See no peers,seeds for some torrent(s)? Add more tracker(s) for Transmission
This script automatically checks new torrents and adds trackers
FAQ:
Q: Requirements?
A: curl, transmission-remote or\and transmission-cli
Q: How often does this check for updates for new trackers?
A: Only when adding new torrent in transmission and only active torrents and gap 25 seconds
Q: Can I add tracker to a remote server？
A: Yes, host=host:port or host=http(s?)://host:port/transmission/
Changelog
Mar 10, 2020
avoid add trackers for private torrents
Mar 27, 2019
add tracker-add-auto-router.sh script for routers
now tracker file saved in tmp directory until update web source
new exception in "Get list of active torrents", helps to avoid fully loaded torrents
cosmetic fixes
Feb 22, 2019
add feature connection to host
May 27, 2018
wait new torrents 25 sec
May 26, 2018
Change systemd policy
CPUSchedulingPolicy=idle
Nice=19
Take image docker pull andrewmhub/transmission-tracker-add
docker run --net=host -d -e HOSTPORT=localhost:9091 -e TR_AUTH=user:password --name=transmission-tracker-add andrewmhub/transmission-tracker-add:latest
if you need another torrent tracker list then use docker run env
-e TORRENTLIST=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/user/trackerslist/master/mylist.txt
you have transmission daemon in docker then read Docker Documentation Network
Download script and make it executable:
Edit settings.json for transmission set rpc-enabled, rpc-username and rpc-password
wget --no-check-certificate -O /opt/bin/add-trackers-auto.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndrewMarchukov/tracker-add/master/tracker-add-auto.sh
wget --no-check-certificate -O /etc/systemd/system/transmission-tracker-add.service https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndrewMarchukov/tracker-add/master/transmission-tracker-add.service
chmod +x /opt/bin/add-trackers-auto.sh
Set user and password in add-trackers-auto.sh
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable transmission-tracker-add.service
systemctl start transmission-tracker-add.service
systemctl status transmission-tracker-add.service
● transmission-tracker-add.service - transmission tracker add
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/transmission-tracker-add.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since; 0 days ago
Main PID: 19102 (add_trackers_au)
CGroup: /system.slice/transmission-tracker-add.service
├─19102 /bin/bash /opt/bin/add-trackers-auto.sh
└─31204 sleep 5
Requirements: curl, transmission-remote
Download script and make it executable:
Edit settings for transmission set rpc-enabled, rpc-username, rpc-password and your pt trackers
wget --no-check-certificate -O tracker-add-auto-router.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AndrewMarchukov/tracker-add/master/tracker-add-auto-router.sh
chmod +x tracker-add-auto-router.sh
Set user and password in tracker-add-auto-router.sh
./tracker-add-auto-router.sh &
or
nohup ./tracker-add-auto-router.sh </dev/null >/var/log/tracker-add-auto.log 2>&1 &
or
screen -d -m -S tracker-add-auto path/to/tracker-add-auto-router.sh
Set user and password in manual-tracker-add.sh
Run manual script to add some more trackers for active torrents:
/opt/bin # ./manual-tracker-add.sh
URL for https://hastebin.com/raw/bererufibu
Adding trackers for Film.HDRip.AVC.mkv...
######################################################################## 100,0%
* http://tracker.dutchtracking.nl:80/announce... failed.
* http://tracker.edoardocolombo.eu:6969/announce... failed.
* http://tracker.ex.ua:80/announce... failed.
* http://tracker.kicks-ass.net:80/announce... failed.
* http://tracker.mg64.net:6881/announce... done.
* http://tracker.tfile.me/announce... failed.
* http://tracker1.wasabii.com.tw:6969/announce... done.
* http://tracker2.itzmx.com:6961/announce... done.
Don't be confused with failed message. In most cases, it means tracker(s) already added and/or exists in current torrent.