.Dd 2024-04-18
.Dt opentracker.conf 5
.Os Unix
.Sh NAME
.Nm opentracker.conf
.Nd configuration file for opentracker
.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
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configuration file specifies various options for configuring the behavior of the opentracker program.
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Lines starting with '#' are comments and are ignored. Options are specified as 'keyword value' pairs.
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width ".It access.proxy" -compact
.It listen.tcp_udp Ar address
Specifies an address opentracker will listen on for both TCP and UDP connections. If none are specified, opentracker listens on 0.0.0.0:6969 by default. Can be added more than once.
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.It listen.tcp Ar address
Specifies the address opentracker will listen on for TCP connections. Can be added more than once.
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.It listen.udp Ar address
Specifies the address opentracker will listen on for UDP connections. Can be added more than once.
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.It listen.udp.workers Ar threads
Specifies how many threads will be spawned to handle UDP connections. Defaults to 4.
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.It access.whitelist Ar path/to/whitelist
Specifies the path to the whitelist file containing all torrent hashes that opentracker will serve. Use this option if opentracker runs in a non-open mode.
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.It access.blacklist Ar path/to/blacklist
Specifies the path to the blacklist file containing all torrent hashes that opentracker will not serve. Use this option if opentracker was compiled to allow blacklisting.
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.It access.fifo_add Ar path/to/adder.fifo
Specifies the path to the FIFO (named pipe) used for dynamic changesets to accesslists. Info hashes written to this FIFO will be added to the main accesslist file.
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.It access.fifo_delete Ar path/to/deleter.fifo
Specifies the path to the FIFO (named pipe) used for dynamic changesets to accesslists. Info hashes written to this FIFO will be removed from the main accesslist file.
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.It access.stats Ar ip_address_or_network
Specifies the IP address or network in CIDR notation allowed to fetch stats from opentracker.
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.It access.stats_path Ar path
Specifies the path to the stats location. You can configure opentracker to appear anywhere on your tracker. Defaults to /stats.
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.It access.proxy Ar ip_address_or_network
Specifies the IP address or network of the reverse proxies. Opentracker will take the X-Forwarded-For address instead of the source IP address. Can be added more than once.
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.It livesync.cluster.listen Ar ip_address:port
Specifies the IP address and port opentracker will listen on for incoming live sync packets to keep a cluster of opentrackers synchronized.
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.It livesync.cluster.node_ip Ar ip_address
Specifies one trusted IP address for sync between trackers running in a cluster. Can be added more than once.
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.It batchsync.cluster.admin_ip Ar ip_address
Specifies the admin IP address for old-style (HTTP-based) asynchronous tracker syncing.
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.It tracker.rootdir Ar path
Specifies the directory opentracker will chroot/chdir to. All black/white list files must be located in this directory.
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.It tracker.user Ar username
Specifies the user opentracker will setuid to after binding to potentially privileged ports.
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.It tracker.redirect_url Ar URL
Specifies the URL opentracker will redirect to in response to a "GET / HTTP" request.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
To specify the address opentracker will listen on for both TCP and UDP connections:
.Dl listen.tcp_udp 0.0.0.0:6969
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To specify the address opentracker will listen on for TCP connections:
.Dl listen.tcp 0.0.0.0
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To specify the address opentracker will listen on for UDP connections:
.Dl listen.udp 0.0.0.0:6969
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr opentracker 1
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.Sh AUTHOR
.An Dirk Engling
.Aq Mt erdgeist@erdgeist.org
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