CDMClient

CDM - Centralized Download Manager Client CDMClient is the client application for the CDM Server.

This client communicates with the CDM Server to periodically send the download status from Transmission and check for new torrent files to download. If new torrents are available, they are downloaded and added to Transmission using the transmission-rpc library.

Installation

Install or Upgrade the Package

Run the following command to install or upgrade CDMClient:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade CDMClient --user

Create a Systemd Service

To set up CDMClient as a systemd service, execute the following commands:

Create the service file:

echo "[Unit]
Description=cdm-client service
After=multi-user.target
Conflicts=getty@tty1.service

[Service]
User=${USER}
Type=simple
Environment=LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
Environment=LANG=C.UTF-8
ExecStart=${HOME}/.local/bin/cdm-client
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target" | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/cdm-client.service

Reload systemd and enable the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable cdm-client.service
sudo systemctl start cdm-client.service

Add automatic update (optional)

To keep CDMClient updated automatically, you can add a cron job. Run:

crontab -e

Then add the following line to the crontab file:

0 3 * * * /usr/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade CDMClient --user && systemctl restart cdm-client.service

Configuration

The configuration file is located at: ~/.config/cdm_client/config.ini

This file is automatically generated when the service starts. Below is an example configuration:

[connection]
server_host = "https://cdm.test.com"
api_key = "1409d6ed79280aadcbe20f8f21981e89"
rpc_user = "admin"
rpc_password = "admin"

Configuration Details:

server_host: The full URL of the CDM Server (e.g., https://cdm.server.com).
api_key: The API key generated when adding a new device on the CDM Server's devices page. Refer to the Devices Page Documentation.
rpc_user and rpc_password: Required only if Transmission RPC authentication is enabled. See the Transmission RPC Configuration Guide for more details.

Viewing Logs

To monitor the service logs, use the following command:

journalctl -fu cdm-client

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