rtorrent configuration

rtorrent is an excellent torrent handler; it uses little resources and it's as stable as they come. Use of rssdler (parses RSS feeds and downloads torrent files) along with rtorrent gives you a wonderfully automated system. I would also recommend using dtach to run it in the background at boot time; dtach is a cut-down screen, and it's much quicker to use.

The config file for rtorrent (by default ~/.rtorrent.rc) is fairly straight forward, here's mine:

#Max upload slots per torrent.
max_uploads = 4

#Max global download/upload rate in KiB, 0 is unlimited.
download_rate = 0
upload_rate = 14

#Maximum and minimum number of peers to connect to, per torrent.
min_peers = 10
max_peers = 40

#Same as above but for seeding completed torrents (-1 = same as downloading)
#min_peers_seed = 10
#max_peers_seed = 50

#Close torrents when diskspace is low (in this instance, 100MB).
schedule = low_diskspace,5,60,close_low_diskspace=100M

#Note that my rule stops rtorrent seeding as soon as the files are downloaded (well, 1% 
#uploaded), I have another server for uploads.  The default rule of (schedule = ratio,60,
#60,stop_on_ratio=200,200M,2000) uploads 200%, with a 200MB minimum and a 2000% maximum.
#stop_on_ratio = min_ratio,min_upload,max_ratio
schedule = ratio,30,30,"stop_on_ratio = 1"

#Port range to use for listening, ranges work better than a single port.
port_range = 17370-17379

#Off, auto or on; I'm not a fan, but for public trackers these days you might need it.
dht = disable

#Not sure who wouldn't prefer encrypted over unecrypted, but you can set a preference.
#Allow_incoming, try_outgoing, require, require_RC4, enable_retry or prefer_plaintext
encryption = require_RC4

#Look for torrents in specified directory; start when found, stop when removed.
schedule = watch_directory,5,5,load_start=/mnt/archive/torrents/*.torrent
schedule = tied_directory,5,5,start_tied=
schedule = untied_directory,5,5,stop_untied=

#Where to store torrent data.
directory = /mnt/archive/torrents/downloading

#When the torrent finishes, move the data.
on_finished = move_complete,"execute=mv,-u,$d.get_base_path=,/mnt/archive/media/unsorted_
torrents;d
.set_directory=/mnt/archive/media/unsorted_torrents"

#When the torrent finishes, the .torrent file is removed.
on_finished = rm_torrent,"execute=rm,$d.get_tied_to_file="

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