Though it is one of the newest seedbox Web UIs, Deluge has proven to be a tested favorite among seeders. Deluge offers one of the most polished and efficient graphical front-ends, and is often called the fastest seedbox VPS UI. This guide will walk you through the setup of a Deluge/deluge-web VPS based on Ubuntu (recommended for 10.04 or above).
Access your VPS as the root user via SSH, and run the following commands:
# adduser --disabled-password --system --home /var/lib/deluge --gecos "Deluge server" --group deluge
# touch /var/log/deluged.log
# touch /var/log/deluge-web.log
# chown deluge:deluge /var/log/deluge*
Install Deluge:
# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
# apt-get install deluge-common deluged deluge-web
Open the deluge-daemon file:
# vi /etc/default/deluge-daemon
Press "A" to enter edit mode, and copy in the following:
# Configuration for /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
# The init.d script will only run if this variable non-empty.
DELUGED_USER="deluge"
# Should we run at startup?
RUN_AT_STARTUP="YES"
Press ESC, then type :wq and press enter to save and exit the file. Now we will create an init script for the Deluge daemon:
# vi /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
Copy the following into the file:
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: deluge-daemon
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Should-Start: $network
# Should-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Daemonized version of deluge and webui.
# Description: Starts the deluge daemon with the user specified in
# /etc/default/deluge-daemon.
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC="Deluge Daemon"
NAME1="deluged"
NAME2="deluge"
DAEMON1=/usr/bin/deluged
DAEMON1_ARGS="-d" # Consult `man deluged` for more options
DAEMON2=/usr/bin/deluge-web
DAEMON2_ARGS="" # Consult `man deluge-web` for more options
PIDFILE1=/var/run/$NAME1.pid
PIDFILE2=/var/run/$NAME2.pid
UMASK=022 # Change this to 0 if running deluged as its own user
PKGNAME=deluge-daemon
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$PKGNAME
# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON1" -a -x "$DAEMON2" ] || exit 0
# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$PKGNAME ] && . /etc/default/$PKGNAME
# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
if [ -z "$RUN_AT_STARTUP" -o "$RUN_AT_STARTUP" != "YES" ]
then
log_warning_msg "Not starting $PKGNAME, edit /etc/default/$PKGNAME to start it."
exit 0
fi
if [ -z "$DELUGED_USER" ]
then
log_warning_msg "Not starting $PKGNAME, DELUGED_USER not set in /etc/default/$PKGNAME."
exit 0
fi
#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start()
{
# Return
# 0 if daemon has been started
# 1 if daemon was already running
# 2 if daemon could not be started
start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE1 --exec $DAEMON1 \
--chuid $DELUGED_USER --user $DELUGED_USER --umask $UMASK --test > /dev/null
RETVAL1="$?"
start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE2 --exec $DAEMON2 \
--chuid $DELUGED_USER --user $DELUGED_USER --umask $UMASK --test > /dev/null
RETVAL2="$?"
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] || return 1
start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE1 --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON1 \
--chuid $DELUGED_USER --user $DELUGED_USER --umask $UMASK -- $DAEMON1_ARGS
RETVAL1="$?"
sleep 2
start-stop-daemon --start --background --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE2 --make-pidfile --exec $DAEMON2 \
--chuid $DELUGED_USER --user $DELUGED_USER --umask $UMASK -- $DAEMON2_ARGS
RETVAL2="$?"
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] || return 2
}
#
# Function that stops the daemon/service
#
do_stop()
{
# Return
# 0 if daemon has been stopped
# 1 if daemon was already stopped
# 2 if daemon could not be stopped
# other if a failure occurred
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --user $DELUGED_USER --pidfile $PIDFILE2
RETVAL2="$?"
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --user $DELUGED_USER --pidfile $PIDFILE1
RETVAL1="$?"
[ "$RETVAL1" = "2" -o "$RETVAL2" = "2" ] && return 2
rm -f $PIDFILE1 $PIDFILE2
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] && return 0 || return 1
}
case "$1" in
start)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME1"
do_start
case "$?" in
0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
stop)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME1"
do_stop
case "$?" in
0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME1"
do_stop
case "$?" in
0|1)
do_start
case "$?" in
0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
esac
;;
*)
# Failed to stop
log_end_msg 1
;;
esac
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
:
Give the script proper permissions:
# chmod 755 /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
# update-rc.d deluge-daemon defaults
You can now reboot your VPS; if everything worked, you will be able to access Deluge at http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8112 with the default password "deluge". Enjoy!
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