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- | < | + | ===== An Introduction to your Group Server ===== |
- | < | + | A group server, also known as a ' |
- | <p>A group server, also known as a ' | + | |
- | - The server is designed for people who know and trust each other and want to share the server completely. This means resources and data.< | + | |
- | - Everyone can see everyone else's torrents, and download the data. Of | + | |
- | course this saves a lot of resources (including ratio in trackers) | + | |
- | since if you see that someone else already downloaded something you | + | |
- | need, you can just download it directly.< | + | |
- | - There' | + | |
- | - Shared disk space or per user quotas. | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | You can see that these features also make the server useless for | + | |
- | account reselling. That's just not the focus of this server model. It | + | |
- | is really a servers for friends, teams, or whatever you prefer to call | + | |
- | it.< | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | <b>Accounts:</ | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Depending on the server model you will be able to create more or less | + | |
- | accounts. This is fundamentally a matter of server capacity. There' | + | |
- | no point in having 10 people share a small server, because it would | + | |
- | just overload and be unusable.< | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | When an account is created, a lot of services are created around it. An account comes with:< | + | |
- | - Its own rtorrent instance< | + | |
- | - FTP access< | + | |
- | - Web access< | + | |
- | - IRSSI (a IRC client, that can be used to autodownload things from | + | |
- | announce channels) | + | |
- | - Proxy access< | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | When the server ordered, you can opt for ' | + | |
- | quotas' | + | |
- | for everyone. This means that if the server comes with 2 TB, everyone | + | |
- | can add as many torrents as they want unless the disk fills (and then | + | |
- | it's full for everyone, i.e. there' | + | |
- | other hand, if you opt for 'per user' quotas, each account has a fixed | + | |
- | capacity (doesn' | + | |
- | exceeded, even if there' | + | |
- | You can see that each option has its advantages and disadvantages, | + | |
- | it's up to the server owner to decide which one to use. Note however | + | |
- | that this can't be changed without full data loss. | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Due to the variable number of accounts, it's not possible to have one | + | |
- | IP address per account. All user accounts share the same IP address. | + | |
- | This is typically OK but you should check with your tracker mods.</ | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Xirvik Slot Manager Tutorial< | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | <p>By popular demand we've equipped our group seedbox plans with a functional but straightforward slot manager.</ | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | The person who purchases the plan will be given the primary administrator account, which they can use to create more administrators or seedbox users/ | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | Let us go over getting started with a new group plan.</ | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | When asked, enter the administrator account information (username/ | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | The image you see above is of a server with no active users/ | + | |
- | To return to this home page, you can select < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | <br> | + | |
- | To log out of the administrator tool select < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | <p>If you didn't like the password you were given, at the top left of the page select < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | From the same section at the top left of the page, you can create a note (by selecting < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | After typing up your note select < | + | |
- | < | + | |
- | <p>Let's get on to the serious business.< | + | ===== Xirvik Slot Manager Tutorial ===== |
- | We want to make a new seedbox slot, and to do so we will select | + | |
- | < | + | By popular demand we've equipped our group seedbox plans with a functional but straightforward slot manager. |
- | Under <em>User Type</em>, either Administrator or Seedbox User can be selected.< | + | |
- | If you wish to be the only one with slot manager access, | + | What this means is that one (or more) administrators can give or take seedbox access from friends and other users.\\ The person who purchases the plan will be given the primary administrator account, which they can use to create more administrators or seedbox users/ |
- | <p>For each Seedbox Slot/User you must create a username and password (as seen above). | + | |
- | Next, enter the full name of the user (for your own reference).</p> | + | After subscribing, |
- | <p>If you are recreating an account which has data that should not be erased, you must check < | + | |
- | <p>The final step is to select | + | Enter the access URL into your browser (within the navigation toolbar). An example of the URL/Link is: [[https:// |
- | < | + | |
- | <p>The added user will be shown on the <em>View users</ | + | {{: |
- | < | + | |
- | From here you have many ways to control each individual user's slot or all by using the global buttons.</p> | + | You will then be given access to the slot manager, and the administration tool (seen below). |
- | <p>The global buttons are straightforward.< | + | |
- | < | + | {{:: |
- | < | + | |
- | To manually disable a slot you can either select | + | {{:: |
- | <p>To return to the information entry page and edit a user's information, | + | |
- | <p>To delete a slot, you must first disable it!< | + | If you didn't like the password you were given, at the top left of the page select **Change my password** (as seen in the image above). |
- | | + | |
- | < | + | Enter the new password twice, select **Change Password** and your set. |
- | </ | + | |
- | In this state, you can either enable the slot by selecting the green < | + | {{:: |
- | Notice the new button (</ | + | |
- | < | + | {{: |
- | <p>A quick look at the < | + | |
- | | + | This way, a quick note or warning can be issued to everyone with access to the slot manager.\\ After typing up your note select **Update Message** and it will remain active until changed by you or another administrator. |
- | The same information can also be viewed from the < | + | |
- | < | + | {{:: |
- | < | + | |
- | Select | + | Let's get on to the serious business.\\ We want to make a new seedbox slot, and to do so we will select |
- | < | + | |
- | | + | {{:: |
- | </p> | + | |
- | <p>From the < | + | For each Seedbox Slot/User you must create a username and password (as seen above).\\ Next, enter the full name of the user (for your own reference). |
- | < | + | |
- | <p>The < | + | If you are recreating an account which has data that should not be erased, you must check **Keep existing data**. |
- | | + | |
- | </p> | + | The final step is to select |
- | < | + | |
- | <p>The server can be restarted from this section (in addition to the < | + | {{:: |
- | | + | |
- | <p>The <em>Logs</ | + | The added user will be shown on the View users page (as seen below). |
- | </ | + | |
- | <br> | + | {{:: |
- | <br> | + | |
- | </p> | + | The global buttons are straightforward.\\ **Global enable** & **Global disable** simply enable or disable all of the slots in one click.\\ \\ To manually disable a slot you can either select |
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+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | button. | ||
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+ | To return to the information entry page and edit a user's information, | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | button. | ||
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+ | To delete a slot, you must first disable it!\\ A disabled slot will have a red-pink background such as in the image below.\\ | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | ) which appears amongst the options that allows you to delete the slot. | ||
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+ | A quick look at the Details tab will give you some basic information about the slot.\\ Such as: when the account was created, how much disk space remains, and the IP address and ports assigned to it.\\ The same information can also be viewed from the **Storage** page. | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | From the **Control services** page, you can check the status of all services and start ( | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | ), restart ( | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | ), or stop them ( | ||
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+ | ). | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | The **Administration** button will take you to a section filled with information.\\ This section is generally only helpful for troubleshooting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | The server can be restarted from this section (in addition to the **Control services** section) by selecting | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Logs tab gives a log of the actions taken by the Administrator. An example of such information is seen below.\\ | ||
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+ | {{:: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Seedbox Slot Basics & Access ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | To access a seedbox slot that you have created, just as before, enter the server URL given in the welcome email.\\ An example of the URL/Link is: [[https:// | ||
- | < | ||
- | <p>To access a seedbox slot that you have created, just as before, enter the server URL given in the welcome email. <br> | ||
- | An example of the URL/Link is: <a href=" | ||
This returns us to the same authentication popup we saw earlier. | This returns us to the same authentication popup we saw earlier. | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | In this tutorial we used testuser and password for the login information.</ | ||
- | <p>If you were logged in successfully, | ||
- | </ | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | </ | ||
- | </ | ||
- | </ | ||
- | <p>As a seedbox user, you may add torrents to the seedbox, which are then downloaded onto the server.</ | ||
- | < | ||
- | Select < | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | A nice feature only available on team/group seedboxes is the Chat plugin.< | ||
- | Select the < | ||
- | <br> | ||
- | </ | ||
- | < | ||
- | Type your message and hit Enter to send it.< | ||
- | <br> | ||
- | This feature allows you to stay connected to everybody using the server! | ||
- | </p> | ||
- | < | ||
- | Using FTP is the best way to accomplish this.</ | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | For the account information use the username and password assigned for your seedbox slot (not for the administration tool).</ | ||
- | < | ||
- | The files they download will be accessible by other users from here.</ | ||
- | < | ||
- | To get to the file we downloaded from TestUser' | ||
- | <p>If you wish to download a file, right click it and select < | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | < | ||
- | <br> | ||
- | </p> | ||
- | </html> | + | == Note: Remember to log out of the administration tool first. == |
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
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+ | Instead of entering the administrator username and password (given in the welcome email), enter the login information you used to create the seedbox slot.\\ In this tutorial we used testuser and password for the login information. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you were logged in successfully, | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | The primary function of the seedbox is of course BitTorrent, so let's select **BitTorrent Clients** and go through the basics**.** | ||
+ | |||
+ | From the following page, select a flavor of rTorrent (ruTorrent is recommended).**\\ ** Select **Access ruTorrent** to give it a try.**\\ **\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{:: | ||
+ | |||
+ | As a seedbox user, you may add torrents to the seedbox, which are then downloaded onto the server. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Select the globe from the top left, select **Choose File** and find the torrent on your computer.\\ Select **Add File** to add it to the seedbox. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{:: | ||
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+ | The file will begin downloading, | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Note: Every user in the group will have access to the files you download. == | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{:: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Highlight the user on the left column, or select everybody.\\ Type your message and hit Enter to send it.\\ \\ This feature allows you to stay connected to everybody using the server! | ||
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+ | The logical next step is to download the files from the server to your personal computer.\\ Using FTP is the best way to accomplish this. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Open up your FTP client (CuteFTP or FileZilla are recommended). | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{:: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Enter the server/host name as given in your welcome email.\\ For the account information use the username and password assigned for your seedbox slot (not for the administration tool). | ||
+ | After connecting, you should see a file explorer with folders corresponding to each user on the server\\ The files they download will be accessible by other users from here. | ||
+ | {{:: | ||
+ | If you wish to download a file, right click it and select **Download**. | ||
+ | {{:: | ||
+ | For a more thorough explanation of FTP or features such as the control panel and rTorrent, check our other tutorials. | ||
- | | + | \\ \\ |
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