how to download files through http?

[lisas4567]

Hi
I'm so glad to find rutorrent. it is much lighter than my previous torrent client and more feature rich. by the way I want to know if it is possible to download files through http and not ftp? I'm not a linux expert but I know some basics. I am currently using rutorrnet on centos 5.3 and apache web server.
could you please help me?
thanks in advance

 

[randac56]

you only need to install plugin data and then you click on your torrent and in files tab : right click on fileyou want and download.

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[lisas4567]

you only need to install plugin data and then you click on your torrent and in files tab : right click on fileyou want and download.

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thanks for prmpt answer but I need to download files with download manager. get data seems to be able to download only one file at a time.I need a way to select several files and download the with download manager. for example when I used torrentflux, I used mysite.com/torrentflux/downloads/user/XXXX
to access downloaded files and simply dwonload them.
is this possible with rutorrent?
thanks

 

[saroos1]

Only when you place your downloads in the www folder/subfolder
Or make a symlink in www to the location.

But why don't you use FTP ??

 

[lisas4567]

Only when you place your downloads in the www folder/subfolder
Or make a symlink in www to the location.

But why don't you use FTP ??

I know it seems strange but because of limitations from my ISP I can not download very fast from ftp. could you please explain more what should I do? what do you mean by "Only when you place your downloads in the www folder/subfolder" or "make a symlink in www to the location"
thanks

 

[peshua19]

set up something like webdav for your download directory.

 

[lisas4567]

set up something like webdav for your download directory.

1) I made a directory with this path: /var/rutorrent/downloads (mkdir -p /var/rutorrent/downloads)
2) then ran this command : chown apache:apache /var/rutorrent/downloads
3) Then : chmod 777 /var/rutorrent/downloads

but when I enter this address in my browser : http://myserverip/downloads , I get a 403 Forbidden : you don't have permission to access /downloads/ on this server.

I access my rutorrent installation from this address : http://myserverip/rutorrent

could you please help me resolve this issue?

 

[randac56]

you need to add a directory entry to your apache config. something like this:


Code:
<Directory /var/rutorrent/downloads/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>


if you want to put auth on the locaton, you could also do something like this (but you'll need to create the password file as well)
Code:
<Location /var/rutorrent/downloads/>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "files"
AuthUserFile /etc/users.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Location>

 

[lisas4567]

you need to add a directory entry to your apache config. something like this:


Code:
<Directory /var/rutorrent/downloads/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>


if you want to put auth on the locaton, you could also do something like this (but you'll need to create the password file as well)
Code:
<Location /var/rutorrent/downloads/>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "files"
AuthUserFile /etc/users.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Location>

Thanks.
I added directory to : /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf but nothing happened.Then I found that there is a file here : /etc/httpd/conf.d/rutorrent.conf

ut seems that rutorrent settings are saved in this file.I added directory t this file and restarted apache but again nothing happened.
could you please help me.
thanks

 

[simur612]

lol, did you try restarting the web server? just a thought.

 

[lisas4567]

lol, did you try restarting the web server? just a thought.

Yes I did

 

[simur612]

well all i can say is you probably made a mistake somewhere.


Its going to be difficult to really pinpoint that without more info....Read the apache docs, they explain everything you need.

 

[peshua19]

Hi,
You can try making an FTP account in the download directory of ruTorrent and you can download your files via IDM. If you're looking to remote upload to some file host, you can easily do that too.

Use the link like this:

ftp://usernameassword@IPAddress/Downloads/Dirt3-SKiDROW.iso

Regards

 

[saroos1]

Ok, I set this up last night after a lot of mucking about.
It turned out to be a pretty easy solution.

This made by rutorrent site have the download directory at https://bit-mange.com/downloads
The location my torrents were being downloaded to was:/var/chroot/sftp/home/sftp/incoming

I modified /etc/apache2/sites-available/rutorrent by adding the following lines:

Code:
Alias /downloads /var/chroot/sftp/home/sftp/incoming
<Directory /var/chroot/sftp/home/sftp/incoming>
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride All
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
After saving the file, I reloaded the config for apache by running the command in terminal:
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
Thats it! Let me know if you have any questions

 

[randac56]

, hi , what if i use nginx , what config file i might change ? ,

and i use this way by now :

Code:
alias http='python -m SimpleHTTPServer'

 

[peshua19]

To unprotect a location that is a child of a protected location and assuming the protected location structure looks something like this

Code:
<Location />
AuthType Digest
AuthName "whatever"
AuthDigestDomain "/var/www/html" http://my.host.name
AuthDigestProvider file
AuthUserFile "/my/password/file"
Require valid-user
SetEnv R_ENV "/var/www/html"
</Location>

try adding this just after it and inside the same <VirtualHost ...> block
Code:
<Location /my/unprotected/path>
Allow From All
Satisfy Any
</Location>
And then reload or restart Apache

Any requests for pages under my.host.name/my/unprotected/path will now not ask for a username and password

Directives are for Apache - Other http servers may vary