Relates to: torrust/torrust-tracker#1360 (reply in thread)
I've recently explained here how to use the Torrust Tracker without the Index.
Some users find it hard to setup the Tracker + Index because it requires some infrastructure administration skills.
I've been thinking how we could simplify the setup but it depends on your needs. I came up with this solution for a very specific use case (very simple use case).
Scenario
- You want to share your contents
- You want to share them privately
- There is only one torrent uploader/admin
Solution
If those are your requirements there is a relatively simple way to achieve the same goals.
In the article I will explain the details but the basic idea is:
ADMIN
- Build you "Index" as a list of your torrents with your metadata. For example an Excel file.
- You only need to include in the "index" your metadata and a way to search by metadata.
- You only need to include the infohash (you can optionally also share the torrent file in a zip dir).
- Share that file with your users in your preferred way: email, download from private URL, etc.
- Setup the tracker in a server (this is the hardest part, but it's easier than setting up the Index).
- When you want to grant access to a new user you can generate a new KEY for that users using a console command to make a request to the tracker REST API (a curl command or with other tool).
USER
The user should:
- Search in the file/dir or whatever format the admin decided to use.
- Download the torrent from a service like this https://hash2torrent.com/ if it was not provided by the admin.
- Add the torrent to your bittorrent client.
- Ask the admin for an authentication key.
- Modify the torrent with your bittorrent client. Change the tracker URL to include the KEY provided by the admin.
Notes
This is only useful when you have not many torrents, not many users and they are more or less stable.
cc @da2ce7
Relates to: torrust/torrust-tracker#1360 (reply in thread)
I've recently explained here how to use the Torrust Tracker without the Index.
Some users find it hard to setup the Tracker + Index because it requires some infrastructure administration skills.
I've been thinking how we could simplify the setup but it depends on your needs. I came up with this solution for a very specific use case (very simple use case).
Scenario
Solution
If those are your requirements there is a relatively simple way to achieve the same goals.
In the article I will explain the details but the basic idea is:
ADMIN
USER
The user should:
Notes
This is only useful when you have not many torrents, not many users and they are more or less stable.
cc @da2ce7