Install Web Based Download Utility with Aria2 WebUI on Debian/Ubuntu
20#Aria2 #Aria2WebUI #Linux
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0254.html
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Quick Setup
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01. Log into the Linux device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal window
# update software repositories
sudo apt update
# install available software updates
sudo apt upgrade -y
# install aria2
sudo apt install aria2 -y
# run the aria2 RPC server
sudo aria2c --dir=/home/$USER/Downloads --enable-rpc=true --rpc-allow-origin-all=true --rpc-listen-all=true --rpc-listen-port=6800 --rpc-secret=SomethingSecure -D
# install git
sudo apt install git -y
# make a working directory
mkdir aria2-webui
# clone the aria2 webui github repository
git clone https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2.git ./aria2-webui
03. Open a file explorer and navigate to ~/aria2-webui/docs
04. Double click index.html to open it in the default web browser
05. Select Settings ≫ Connection Settings from the top navigation menu
06. Scroll down to the Enter the secret token field and paste the rpc-secret string, SomethingSecure in this example
07. Scroll down and click the Save Connection configuration button
08. The webui will now be able to communicate with aria2 over RPC
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Starting Aria2 on System Boot
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01. Run the following commands in a terminal window
# kill aria2 if it is running
sudo killall aria2c
# create aria2 conf directory
sudo mkdir /etc/aria2 -p
# create aria2.conf
sudo nano /etc/aria2/aria2.conf
02. Paste the following into the aria2.conf file
dir=/home/i12bretro/Downloads
enable-rpc=true
rpc-allow-origin-all=true
rpc-listen-all=true
rpc-listen-port=6800
rpc-secret=SomethingSecure
03. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to aria2.conf
04. Continue with the following commands in terminal
# create the service file
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/aria2.service
05. Paste the following into the aria2.service file
[Unit]
Description=Aria2c
Requires=network.target
After=dhcpcd.service
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/aria2c --conf-path=/etc/aria2/aria2.conf
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
06. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to aria2.service
07. Continue with the following commands to start the new service on system boot
# set the service to start on system boot
sudo systemctl enable aria2
# start the service now
sudo systemctl start aria2
08. Reboot the system
09. Once the system comes back up, relaunch aria2-webui in a web browser and verify it can connect to the aria2 RPC server
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