Installing from Scratch on Centos 7 #28
Description
There wasn't a clear guide of how to install and run this tracker from scratch. I thought it would be helpful for others.
Installing Nodejs
sudo yum install epel-release
curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | bash -
sudo yum install nodejs
node -v
v12.17.0
Installing Git and cloning Repository
yum install git
cd /usr/local
git clone https://github.com/Novage/wt-tracker.git
Installing wt-tracker
cd wt-tracker/
npm install
npm run build
#uWebSockets version v15.11.0 needed, so we are reinstalling uWebSockets
npm uninstall uWebSockets.js
npm install uNetworking/uWebSockets.js#v15.11.0
Creating config.json
vi /usr/local/wt-tracker/config.json
{
"servers": [{
"server": {
"port": 80,
"host": "0.0.0.0"
},
"websockets": {
"path": "/*",
"maxPayloadLength": 65536,
"idleTimeout": 240,
"compression": 1,
"maxConnections": 0
}
}, {
"server": {
"port": 443,
"host": "0.0.0.0",
"key_file_name": "/etc/ssl/certs/key.pem",
"cert_file_name": "/etc/ssl/certs/crt.pem",
"ssl_prefer_low_memory_usage": true
},
"websockets": {
"path": "/*",
"maxPayloadLength": 65536,
"idleTimeout": 240,
"compression": 1
}
}
],
"tracker": {
"maxOffers": 20,
"announceInterval": 120
},
"websocketsAccess": {
"allowOrigins": ["https://website.com"],
"denyEmptyOrigin": true
}
}
Adding firewall rules
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=443/tcp
firewall-cmd --reload
firewall-cmd --zone=public --list-all
public (active)
target: default
icmp-block-inversion: no
interfaces: eth0
sources:
services: dhcpv6-client ssh
ports: 80/tcp 443/tcp
protocols:
masquerade: no
forward-ports:
source-ports:
icmp-blocks:
rich rules:
Creating Service
vi /etc/systemd/system/wt-tracker.service
Description=WebTorrent Tracker
[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/wt-tracker
ExecStart=/usr/local/wt-tracker/bin/wt-tracker
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Activating and Enabling Service
systemctl enable wt-tracker
systemctl restart wt-tracker
systemctl status wt-tracker
● wt-tracker.service - WebTorrent Tracker
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/wt-tracker.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2020-05-30 12:29:55 CEST; 30min ago
Main PID: 896 (node)
CGroup: /system.slice/wt-tracker.service
└─896 node /usr/local/wt-tracker/bin/wt-tracker
May 30 12:29:55 localhost systemd[1]: Started WebTorrent Tracker.
May 30 12:29:55 localhost wt-tracker[896]: listening 0.0.0.0:80
May 30 12:29:55 localhost wt-tracker[896]: listening 0.0.0.0:443
Increasing Open File Limit for Service
#This changes will fix Error: EMFILE: too many open files, uv_resident_set_memory
mkdir /etc/systemd/system/wt-tracker.service.d/
vi /etc/systemd/system/wt-tracker.service.d/limits.conf
[Service]
LimitNOFILE=65535
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart wt-tracker.service
Checking Stats
{
"torrentsCount": 0,
"peersCount": 0,
"servers": [
{
"server": "0.0.0.0:80",
"webSocketsCount": 0
},
{
"server": "0.0.0.0:443",
"webSocketsCount": 0
}
],
"memory": {
}
}