Updated How to use qBittorrent as a tracker (mediawiki)

Mike Tzou 2017-10-23 22:25:40 +08:00
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If you want your tracker to be accessible from Internet (i.e. outside your LAN), you will probably have to configure your router to forward the tracker port to your machine (default: <code>9000</code>). If you want your tracker to be accessible from Internet (i.e. outside your LAN), you will probably have to configure your router to forward the tracker port to your machine (default: <code>9000</code>).
Once you have configure your router, you can test that your configuration is working by: Once you have configure your router, you can test that your configuration is working by:
* Running qBittorrent # Running qBittorrent
* Enabling the embedded tracker # Enabling the embedded tracker
* Go to [[http://www.canyouseeme.org/]]: # Go to [[http://www.canyouseeme.org/]]:
** Type in your tracker port (e.g. <code>9000</code>) ## Type in your tracker port (e.g. <code>9000</code>)
** Press the "Check" button ## Press the "Check" button
* You should get a position result or this means that your router is not properly configured. # You should get a position result or this means that your router is not properly configured.
=== How to share files with my friends using qBittorrent? === === How to share files with my friends using qBittorrent? ===
* Enable the embedded tracker in advanced preferences # Enable the embedded tracker in advanced preferences
* Run the "Torrent creation tool" in qBittorrent # Run the "Torrent creation tool" in qBittorrent
* Select the local files you wish to share # Select the local files you wish to share
* Type in the URL of your local tracker in the tracker list (<code>http://your_public_ip:9000/announce</code>) # Type in the URL of your local tracker in the tracker list (<code>http://your_public_ip:9000/announce</code>)
** You can check [[http://www.whatsmyip.org/]] to know your public IP address ## You can check [[http://www.whatsmyip.org/]] to know your public IP address
* Check the "Start seeding after creation" box # Check the "Start seeding after creation" box
* Press the "Create and save..." button # Press the "Create and save..." button
** Save the torrent file wherever you like ## Save the torrent file wherever you like
* Send this newly created .torrent file to your friends and they will be able the download the files you are sharing using any Bittorrent client. # Send this newly created .torrent file to your friends and they will be able the download the files you are sharing using any Bittorrent client.
=== If you are using qBittorrent without X === === If you are using qBittorrent without X ===
Stop qBittorrent and add the following lines to ''~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf'': Stop qBittorrent and add the following lines to ''~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf'':