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I have a rather large file (~100GB) on my Ubuntu Server that I would like to share with a few different people. I could tar it and give people a direct download link, but I thought it would be better to turn it in to a torrent file for sharing.

What's the best way of doing this on Ubuntu?

I have little experience of creating and sharing my own torrents. Ideally I'd like to create a torrent of this file, and be able to give people a link so that they can download it from me.

Any advice would be appreciated.

EDIT: I am not looking for torrent client recommendations. I am interested in how I can use my server to share a torrent file.

inersha
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Creating torrent

A good tutorial for creating with transmission is available here, the basic steps are:

  • Click File > Create New Torrent...
  • Choose the files to include
  • Choose the trackers and files

You will need to seed the file at least until there is 1 complete copy on other clients, and if there is ever less that that amount download will become impossible until you seed to fill in the gaps.

Seeding with server

You will want to run Transmission and add the torrent to seed, either from the command line, or starting it with the web interface enabled.

jrtapsell
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