torrentdoer 0.2.0

Do your torrenting from DigitalOcean.

torrentdoer

Do your torrenting from DigitalOcean!

Sets up a DigitalOcean droplet in your account, enables transmission-daemin in systemd, and opens up an SSH tunnel from port 9091 on your machine to the remote, for easy control.

Installation

python -m pip install torrentdoer

Usage

Just make sure you have an API Access Token from DigitalOcean. you can either export $DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN or else pass the token to the -t/--access-token command-line option.

Start Server

export DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN='somuchsecret'

torrentdoer create

Now go ahead and open up a Transmission Client, pointing it to localhost:9091.

Retrieve Files

This will run rsync between the transmission daemon and your local machine.

torrentdoer retrieve

Remove The Server

Save money by deleting the server when not in use.

torrentdoer destroy

Open SSH Session To Droplet

torrentdoer ssh

(Re-)Open SSH Tunnel

torrentdoer tunnel

Have fun!