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Flood is an alternative rTorrent web interface using Node.js.

A random port number between 10000 and 32767 is needed and will be used to access Flood once installation is complete. The port number 19905 has automatically been generated and will be used throughout this article, but can be changed if needed.

Installation

1. SSH into the server following the instructions found here /wiki/ssh

2. Launch Flood in a background screen session on your random port 19905

    screen -dmS flood npx flood --host 0.0.0.0 --port 19905
   

3. Access Flood at http://server.whatbox.ca:19905. Choose a username and password you will use to access Flood. For the socket path, enter /home/user/.config/rtorrent/socket

Automatically Restart

Setup Flood to automatically restart should the server reboot for any reason.

1. Use nano to create the script file and enter the text below. nano -w ~/flood_restart.cron

    #!/bin/bash
    if pgrep -f "npm exec flood --host 0.0.0.0 --port 19905" > /dev/null
    then
        echo "Flood is running."
    else
        echo "Flood is not running, starting Flood"
        screen -dmS flood npx flood --host 0.0.0.0 --port 19905
    fi
    exit
   

2. Save the file with Ctrl+x and if it prompts press the "y" and Enter to accept overwriting.

3. Make the script executable. chmod +x ~/flood_restart.cron

4. Open your crontab. EDITOR=nano crontab -e

5. Enter the following text

    @reboot /home/user/flood_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1
    */5 * * * * /home/user/flood_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1
   

6. Save the crontab with Ctrl+x and the "y" and Enter to accept overwriting.