I am sick of managing torrents on my main pc and want to run them on my secondary pc and just remote into it.
my question, how can I move all of my torrents? both pc’s are linux if that helps. Is there a folder containing all torrent links that I can copy over? the actual files (linux isos) are on nas’s, so hopefully the filepath wouldn’t change…
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This is why I switched to docker for my media server stack, it makes it far more portable.
I gotta figure out how and what docker is. I cannot understand it . does it run on the nas itself or the PC? Is it like flatpaks where its a container ?
Docker is like the next logical extension of what a VM is… But instead of a whole ass machine getting spun up, along with all its various bullshit, just to run one application; Docker is a purpose driven slice of only the required dependencies for your single app, nothing more, nothing less.
This solves a few problems, resources because you are running bare minimum components, the “it ran on my machine” problem, because everything you need is literally inside the image, and it’s pretty easy to work with since Docker runs inside its own container and only inside its own container. This means you can easily drop new apps in and pull them out with no drama…
For someone sounding nontechnical, even a simple explanation will be difficult.
OP, despite everyone just claiming docker is the way to go, do what you’re comfortable with. Docker will require some technical background, maybe look up some videos first.
I’d also recommends using Podman over docker since it’s open source unlike actual docker, and can run all the same stuff.
Personally, I hate all the CLI involved, but that’s me. Yes I run it, but down the road if troubleshooting is required, it takes a little time looking up commands or how to proceed. Forums can help too.
Yeahhh, I wasn’t paying attention where I was posting and didn’t realize this was in piracy and not selfhosting lol
It runs on the system you install it in, all containers do is isolate the software to a controlled environment so it doesn’t directly use your system packages.
The advantage in terms of migration is that you can just have a directory with a compose file and your configuration directories and that can be moved to any system
If memory serves TechHut did a pretty good docker introduction video a few years ago.
I just watched the video with “easy mode” at the end, I have no fucking clue WTF is he doing most of the time. From your comment and the one next to yours I thought that I had an idea of what it was, but after that video I think I don’t want to be anywhere close to a docker thing, ever. That dude should be banned from using the word easy.
Well, it does require some preliminary IT knowledge, but as far as IT skills go I’d say it’s one of the more basic systems.
Just copy all the configs and stuff of your torrent app over. Can likely be found in
~/.configand~/.local/share.Most torrent clients let you export the .torrent files that are currently active, pretty sure you could bulk export all of them. I would just start the client on your second pc, make sure thwyre both on the same Ethernet LAN, copy over all the torrent files on a USB, and let the client do the work of transferring all the files from your current machine to the new one (discovery usually works great over LAN and it will run at near line speed). Then delete the torrents from the old pc.
You will need disconnect the machines’ LAN from the internet during this process if you (likely) use a VPN during torrenting to ensure you don’t have any data leakage.
Alternatively, you can still move all the torrent data manually and then just copy the client config/temp folders onto the new machine, you will need to point the downloads folder to its new path but petty much every client is good at detecting existing torrent data.
on my home server I just run the stuff in a docker. makes it easy and portable. All my torrents, movies, music, ROMs, etc are on the server and when I want to play/stream something I just remote into it.
Literally just add the torrents on the new PC and torrent them over!
If it wasn’t a torrent I’d say rsync, but you’ve already got them loaded into a file sharing program.
Does this work if most of them were magnet links?
Bittorrent would be real bad if a magnet link couldn’t find a peer who added via file.
Mac guy who doesn’t do a lot of torrents, but couldn’t you set up a sync (I think I tried syncthing?) that just keeps the torrents in the same place on both computers? Have the torrent client on the other computer set up to scan the directory, so it would automatically add anything in it. Then just put the torrents in it on the main computer. They sync over, the other computer’s client picks them up… would that work?
