Transmission

A docker container for Transmission built from source https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases

Docker images: https://hub.docker.com/r/hdorio/transmission

What is Transmission? Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client with a simple web interface.

How to use this image

Run the latest version (4.0.5)

docker run -d -p 9091:9091 hdorio/transmission

Run a specific version (2.84)

docker run -d -p 9091:9091 hdorio/transmission:2.84

Configuration

ENVIROMENT VARIABLES (only effective on the first docker run)

all settings are available through env variables, you need to replace every dash by an underscore example for rpc-authentication-required, rpc-whitelist-enabled, rpc-username and rpc-password

docker run -d -p 9091:9091 \
  -e RPC_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED=true \
  -e RPC_PASSWORD=password \
  -e RPC_USERNAME=user \
  -e RPC_WHITELIST_ENABLED=false \
  hdorio/transmission

Folders

Default locations for folders and files are:

• Downloads - /home/transmission/Downloads/
• Settings - /home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/settings.json
• Torrents - /home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/torrents/

Volumes

Two volumes are set for:

• Downloads - /home/transmission/Downloads/
• Settings - /home/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon/

but you can export downloads if you want

mkdir downloads
docker run -d -p 9091:9091 -v $(pwd)/downloads:/home/transmission/Downloads hdorio/transmission

User Feedback

Issues

If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact me through a GitHub issue.