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--- tutorial_dediserver [2012/05/29 14:46] – mihaim
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 ===== Dedicated Seedbox =====
+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dKgcyQj3Y8|Click here to watch our video overview of the seedbox dashboard]]
 == Starter's Overview and Guide ==
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 It comes fully equipped to handle all your torrenting needs, and then some.
-Xirvik makes worries a thing of the past, since your dedicated seedbox doubles as a [[tutorial_prxy|HTTP proxy,]] and VPN (Virtual Private Network)!\\ Only with Xirvik does anonymity meet convenience and functionality like never before..
+Xirvik makes worries a thing of the past, since your dedicated seedbox doubles as a [[tutorial_prxy|HTTP proxy,]] and VPN (Virtual Private Network)!\\ Only with Xirvik does anonymity meet convenience and functionality like never before.
+Depending on which seedbox you have, it can be capable of speeds up to 2000 Mbps.\\ Those lightning fast speeds in conjunction with the seedbox's vast client options ensure satisfaction and minimized troubles.
-Your seedbox is capable of speeds upto 100Mbit/s per second.\\ Those lightning fast speeds in conjunction with the seedbox's vast client options ensure satisfaction, and minimized troubles.
+Your seedbox comes with 2 torrent clients and a newsgroup client:\\
-Your seedbox comes with **3** different clients.\\ **Torrentflux-b4rt**\\ Arguably the most fully-featured BitTorrent WebUI client in existence,\\ Torrentflux-b4rt is capable of a wide array of features.\\ For a full list of it's features visit [[http://tf-b4rt.berlios.de/features.html|this page]] on the creator's site.\\ This client is a good choice but if you'll have lots of torrents running simultaneously it's recommended to use rTorrent to avoid slow-downs.
+**rTorrent**\\  Your seedbox contains 3 different versions/front-ends for rTorrent: ruTorrent, wTorrent, and rtGUI. Our version of ruTorrent contains special customizations and we recommend it, but you are welcome to use the others if you prefer.\\ The parts about rTorrent that shine are its versatility, speed, and ease of use.\\ There's something to like about rTorrent for everybody!\\ You don't need to pick just one front-end either, you can use all 3 simultaneously as the torrents active on 1 front-end will be visible on the others as well.
-**rTorrent****\\ ** Your seedbox contains **3** different versions/front-ends for rTorrent.\\ The parts about rTorrent that shine are it's versatility, speed and ease of use.\\ Theres something to like about rTorrent for everbody!\\ You don't need to pick just one front-end either, you can use all 3 simultaneously as the torrents active on 1 front-end will be visible on the others as well.\\ If that isn't enough your seedbox also comes with Torrentflux-b4rt.
+**Deluge**\\ Deluge is also available as an alternative to rTorrent. It is not particularly recommended because it lacks many of the features that the combination of rTorrent + ruTorrent provides.
-**SABnzbd** (Usenet)\\ While we won't be covering this binary newsgroup downloader in this tutorial,\\ You can access it from your server's main page and a tutorial for it will be made in the near future.\\ Torrentflux-b4rt is also capable of downloading NZB files.
+**SABnzbd** (Usenet)\\ While we won't be covering this binary newsgroup downloader in this tutorial,\\ You can access it from your server's main page and a tutorial for it will be made in the near future.
 === Now let's upload your first torrent! ===
-First thing we need to do is get a torrent file.\\ Open up a [[http://www.xirvik.com|new browser or tab]], and navigate to a trackers website. In this example we'll use [[http://www.legaltorrents.com|www.LegalTorrents.com]].
+The first thing we need to do is get a torrent file.\\ Open up a [[http://www.xirvik.com|new browser or tab]], and navigate to a trackers website. In this example, we'll use [[http://www.legaltorrents.com|www.LegalTorrents.com]].
 Find a torrent that you wish to download, right click the download link and select **Save Link As..** or **Save Target As**.
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 Now let's start downloading that torrent!
-Which client would you like to try first?\\
+==rTorrent==
-<html><span class="tah"><a href="#rt"><strong>rTorrent</strong></a> or <a  href="#tfx"><strong>Torrentflux-b4rt</strong></a><strong> </strong></span></html> (Click one to jump to that section or try both by just following the tutorial's lead)
-<html><span class="rtor"><a name="rt" class="rtorr"><b>rTorrent</b></a></span> </html> [[#tfx|(Go to Torrentflux-b4rt section)]]
 Once you're on your main seedbox server page you can choose from one of the 3 rTorrent front-ends/flavors.\\ You can try all of them 1 front-end at a time.\\ Or you may jump to the front-end's section by clicking on it either in the links below or on the image below.
-There's **[[#rut|ruTorrent]]** (a uTorrent clone), **[[#wtor|wTorrent]]**, and **[[#rtgui|rtGui]]**.
+There's **[[tutorial_dediserver#ruTorrent|ruTorrent]]** (a uTorrent clone), **[[tutorial_dediserver#wTorrent|wTorrent]]**, and **[[tutorial_dediserver#rtGui|rtGui]]**.
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 Now let's upload your first torrent!
-<html><strong><a name="rut"><font class="rutor" color="#000000">ruTorrent</font></a></strong></html>
+==ruTorrent==
 When you first open up ruTorrent, after the brief loading period, you will quickly notice one thing. It has the user-friendly and familiar looks of uTorrent!
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 In fact, it's so similar that most of you will be able to pick it up in a matter of seconds.
-Here's quick overview of the toolbar.
+Here's a quick overview of the toolbar.
-{{:sd8.png|}}\\ The star allows you to create a torrent.\\ The X let's you delete a single, or many selected torrents.\\ **Start**, Pause, and **Stop** are quite self-explanatory.\\ Clicking any of these when a single or many torrents are selected will either Start, Pause, or Stop them.
+{{:sd8.png|}}\\ The star allows you to create a torrent.\\ The X lets you delete a single, or many selected torrents.\\ **Start**, Pause, and **Stop** are quite self-explanatory.\\ Clicking any of these when a single or many torrents are selected will either Start, Pause, or Stop them.
-The green signal is to Add an RSS feed.\\ The blue gear is the settings button.\\ The flag is to change the language.\\ The **?** opens the About box..
+The green signal is to Add an RSS feed.\\ The blue gear is the settings button.\\ The flag is to change the language.\\ The **?** opens the About box.
 Enough with the basic's, let's get the ball rolling.\\ To add the torrent, select the **Globe button** in the top left corner (highlighted in red).
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 A small dialog box will appear.\\ Select **Browse** (highlighted in green) and locate the .torrent file we previously downloaded. Then select **Add File** (highlighted in blue) to begin downloading.
-In a moment you'll notice a new torrent entry, and your file(s) will start downloading..
+In a moment you'll notice a new torrent entry, and your file(s) will start downloading.
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-Going to the Files tab show's you all the files in the respective torrent entry.\\ You can individually choose which files to give priority and which to avoid downloading.
+Going to the Files tab show's you all the files in the respective torrent entry.\\ You can individually choose which files to give priority and which to avoid downloading.\\
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+There are several more tabs in ruTorrent, including:
+The News tab allows you to see news and announcements from Xirvik.
+The Shoutbox allows you to chat with other users.\\
+The History tab allows you to see a history of torrents that were added, deleted, and finished.\\
+The Explorer tab allows you to manage files on your seedbox. For more information, please see [[tutorial_en_rutorrent#|the tutorial for ruTorrent]].\\
 Let's check out the settings now. Hitting the gear button will open it up.
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 The General section has a couple of things that may be relevant to the average seedbox user. You may want to change the GUI update time.\\ Too low may cause slowdowns though.\\ Another setting you may be interested in is Request Timeout.\\ If you get systematic timeout errors you can try halving or doubling this number.\\
-<html><p class="wtor"><strong><a name="wtor" class="wtor">wTorrent</a></strong></p></html>
+==wTorrent==
 Now let's give wTorrent a try.\\ You may be asked to enter your username and password.\\ This information is the same as your general account.
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 Type in your information and select **Login.**
-Now you'll be greeted with the minimalistic, but beautiful wTorrent client.
+Now you'll be greeted with the minimalistic but beautiful wTorrent client.
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-Once you've selected what you'd like to do hit **Apply**.
+Once you've selected what you'd like to do, hit **Apply**.
 We can also click on the title of the entry to see more information.\\ You can change the priority of the entire torrent here.
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 The last 2 sections show the tracker's and peers.\\ That's all for wTorrent!
-<html><p><span class="rtgui"><strong><a name="rtgui" class="rtgui">rtGui</a></strong> </span></html>
+==rtGui==
 Next up is rtGui. Open it up from your server page.
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 Click on the title of a torrent entry opens up a slightly more advanced section that involves only that specific torrent.\\ At the top are some straight-forward commands that the client will issue for that torrent when clicked.
-In the Files tab you can see all the files in the torrent. You can change each individual file's priority here as well.\\ Tracker simply shows the tracker's it is connected to.\\
+In the Files tab, you can see all the files in the torrent. You can change each individual file's priority here as well.\\ Tracker simply shows the tracker's it is connected to.\\
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 The Storage tab is likely the most useful tab, as it's not in either wTorrent or ruTorrent.
-This feature allows you to change the directory which something is downloaded into.\\ Simply click on the directory and select **Set Directory** and your done.\\ Make sure the torrent is stopped first.
+This feature allows you to change the directory which something is downloaded into.\\ Simply click on the directory and select **Set Directory** and you're done.\\ Make sure the torrent is stopped first.
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-<html><span class="wtor"><span class="rtor"><a name="tfx" class="b4rt"><b>Torrentflux-b4rt</b></a></span> </span></html>([[#rt|Go to rTorrent section)]]
-Head back to your seedbox's page.\\ Select Torrenflux-b4rt to load up the client.
-Under Select a Metafile for upload select **Browse...** and find that torrent we previously downloaded.
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-You can also add more slots to add files quicker by selecting **More..**(highlighted in yellow) or hit **Multiple Upload** to go to a new page with many upload slots.
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-You may also choose whether you want to just Upload the file, or Upload and start downloading.\\ We'll select **Upload+Start** and then **Go** to process and initiate the download request!
-{{:sh4.png|}}\\ Great, it started downloading.\\ As soon as it's finished it will start seeding.\\ \\ We can click on the new transfer entry to see more information on the transfer.
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-We can also select Settings to change some settings.\\ Your seedbox comes pre-configured so theres no need to touch anything here.\\ You may like to change the client to either **Transmission** or **Tornado**, if you're having issues with one or the other.
-{{:sh6.png|}}\\ Once done you may hit **Save** on the bottom right to close this box and save any changed settings.
-There are some basic controls which are necessary to learn as well.
-Blue: Stop Transfer\\ Yellow: Delete Torrent (Must stop the transfer first)\\
-{{:sh7.png|}}\\ Green: Start **All** Transfers\\ Red: Resume **All** Transfers\\ Purple: Stop **All** Transfers
-Apart from the above, there are also a few more multiple action's you can perform.
-Pink: Select as many of these checkmarks to perform actions simultaneously on all corresponding transfers.\\ Orange: Select this checkmark to select all transfers.
-{{:sh8.png|}}\\ Click on the dropdown list to choose which action to perform on the checked transfers.\\ Then hit **Go** to do it!
-Pressing the Directory Button on the top of the page will let you access your stored files.\\ \\ {{:sh10.png|}}\\ Here you can Download, Rename, and Delete your files/folders.\\ You can even Make Them Into Torrents, which you can later upload to trackers!
-You can also hit profile up top to change some generally unimportant options.\\ You may change your password here (make sure you fill in both fields).\\ Or change your Theme to something more appealing.\\ Despite assuming you speak well enough english to read this tutorial, you can also change the language here.\\ Afterwards hit **Update** to save these settings.
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-That sums it up!\\ Consider yourself fully able to use torrentflux-b4rt now!\\ What are you waiting for? Put that seedbox to use.
 === Extra Notes: ===
-Alongside FTP and the torrentflux-b4rt Directory you can also access and download your files by direct HTTP access.\\ A link is located on your server's page.
+Alongside FTP you can also access and download your files by direct HTTP access.\\ A link is located on your server's page.
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-Alernately you can just add "downloads" to the end of your server's URL. For example "http://dedi.xirvik.com/**downloads**".
+Alternatively, you can just add "downloads" to the end of your server's URL. For example "http://dedi.xirvik.com/**downloads**".
 It's simple! Just find your file, right click and **Save Link/Target As**.
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 \\ This method is only beneficial for downloading single files, though it may be convenient for you if you haven't learned about FTP.\\ If you'd like to learn more about using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) you can access our [[tutorial_cuteFtp|FTP tutorials here]].
-Finally if you ever run into any problems with our services you can select **Services** from the left column of your main seedbox page to restart them.\\ \\
+Finally, if you ever run into any problems with our services you can select **Services** from the left column of your main seedbox page to restart them.\\ \\
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-This is the end of tutorial.\\ We hope you have gained some knowledge and insight about the inner workings and features of your seedbox.
+This is the end of the tutorial.\\ We hope you have gained some knowledge and insight about the inner workings and features of your seedbox.
 Thanks for choosing Xirvik.