1nbdkit-torrent-plugin(1) NBDKIT nbdkit-torrent-plugin(1)
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6 nbdkit-torrent-plugin - serve a BitTorrent file or magnet link over NBD
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9 nbdkit torrent FILE.torrent|'magnet:?xt=urn:...'
10 [file=DISK.iso] [cache=DIR] ...
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13 "nbdkit-torrent-plugin" is an nbdkit(1) plugin which lets you serve a
14 single file from within a torrent read-only over NBD. The torrent to
15 download can be a local FILE.torrent file, or a magnet link.
16 A single torrent contains a collection of files, and by default this
18 plugin serves the largest file within the torrent. For operating
19 system installers this is usually the large ISO file and ignores other
20 small files like READMEs. You can also select a particular file by
21 name to serve.
22 If you want to turn a file hosted on a web server into an NBD export
24 use nbdkit-curl-plugin(1) instead. If you have a local ISO you can
25 simply serve it using nbdkit-file-plugin(1). If you want to turn a
26 local directory into an ISO use nbdkit-iso-plugin(1).
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29 This plugin implements a full-featured BitTorrent client. BitTorrent
30 clients form a peer-to-peer (p2p) network and upload the file to other
31 clients as well as downloading.
32 By default the plugin will cache the downloaded torrent into $TMPDIR,
34 potentially consuming a lot of disk space. See the "cache=DIR"
35 parameter for how to control this.
36 By default the plugin will consume all available network bandwidth in
38 both download and upload directions. To limit it, set
39 "download-rate-limit" and "upload-rate-limit" appropriately.
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42 Boot the Fedora installer
43 Choose the right URL from https://torrent.fedoraproject.org/:
44 url=https://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents/Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-32.torrent
46 wget $url
47 nbdkit -U - torrent Fedora-Server-*.torrent \
48 --run 'qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048 -cdrom $nbd -boot d'
49 Boot the Debian installer
51 Choose the right URL from https://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/:
52 url=https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/bt-dvd/debian-10.4.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso.torrent
54 wget $url
55 nbdkit -U - torrent debian-*.torrent \
56 --run 'qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048 -cdrom $nbd -boot d'
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59 cache=DIR
60 Set a directory which will be used to store the partially
61 downloaded torrent between runs.
62 This parameter is optional. If not given then the plugin will
64 create a randomly named temporary directory under $TMPDIR, and will
65 attempt to ensure it is cleaned up on exit (thus unless you set
66 "cache", no state is saved between runs and the whole torrent must
67 be downloaded each time).
68 connections-limit=N
70 Set limit on number of connections to other peers that this client
71 will open (default 200).
72 download-rate-limit=BITS_PER_SEC
74 Set the download rate limit in bits per second. Usual
75 abbreviations can be used such as "download-rate-limit=1M" for 1
76 megabit per second. 0 means unlimited, which is the default.
77 file=DISK.iso
79 Select the file from within the torrent to serve.
80 This parameter is optional. If not specified then the plugin
82 searches the torrent for the largest file and serves that. This is
83 usually the right thing to do for operating system installers and
84 similar because it serves the large .iso file and ignores other
85 files like READMEs.
86 The parameter is actually a path relative to the root directory of
88 the torrent, so if the torrent contains subdirectories you may need
89 to use a path like "file=SUBDIR/DISK". To list all the files
90 within the torrent try running:
91 $ nbdkit -fv -U - torrent file.torrent
93 and examining the debug output. As an alternative you can use
95 standard BitTorrent tools, eg:
96 $ transmission-show file.torrent
98 listen-interfaces=IP_ADDRESS:PORT[,IP_ADDRESS:PORT[,...]]
100 Listening ports that are opened for accepting incoming connections.
101 The parameter is a comma-separated list of "IP-address:port".
102 outgoing-interfaces=IP_ADDRESS[,IP_ADDRESS[,...]]
104 Controls which IP address outgoing TCP connections are bound to.
105 The parameter is a comma-separated list of IP addresses.
106 [torrent=]FILE.torrent
108 Specify a local torrent file.
109 [torrent=]magnet:?xt=urn:...
111 Specify a magnet link.
112 "torrent=" is a magic config key and may be omitted in most cases.
114 See "Magic parameters" in nbdkit(1).
115 upload-rate-limit=BITS_PER_SEC
117 Set the upload rate limit in bits per second. Usual abbreviations
118 can be used such as "upload-rate-limit=1M" for 1 megabit per
119 second. 0 means unlimited, which is the default.
120 user-agent=STRING
122 Set the user-agent. The recommended format is
123 "client-name/client-version".
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126 "TMPDIR"
127 This directory is used to cache the downloaded torrent file (or
128 /var/tmp if not set). See also the "cache=DIR" parameter above.
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131 $plugindir/nbdkit-torrent-plugin.so
132 The plugin.
133 Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $plugindir.
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137 "nbdkit-torrent-plugin" first appeared in nbdkit 1.22.
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140 nbdkit(1), nbdkit-plugin(3), nbdkit-curl-plugin(1),
141 nbdkit-file-plugin(1), nbdkit-iso-plugin(1),
142 nbdkit-readahead-filter(1), transmission-show(1),
143 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent, http://libtorrent.org/.
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146 Richard W.M. Jones
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