mondedie/rutorrent

Features

• Platform image: linux/amd64, linux/arm64
• Based on Alpine Linux 3.21
• php 8.2
• Provides by default a solid configuration
• No root process
• Persitance custom configuration for rutorrent and rtorrent
• Add your own rutorrent plugins and themes
• Filebot is included, and creates symlinks in /data/media (choose filebot tag)

Tag available

• latest (Dockerfile)
• filebot (Dockerfile)

Build image

Build arguments

Argument	Description	Type	Default value
FILEBOT	Build with filebot	optional	false
FILEBOT_VER	Filebot version	optional	5.1.6
RUTORRENT_VER	ruTorrent version	optional	5.1.2

build

docker build --tag mondedie/rutorrent:latest https://github.com/mondediefr/docker-rutorrent.git

Build with arguments

docker build --tag mondedie/rutorrent:filebot --build-arg FILEBOT=true https://github.com/mondediefr/docker-rutorrent.git

Configuration

Environment variables

Variable	Description	Type	Default value
UID	Choose uid for launch rtorrent	optional	991
GID	Choose gid for launch rtorrent	optional	991
PORT_RTORRENT	Port of rtorrent	optional	45000
MODE_DHT	DHT mode in rtorrent.rc file (disable,off,on)	optional	off
PORT_DHT	UDP port to use for DHT	optional	6881
PEER_EXCHANGE	Enable peer exchange (yes,no)	optional	no
DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY	Torrent download directory	optional	/data/downloads
CHECK_PERM_DATA	Check permissions in the data directory	optional	true
HTTP_AUTH	Enable HTTP authentication	optional	false

Environment variables with filebot

Variable	Description	Type	Default value
FILEBOT_LICENSE	License file path	required	none
FILEBOT_RENAME_METHOD	Method for rename media	optional	symlink
FILEBOT_LANG	Set your language	optional	fr
FILEBOT_CONFLICT	Conflict management	optional	skip

Volumes

• /data : folder for download torrents
• /config : folder for rtorrent and rutorrent configuration

Data folder tree

• /data/.watch : rtorrent watch directory
• /data/.session : rtorrent save statement here
• /data/downloads : rtorrent download torrent here
• /data/media : organize your media and create a symlink with filebot
• /config/rtorrent : path of .rtorrent.rc
• /config/rutorrent/conf : global configuration of rutorrent
• /config/rutorrent/share : rutorrent user configuration and cache
• /config/custom_plugins : add your own plugins
• /config/custom_themes : add your own themes
• /config/filebot : add your License file in this folder
• /config/filebot/args_amc.txt : configuration of fn:amc script of filebot
• /config/filebot/postdl : modify postdl script, example here

Ports

• 8080
• PORT_RTORRENT (default: 45000)

Usage

Simple launch

docker run --name rutorrent -dt \
  -e UID=1000 \
  -e GID=1000 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 45000:45000 \
  -v /mnt/docker/rutorrent/config:/config \
  -v /mnt/docker/rutorrent/data:/data \
  mondedie/rutorrent:latest

URL: http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080

Advanced launch

Add custom plugin :

mkdir -p /mnt/docker/rutorrent/config/custom_plugins
git clone https://github.com/Gyran/rutorrent-ratiocolor.git /mnt/docker/rutorrent/config/custom_plugins/ratiocolor

Add custom theme :

Donwload a theme for example in this repository https://github.com/artyuum/3rd-party-ruTorrent-Themes.git
And copy the folder in /mnt/docker/rutorrent/config/custom_themes

Run container :

docker run --name rutorrent -dt \
  -e UID=1000 \
  -e GID=1000 \
  -e DHT_RTORRENT=on \
  -e PORT_RTORRENT=6881 \
  -e FILEBOT_LICENSE=/config/filebot/FileBot_License_XXXXXXXXX.psm \
  -e FILEBOT_RENAME_METHOD=move \
  -p 9080:8080 \
  -p 6881:6881 \
  -p 6881:6881/udp \
  -v /mnt/docker/rutorrent/config:/config \
  -v /mnt/docker/rutorrent/data:/data \
  mondedie/rutorrent:filebot

URL: http://xx.xx.xx.xx:9080

Add HTTP authentication

docker run --name rutorrent -dt \
  -e UID=1000 \
  -e GID=1000 \
  -e PORT_RTORRENT=46000 \
  -e HTTP_AUTH=true \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 46000:46000 \
  -v /mnt/docker/rutorrent/config:/config \
  -v /mnt/docker/rutorrent/data:/data \
  mondedie/rutorrent:latest

Generate your password:

docker exec -it rutorrent gen-http-passwd
Username: torrent
Password:
Verifying - Password:
Password was generated for the http user: torrent

URL: http://xx.xx.xx.xx:8080

License

Docker image mondedie/rutorrent is released under MIT License.