5, 0, "dht.add_node=dht.aelitis.com:6881" # Global upload and download rate in KiB, `0` for unlimited (`download_rate`, `upload_rate`) throttle.global_down.max_rate.set_kb = 8000 throttle.global_up.max_rate.set_kb = 2000 # Maximum number of simultaneous downloads and uploads slots (global slots!) (`max_downloads_global`, `max_uploads_global`) throttle.max_downloads.global.set = 300 throttle.max_uploads.global.set = 300 # Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to per torrent while downloading (`min_peers`, `max_peers`) Default: `100` and `200` respectively throttle.min_peers.normal.set = 50 throttle.max_peers.normal.set = 100 # Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (seeds per torrent), `-1` for same as downloading (`min_peers_seed`, `max_peers_seed`) Default: `-1` for both throttle.min_peers.seed.set = -1 throttle.max_peers.seed.set = -1 # Maximum number of simultaneous downloads and uploads slots per torrent (`max_uploads`) Default: `50` for both throttle.max_downloads.set = 50 throttle.max_uploads.set = 50 # Set the numwant field sent to the tracker, which indicates how many peers we want. # A negative value disables this feature. Default: `-1` (`tracker_numwant`) trackers.numwant.set = 100 protocol.encryption.set = allow_incoming,try_outgoing,enable_retry # Limits for file handle resources, this is optimized for # an `ulimit` of 1024 (a common default). You MUST leave # a ceiling of handles reserved for rTorrent's internal needs! network.http.max_open.set = 50 network.max_open_files.set = 600 network.max_open_sockets.set = 300 # Send and receive buffer size for socket. Disabled by default (`0`), this means the default is used by OS # (you have to modify the system wide settings!) (`send_buffer_size`, `receive_buffer_size`) # Increasing buffer sizes may help reduce disk seeking, connection polling as more data is buffered each time # the socket is written to. It will result higher memory usage (not visible in rtorrent process!). network.receive_buffer.size.set = 4M network.send_buffer.size.set = 12M # Preloading a piece of a file. Default: `0` Possible values: `0` (Off) , `1` (Madvise) , `2` (Direct paging). pieces.preload.type.set = 2 #pieces.preload.min_size.set = 262144 #pieces.preload.min_rate.set = 5120 # TOS of peer connections. Default: `throughput`. If the option is set to `default` then the system default TOS # is used. A hex value may be used for non-standard settings. (`tos`) # Possible values: `[default|lowdelay|throughput|reliability|mincost]` or a hex value. #network.tos.set = throughput # Memory resource usage (increase if you have a large number of items loaded, # and/or the available resources to spend) pieces.memory.max.set = 2048M network.xmlrpc.size_limit.set = 4M # Basic operational settings (no need to change these) session.path.set = (cat, (cfg.session)) directory.default.set = (cat, (cfg.download)) log.execute = (cat, (cfg.logs), "execute.log") ##log.xmlrpc = (cat, (cfg.logs), "xmlrpc.log") execute.nothrow = sh, -c, (cat, "echo >",\ (session.path), "rtorrent.pid", " ", (system.pid)) # Other operational settings (check & adapt) encoding.add = utf8 system.umask.set = 0027 system.cwd.set = (directory.default) network.http.dns_cache_timeout.set = 25 schedule2 = monitor_diskspace, 15, 60, ((close_low_diskspace, 1000M)) pieces.hash.on_completion.set = yes ##view.sort_current = seeding, greater=d.ratio= ##keys.layout.set = qwerty ##network.http.capath.set = "/etc/ssl/certs" # CURL options to add support for nonofficial SSL trackers and peers network.http.ssl_verify_peer.set = 0 network.http.ssl_verify_host.set = 0 # Some additional values and commands method.insert = system.startup_time, value|const, (system.time) method.insert = d.data_path, simple,\ "if=(d.is_multi_file),\ (cat, (d.directory), /),\ (cat, (d.directory), /, (d.name))" method.insert = d.session_file, simple, "cat=(session.path), (d.hash), .torrent" # Watch directories (add more as you like, but use unique schedule names) schedule2 = watch_start, 10, 10, ((load.start_verbose, (cat, (cfg.watch), "start/*.torrent"))) schedule2 = watch_load, 11, 10, ((load.verbose, (cat, (cfg.watch), "load/*.torrent"))) # Run the rTorrent process as a daemon in the background # (and control via XMLRPC sockets) #system.daemon.set = true #network.scgi.open_local = (cat,(session.path),rtorrent.sock) #execute.nothrow = chmod,770,(cat,(session.path),rtorrent.sock) # Logging: # Levels = critical error warn notice info debug # Groups = connection_* dht_* peer_* rpc_* storage_* thread_* tracker_* torrent_* print = (cat, "Logging to ", (cfg.logfile)) log.open_file = "log", (cfg.logfile) log.add_output = "info", "log" ##log.add_output = "tracker_debug", "log" ############################################################################# # Advanced configuration # Check https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/wiki for more details # ############################################################################# # Notify when finishing a download method.set_key = event.download.finished, notify_me, "execute=~/.local/bin/garbage/rtorrent-notify.sh,$d.name=" # Set scrape intervals for active (~10 mins) and idle items (~12 hours) method.insert = cfg.scrape_interval.active, value, 580 method.insert = cfg.scrape_interval.idle, value, 43180 # Regularly update scrape information for all torrents (even stopped ones), it won't affect the operation of rtorrent, but nice to have these values updated. # This info is only updated when rtorrent starts or a torrent is added by default. # Try to balance calls to not fire them up at the same time (since multiscraping isn't implemented in libtorrent). Check for update every 5 minutes and distinguish between 2 groups: # - transferring (uploading and/or downloading) torrents: update in every 10 minutes # - non-transferring torrents: update in every 12 hours # helper method: sets current time in a custom field (tm_last_scrape) and saves session method.insert = d.last_scrape.set, simple|private, "d.custom.set=tm_last_scrape,$cat=$system.time=; d.save_resume=" # helper method: sends the scrape request and sets the tm_last_scrape timestamp and saves session method.insert = d.last_scrape.send_set, simple, "d.tracker.send_scrape=0;d.last_scrape.set=" # helper method: decides whether the required time interval (with the help of an argument) has passed and if so calls the above method method.insert = d.last_scrape.check_elapsed, simple|private, "branch={(elapsed.greater,$d.custom=tm_last_scrape,$argument.0=),d.last_scrape.send_set=}" # helper method: checks for non-existing/empty custom field to be able to test its validity later method.insert = d.last_scrape.check, simple|private, "branch={d.custom=tm_last_scrape,d.last_scrape.check_elapsed=$argument.0=,d.last_scrape.send_set=}" # sets custom field (tm_last_scrape) to current time only for torrents just has been added (skips setting time on purpose when rtorrent started) method.set_key = event.download.inserted_new, ~last_scrape_i, "d.last_scrape.set=" # check for update every 5 minutes (300 sec) and update scrape info for transferring torrents in every 10 minutes (600-20=580 sec) and for non-transferring ones in every 12 hours (43200-20=43180 sec) schedule2 = last_scrape_t, 300, 300, "d.multicall2=default,\"branch=\\\"or={d.up.rate=,d.down.rate=}\\\",d.last_scrape.check=$cfg.scrape_interval.active=,d.last_scrape.check=$cfg.scrape_interval.idle=\"" # IP filtering (https://list.iblocklist.com) # ip_tables.insert_table = # ip_tables.load = , ~/.local/share/rtorrent/block_list.txt, unwanted # Save all the sessions in every 12 hours instead of the default 20 minutes. schedule2 = session_save, 1200, 43200, ((session.save)) # Prune file status in every 24 hours, this is the default setting. #schedule2 = prune_file_status, 3600, 86400, ((system.file_status_cache.prune)) # Whether to allocate disk space for a new torrent. Default: `0` #system.file.allocate.set = 0 ### END of rtorrent.rc ###