TorrentFlux 2.2 review

TorrentFlux is a PHP torrent client for Linux. Manage all of your Torrent downloads through a convenient web interface from anywhe

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: TorrentFlux Team

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TorrentFlux is a PHP torrent client for Linux.

Manage all of your Torrent downloads through a convenient web interface from anywhere. Requires Apache with PHP module, MySQL and, BitTornado or BitTorrent source (included).

Here are some key features of "TorrentFlux":
Upload Torrents via URL or File Upload
Start, Stop, and Delete Torrents with a click
Advanced Torrent start options (ports, speeds, etc.)
Multi-user interface
RSS Feeds, download Torrents files with a click
View Download Progress of all torrents at a glance
View drive space at a glance
View Torrent file meta information
Built-in User management and Security
Private Messaging
Themes (selectable per user)
Upload History
Detailed User Administration
Admin Searchable Logs
Torrent Search via Suprnova.org
Language Support

Current language support for:

Dutch
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish

Requirements:
Apache with PHP module
MySQL Database
BitTorrent 3.3 to 3.4.2 + or BitTornado 0.3.7 +

Installation:

*** Make sure the System Requirements are met.

1. Untar the package into a directory then copy the contents of the "html" folder into your web site directory.

tar -zxvf torrentflux.tar.gz

2. Create a database and load the mysql_torrentflux.sql script. Database abstraction is supported starting in TorrentFlux 2.0 using ADODB for PHP. You may specify type of database you want to use in the config.php, but the examples here use MySQL.

mysqladmin create torrentflux

"mysql_torrentflux.sql" contains the commands to build the table structure and the default data for the TorrentFlux. Run the script on your torrentflux database.

mysql torrentflux < mysql_torrentflux.sql
Or load the script with PHPMyAdmin (web interface)

3. Edit 'config.php' for database settings. Database abstraction is supported starting in TorrentFlux 2.0 using ADODB for PHP. You may specify type of database you want to use, but the examples here use MySQL.

4. IMPORTANT: The first time you access the application, you will be prompted for a user/password -- this is when you will set the SUPER ADMIN user and password by what you enter. For example, you pull the site up for the first time, you will be prompted to login and if you put in user: 'goombah' and password: 'iama' then your super admin user account will be set to goombah/iama -- cool? You are ready to access the application!

5. On your first login, you will be taken to the admin settings page. This is where you will check all your TorrentFlux Settings (previous versions had these settings in the config.php). At the top of this page is "Path" -- you will need to create a directory with read/write permissions for TorrentFlux to use. You can create a directory and chmod 777 it then specify this path on the Admin Settings page. When the path is valid and
writable, there will be a green light next to it.

While you are on the TorrentFlux Settings page, you may want to verify that you have green lights down the page (if not you will want to fix them).

What's New in This Release:
Added optional Security Code for login security.
Fixed Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite/Deletion & Command Execution Vulnerablity (by TF Users).
Fixed Qmanager looping issue.
Added multi select delete to the directory listing.
Updated RSSReader to not show error when no RSS feeds are used.
Updated Search Engine Modules and bug fixes.
Updated maketorrent to allow changing of chunk size.
Added security fixes for htmlentities in User-Agents and request variables.
Fixed torrent start when advanced torrent start is turned off.
Added page refresh countdown.
Fixed jump links on RSS feed page.
Updated Admin Links to allow editing and sorting.
Added Turkish and Russian language files.