How to set up uTorrent's WebUI

[Nickthestick91]

Ok, first thing's first. What is WebUI? It is a Web User Interface. Once you set it up, you will be able to control your uTorrent from a different computer through a web browser.

Now on to the guide.

Step 1: Download the files here.

http://download.utorrent.com/beta/webui_v0.310_beta_2.rar

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Once downloaded, extract the files to your desktop, or anywhere you'll remember them.

Step 2: Open the folder you just extracted. In there, you will find "webui.zip".

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Don't unzip it or change the name, leave it how it is. Now, go to Start > Run, and put "%AppData%/utorrent" (without the quotes), and then click Ok.

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The Application Data folder for uTorrent should've popped up. Copy the "webui.zip" to there.

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Step 3: Exit any uTorrent instances. Now, open "utorrent-1.6.1-beta-build-483.exe" from the folder we extracted earlier.

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Step 4: After it's opened, press Ctrl+P, and go to Advaced > WebUI.

Step 5: Place a tick in "Enable WebUI". Then, set up a username and password. If you want, you can set it to use a port other than the one uTorrent already uses, but I prefer to leave that alone. You can also restrict access to certain IP's.

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Step 6: Ok, now it's time to test it out and see if it worked. Make sure uTorrent 1.6.1 beta is still running, and type this in a web browser on a different computer in your local network (not the one that has uTorrent running on it.)

http://127.0.0.1:YourPortHere/gui/index.html
you can also use:
http://localhost:YourPortHere/gui/index.html

Where it says "YourPortHere", put the port that uTorrent uses.

It should then ask for your username and password. Use the ones that you set up earlier. After that, it should show the WebUI, and you'll be able to manage your torrents (delete, add, stop, start, etc.)

After that, you can test it out on a computer outside your network (school, work, a friends house, etc.)

Here's some screenshots of the WebUI in action (courtesy of directrix from uTorrent's forums.)

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Well, that's about it. I hope you can get the WebUI up and running, and start managing uTorrent away from home!

[Suphix]

thats amazing... when the next full update is realeased i'll definatly be downloading it... just gona wait till they iron out the glitches first.

looks amazing though... didnt know you could add torrent's ect. defo be using this while im at college :P

[delimare]

Thanks for the time and effort. I'll have to try this out!

[tjewell71]

Tried it and it came up " The WebDUI beta does not support your web browser?

Any help

[4play]

Stop using ie6 and try firefox
http://utorrent.com/ie6note.png

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=14565

[DKre8ive1]

This should be a sticky imho. ;)

[erax]

thanks Nickthestick91 good hit

[sobie2000]

Wow amazing stuff for utorrent. Wont need to carry portable hardrivers or usb keys to and from work with things I DL at work!

[NiKRuLeZ]

http://127.0.0.1:YourPortHere/gui/index.html


http://localhost:YourPortHere/gui/index.html


The localhost and 127. are for testing it on the computer that the utorrent is already running, as those addresses just come back to the computer you are operating. If you want to test it on another computer on a LAN, dont you type in the http://LAN.IP.Address/gui/index.html? (e.g. http://10.0.0.167:8080/gui/index.html)

And also if you want to control it from outside the LAN, you need to forward the ports on the router that utorrent is using.

[tjewell71]

ok got it set up on home pc and when i try to access it from my laptop at work it asked for the password and i type it in then it goes to the page and just says loading???? i don't get it, can anyone help me that has gotten this to work???

[Patriot foreve]

thx alot for the information

[Nickthestick91]

The localhost and 127. are for testing it on the computer that the utorrent is already running, as those addresses just come back to the computer you are operating. If you want to test it on another computer on a LAN, dont you type in the http://LAN.IP.Address (http://%3cb%3elan.ip.address%3c/b%3E)/gui/index.html? (e.g. http://10.0.0.167:8080/gui/index.html)

And also if you want to control it from outside the LAN, you need to forward the ports on the router that utorrent is using.
What's an easy way to get the LAN IP, so I can update the post? Thanks for the clarification btw. :)

[gatorade]

nice guide

[jaum]

thank you

[nfsbeeddd]

thanks man

[FaceX2]

awesome, didnt realise i could do this...now I can start and view my downloads while I am at uni. Thanks

[Aiandas]

Interesting stuff ... did not know this one yet

thanks !!!!!

[djoser]

Thanks! This is great!

[darkwave74]

Good stuff just tried it! Thanks

[R3n3g4D0]

it works :D , thanks for the guide

[shazzar]

will try it out

[orygun]

Can't believe there is no mac version of utorrent. Guess I have to fire up the PC

[rodrigof]

Thanks! This is interesting!

[DaVox]

not a utorrent user atm, but hey when i am, this is gonna be a gift! thanks

[maxehhh]

This is very useful for that ppl who is all day in the work, they can join to their uTorrent from any where, i recommend this guide :)

[EET FUK]

awesome, will try it out! thanks

[tyr4]

great tut, thanks for writing it.

[shazzar]

Utorrent seems to be testing the progam with webui configured for you.

[Hax]

YES! Thank you so much for this guide, it's helped me a lot.

[subnumber]

thanks for the tip
and hope to see more help

[CheesePuff]

great tutorial. I was looking for a simple, easy way to set it up. Thanks

[xTMODx]

thx 4 that tut.

[ronaldinho123]

thanxxxxxxxxxxxxx

thanx

[SnipeR19]

Thanks! This is interesting! and Useful
Thanx Again

[dedlikeoscar]

Thanks for the info! I have thought about doing this for awhile now but I never read up on it.

[t0mmy]

my firefox is stupid :( webui just gets stuck on the loading page, so i have to use opera

[Cow King]

thanks it was really helpful

[boz]

Can someone please help me getting webgui to work on a leaseweb win2003 server? Its no problem accessing the webgui localhost but when i try to access webgui from another computer with firefox nothing happens, tried opera also :(

[engMezo]

WOW :w00t:
it's Wonderful tip

[MARINE619]

amazing, good job dude

[monsterous]

thanks :)

[teicoplanin]

i think i did everything correct,
tried logging on with firefox and IE, it makes me to log on, which i did but nothing happens..
when I checked the utorrent logger, it says "unable to read webui.zip" ???

help!!

[Nemanja]

Cool

[cata2008]

thanks

[TekknoN1]

Thank you

[alfry1010]

For info: My friend try a long time and finally he find is mistake: he forgot the /gui.

For info 2: When you dl from the GUI the files are put on your C: but if you have configure your utorrent you can put your file ended of download in a specific folder.
So you can manage to dl one file in a time so when it's finish your c: is not full.

=)

[Bionic]

I've created already my account @ WebUI but how can I access it from my School now?
Do I need access to my CMD? Cause it's kinda glitched which means I can't access.

[Furonem]

WebUI is extremely useful. This should be a good introduction for those new to it.

[ozz.dor]

thanx allot, now i will use that.

[Magnum]

Great stuff here.Thanks a lot for information!

[ajsi]

10x for this

[yasobelber92]

Awesome...Thanks

[tiolewis]

Thanks this is really useful !

[neol]

I knew when i found this forum that i have found something useful :)

[ernestina]

thanks Nickthestick91......

[eldiesel]

Really Great Job

Thx

[StasuMygdala]

worked like a charm.. Thank You!!

[TrackerDaddy]

Helpful post, thanks.

[Gish]

so I'm using 1.7.7
does it matter?

Thanks

[RedHot]

Thank you very cluch :P

[mobile]

this indeed was helpful..thanx

[lolapa]

Any chance RSS would work with this?

[TheEth1c]

uTorrent's WebUI Is Only For SeedBox???

[0riGiNaLBoX]

thanks m8 for how to setup the webUl

[DJDaveX]

Is it possible to configure the WebUI so that you don't have to access it by the port? The reason I'm getting a seedbox is because my uni filters torrent traffic. It also blocks access to ports other than those used by the HTTP protocol - so if I can't access uTorrent over 123.456.789/directory instead of 123.456.789:23498/GUI, then I mght have to stick to TFlux-b4rt.

[goki]

this indeed was helpful..thanx

[Groovy]

Thanks..........

[ppwater]

thanks~it is really useful

[SeedHoster]

Thanks For the Guide

[jbloggs]

Thanks for the useful guide. Also you can get the latest release of WebUI (currently v0.361) from the following link

http://www.utorrent.com/webui-guide.php

[ketan]

great tutorial in deed. thanks a lot.
i did not know anything about utorrent's wui,

[umar7001]

My friend try a long time and finally he find is mistake: he forgot the /gui.

[babadoux]

Thanks for the tut

[Radar]

Very nice work on this guide Nickthestick91, Thanks(=

[djerholler69]

Am giving this a go now, thanks loads for the tut!

[Falchion17]

Thanks, great tutorial.

[maranello]

yep, great work...thx for this

[nice]

thanks,great tutorial

[InSPir]

thanks..

[protv]

interisting tutorial

[Xhider39]

very interesting I will try it later :D