How to install and use rTorrent properly on CentOS

[loubarlow]

edit your .rtorrent.rc in your home folder, it contains line with port number, just set it arround 50000-70000

Many thanks

[fstokebanget]

glad to see your problem solved m8

[beetlejelly]

This is a great tutorial, I'm going to set one up on Amazon EC2

[fstokebanget]

what's Amazon EC2 ?

[beetlejelly]

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.
amazon.com/ec2

[yozshura]

thanks.... but are you sure you can do that wget on private trackers m8 ?

As naq pointed out if the passkey is included then we can wget torrent files. And yes, my tracker does allow that, i do so all the time

@beetlejelly: Thanks for mentioning Amazon EC2, very great idea for a seedbox !!! I'm wondering why i didn't think about it before

For those who don't know what EC2 is, it's Amazon service allow you to have virtual server(s) just like a normal box with pay-per-use billing. For example: you only pay for the time you turn the machine (Amazon calls it instance) on to seed. When you complete seeding, you can turn it off and must not pay for the off-time.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=201590011

EDIT: OK, i just checked the page again: they bill $0.18 for 1GB transfer out what means $18 for 100GB upload ... ouch ... Bandwidth is, like always, very expensive

[KFlint]

this tutorial : priceless

[Not Complete]

nice tutorial

[Bitbyte]

Just as a FYI, you can use wget on every single tracker out there, to get your torrents. Don't forget to use cookies though

[F3n1x]

very good tutorial thanks