deluge Installation Guide Installation Guide

deluge is a free and open-source BitTorrent client. Deluge provides a lightweight, cross-platform BitTorrent client with plugin support

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 512MB minimum

Storage: 1GB for downloads

Network: BitTorrent protocol

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 8112 (default deluge port)

Daemon on 58846

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install deluge
sudo dnf install -y deluge

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now deluge

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8112/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
deluge --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install deluge
sudo apt install -y deluge

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now deluge

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 8112

# Verify installation
deluge --version

bash

# Install deluge
sudo pacman -S deluge

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now deluge

# Verify installation
deluge --version

bash

# Install deluge
apk add --no-cache deluge

# Enable and start service
rc-update add deluge default
rc-service deluge start

# Verify installation
deluge --version

bash

# Install deluge
sudo zypper install -y deluge

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now deluge

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8112/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
deluge --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install deluge

# Start service
brew services start deluge

# Verify installation
deluge --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install deluge

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'deluge_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service deluge start

# Verify installation
deluge --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install deluge

# Or using Scoop
scoop install deluge

# Verify installation
deluge --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/deluge

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
deluge --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable deluge

# Start service
sudo systemctl start deluge

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop deluge

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart deluge

# Check status
sudo systemctl status deluge

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u deluge -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add deluge default

# Start service
rc-service deluge start

# Stop service
rc-service deluge stop

# Restart service
rc-service deluge restart

# Check status
rc-service deluge status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'deluge_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service deluge start

# Stop service
service deluge stop

# Restart service
service deluge restart

# Check status
service deluge status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start deluge
brew services stop deluge
brew services restart deluge

# Check status
brew services list | grep deluge

powershell

# Start service
net start deluge

# Stop service
net stop deluge

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service deluge
Stop-Service deluge
Restart-Service deluge

# Check status
Get-Service deluge

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream deluge_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:8112;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name deluge.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name deluge.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/deluge.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/deluge.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://deluge_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName deluge.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://deluge.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName deluge.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/deluge.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/deluge.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8112/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8112/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend deluge_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/deluge.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend deluge_backend

backend deluge_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server deluge1 127.0.0.1:8112 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R deluge:deluge /etc/deluge
sudo chmod 750 /etc/deluge

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8112/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status deluge

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u deluge -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep deluge)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/deluge"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/deluge-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/deluge /var/lib/deluge

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/deluge-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop deluge

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/deluge/deluge-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start deluge

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u deluge -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/deluge/deluge.log

# Check configuration
deluge --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/deluge

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 8112

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 8112

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep deluge)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep deluge)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 8112

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  deluge:
    image: deluge:latest
    ports:
      - "8112:8112"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/deluge
      - ./data:/var/lib/deluge
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update deluge

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade deluge

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu deluge

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade deluge

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update deluge

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade deluge

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/deluge-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/deluge

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart deluge

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/deluge

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/deluge -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/deluge

Official Documentation: https://docs.deluge.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/deluge/deluge

Community Forum: https://forum.deluge.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.deluge.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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