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Information related to the TurnKey Linux Torrent Server

TurnKey Torrent Server uses Transmission. We understand that this may not be to everyone's liking. If you'd like to be involved in developing and maintaining an alternate torrent client/server, I suggest posting on the forums and/or posting an issue on the tracker.

Using a VPN Server To Secure Internet Traffic To Your Torrent Server

You can use the Turnkey Linux OpenVPN Server (or another VPN provider or alternate VPN server, e.g. Wireguard server) to act as a router. When installing your OpenVPN server, use the "Client" option for setting up OpenVPN. You can read about configuring an OpenVPN Server as both a client and a router here.

You can edit your Torrent Server's defualt gateway to use the static IP of your OpenVPN router like so:

nano /etc/network/interfaces

#ISP Router IP is 192.168.1.1
#OpenVPN router IP is 192.168.1.254
#Torrent Server IP is 192.168.1.10

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.1.10
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.1.254