Hi,

i’ve been running a Truenas server for a while now. i currently have my totally legally aquired movie saved on there and jellyfin to stream them.

but the one complaint is: i can’t torrent without my Workstation pc running, because its running qbittorrent and uploading it through SMB.

is there any way to install a torrent program on the server and remote control it via my PC? Ideally with magnet link support?

i would imagine it being done via a VM and connecting it to the server via SMB or FTP as well

my electronics engineer brain also had the idea to buy a passively cooled thinkcentre for 50€ on ebay and just keep it running inside my office 24/7.

any help is appreciated!

  • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    There are several remotely controlled torrent clients, transmission comes to mind. It has web interface and state of the art is that the webpage registers itself as a magnet: link handler so clocking one adds it to the remote server (disclaimer: I don’t actually know that that is a feature of transmission. I use a client that is integrated with my router and it has this despite the router not being particularly nice)

    • KptnAutismus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      I found a third party app which basically just opens the web-client and might be able to register itself as the opener app for magnet links. i’m gonna try that one when i get home.