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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 15651 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 15651

    screen -dmS flood npx --yes @jesec/flood --host 0.0.0.0 --port 15651
   

3. Access Flood at http://server.whatbox.ca:15651. Choose a username and password you will use to access Flood. For the socket path, enter /home/user/.config/rtorrent/socket