Using Raspberry Pi as a torrent client

Advantage of using raspberry pi as a torrent client is that it uses very less power. For a comparison,

Power consumption of Raspberry Pi device is very less. (5V, 500 mA (2.5W) without any devices connected).

So obviously, its a better solution for downloads that take a long time. and better to keep raspberry pi always on over a desktop / laptop.

Steps

1. sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get upgrade
2. sudo apt-get install deluged
   sudo apt-get install deluge-console
3. Start the deluge daemon by running deluged
   It creates the necessary files that we can now edit.
   Stop this after some time (5-10 seconds) by running sudo pkill deluged
4. Now edit the auth file. But first create a backup.
   cp ~/.config/deluge/auth ~/.config/deluge/auth.copy`
   Editing the auth file. nano ~/.config/deluge/auth
   Add a line at the bottom of the configuration file with the following convention: user:password:level
   Example : pi:pi:10 (10 is full-access/administrative level for the daemon)
5. Now let's update the settings for allowing remote connections.

   deluged
   
   deluge-console
   
   config -s allow_remote True
   
   config allow_remote
   
   exit
   

6. Restart deluged for this configuration to take effect.

   sudo pkill deluged
   
   deluged
   

7. Intall deluge-web to be able to access it from remote.

   sudo apt-get install python-mako
   
   sudo apt-get install deluge-web
   
   deluge-web
   

8. Access deluge-web from a remote machine on the same network.
   Navigate to http://<rasberrypi-ip>:8112/ .
   You have a torrent server at your service!
   Enter the password as deluge and immediately change it.
9. In addition to accessing the web-gui from you can also access it from an Android application like Torrent Manager.
   While using this app just provide the password which was changed in step 8.
   
   You can take a look at the RaspberryPi code repository of IOT-Pune