[HowTo]Aria2 Torrent, FTP, HTTP downloader with Webinterface

This howto describes howto install an excellent Linux-downloader with Torrent, FTP and HTTP capabilities and worldwide remote access.
Sometimes I missed a good downloadmanager for my router. Therefore I installed many different tools & apps in order to download different files. All of them worked fine, but they all have too much restrictions.
Then I found ARIA2 in our optware repository and some php-code called aria2web for a remote control of aria2.
There is some other code for a remote control out there, but far too complicated and too slow for a RT-N16.
A big advantage of aria2 is the very low needed cpu-resource and memory used for downloads. And it's ultrafast....
Disadvantages: You need Firefox on your Computer, with IE you have to tweak the php-code.
For IE, there are some suggestions for instance here: http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewto...p?f=38&t=26662

Tested with Webbrowser: Firefox, Iceweasel, Epiphany

Let's start........
Preconditions: RT-N16 or better (will run on a Wl500gP too, but slow)
Installation according Wengi's HowTo
Installed and running lighttpd and PHP according WPTE's HowTo
installed unzip on your router (or do a 'ipkg install unzip')
WinSCP

Aria2 is very easy to install, just adjust the line below with your download-folder as you like:

Код:

ipkg update

ipkg install aria2

mkdir -p /opt/var/log/aria2

mkdir -p /opt/etc/aria2

mkdir -p /tmp/mnt/disca_3/Downloads

touch /opt/etc/aria2/aria2.conf



vi /opt/etc/aria2/aria2.conf  ###SWITCH TO INSERT MODE WITH 'i' ######

daemon=true

enable-rpc=true

rpc-listen-port=6800

rpc-listen-all=true

####### your download folder, ensure that this folder exist! ##########

dir=/tmp/mnt/disca_3/Downloads

#where is your logfile located

log=/opt/var/log/aria2/aria2.log

log-level=warn

dht-listen-port=6801

auto-save-interval=30

#seed ratio and seed time in minutes

seed-ratio=1.0

seed-time=1460

max-upload-limit=20K

event-poll=select

####end of file aria2.conf####

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Consider, there are so many options - you can use much more when needed.
Here you can read more: http://linux.die.net/man/1/aria2c

Now we start aria2 at every startup

Код:

touch /opt/etc/init.d/S85aria2

vi /opt/etc/init.d/S85aria2

###SWITCH TO INSERT MODE WITH 'i' ######

# For Olegs & Ily's FW for Asus Routers

# store this script in /opt/etc/init.d if you've installed optware



# Prgmname=/full_path/Prgmname

prgmname1="/opt/bin/aria2c"

shortname="aria2c"



#one option 

options="--conf-path="



# configfile=/full_path/configfile

configfile="/opt/etc/aria2/aria2.conf"



start() {

        # Code here to start the program

        logger -t ARIA2C "Starting aria2c daemon "

        ${prgmname1} ${options}${configfile}

        sleep 5

        return 0

}



stop() {

        # Code here to stop the program and check it's dead

        if [ -n "`pidof $shortname`" ]; then

           logger -t ARIA2C "Shutting down aria2c daemon "

            /usr/bin/killall $shortname

           sleep 5

        fi

        return 0

}

##########################start here##########################

case "$1" in

  start)

        start

        ;;

  stop)

        stop

        ;;

  restart)

        logger -t ARIA2C "$shortname restart, executed from $(whoami)"

        stop

        sleep 2

        start

        ;;

  *)

        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"

        exit 1

esac

sleep 1

exit

#### end of file S85aria2 ####

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chmod 755 /opt/etc/init.d/S85aria2

reboot

Well, if there is no command 'whoami' on your router, just remove the part above 'executed from $(whoami)'
Consider, when you change something of your /opt/etc/aria2/aria2.conf file you must enter a:

Код:

/opt/etc/init.d/S85aria2 restart

Now we install the webinterface-part: (assumed, that your webservers document root is /opt/share/www)

Код:

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/aria2web/files/latest/download

mkdir -p /opt/share/www/aria2web

unzip Aria2Web_0.1.zip -d /opt/share/www/aria2web

rm /opt/share/www/aria2web/config.php

touch /opt/share/www/aria2web/config.php 

vi /opt/share/www/aria2web/config.php  ###SWITCH TO INSERT MODE WITH 'i' ######

<?php

/**

* @version                $Id: config.php 8 2010-01-21 16:05:04Z soeren_nb $

* @package        aria2web

* @copyright        Copyright (C) 2010 soeren. All rights reserved.

* @license                GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php

* Aria2Web is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant

* to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or

* is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or

* other free or open source software licenses.

* http://sourceforge.net/projects/aria2web/

*/

defined( '_ARIA2WEB' ) or die();

// to run Aria2web in "local" mode means it's installed on the same machine as aria2, so we can start the aria2c executable through PHP

// when Aria2web is run in "web" mode, it's assumed that it's installed on a different machine and won't (be able to) start the aria2c executable

$aria2_mode = 'web'; 

$aria2_xmlrpc_host = 'localhost';

$aria2_xmlrpc_uripath = '/rpc';



$aria2_executable = '/opt/bin/aria2c'; // Location of the aria2c executable

$aria2_parameters = array();



// If aria2web is in local mode, it will try to start aria2c in XMl-RPC mode using the following additional parameters

$aria2_parameters['xml_rpc_listen_port'] = 6800;

$aria2_parameters['xml_rpc_username'] = '';

$aria2_parameters['xml_rpc_password'] = '';

$aria2_parameters['xml_rpc_listen_all'] = 'true';

$aria2_parameters['dir'] = '/tmp/mnt/disca_3/Downloads'; // The directory to store the downloaded file. 

$aria2_parameters['log'] = '/opt/var/log/aria2/aria2.log'; // The location of the log file.

$aria2_parameters['http_user']= ''; //Set HTTP user. This affects all URLs. 

$aria2_parameters['http_passwd']= '';//Set HTTP password. This affects all URLs. 

$aria2_parameters['load_cookies']= ''; //Load Cookies from FILE using the Firefox3 format (SQLite3) and the Mozilla/Firefox(1.x/2.x)/Netscape format. 

$aria2_parameters['user_agent']= ''; //Set user agent for HTTP(S) downloads. Default: aria2/$VERSION, $VERSION is replaced by package version. 



?>

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Well, that's it - start your Firefox-browser and enter: http://ip.of.your.asus/aria2web
When you can see your aria2web-interface, you can configure your firewall
Now the firewall: (open the ports below)
The port numbers that aria2 uses by default are 6881-6999 for TCP and UDP and port 6800 for xml_rpc

Now the last step - we have to protect directory 'aria2web' of your webservers document root.

Код:

touch /opt/etc/htpassw



vi /opt/etc/htpassw   ###SWITCH TO INSERT MODE WITH 'i' ######

myusername:mypassword

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Now only one thing remains, we have to tell lighhtpd to use a password for your aria2web directory.

Код:

vi /opt/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

and activate the "mod_auth" by removing the comment sign '#'
Further, at the end of the lighttpd.conf you have to insert this:

Код:

##################################authentification for directories####################################

auth.debug = 2

auth.backend = "plain"

auth.backend.plain.userfile = "/opt/etc/htpassw"

  auth.require = (

      "/aria2web/"   =>  ("method" => "basic", "realm" => "Password protected area of aria2", "require" => "user=myusername")

  )

#########################################################################################################



# Configuration from other optware packages

include_shell "cat /opt/etc/lighttpd/conf.d/*.conf"