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Prepare configuration folder

You first need to get the cofiguration folder. Replace <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH> by whatever path you want.

git clone git@github.com:anthonyraymond/joal.git
cd joal
cp -R resources <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>

Now add some of your private tracker's .torrent file to <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>/torrents/. But be aware that only torrent with at least 1 leecher will actually be used by joal, to keep your account from being banned.

Install and run

With Docker

For ARM distribution only (raspberry)

docker build -f Dockerfile.arm -t araymond/joal .
docker run -d -v <PATH_TO_CONFIG_DIR>:/data -p 49152-65534:49152 --name="joal" araymond/joal

For any other distribution

docker build -t araymond/joal .
docker run -d -v <PATH_TO_CONFIG_DIR>:/data -p 49152-65534:49152 --name="joal" araymond/joal

Without Docker

You need to have Java 8 installed.

We first need to download the latest version of the .jar. Once again replace <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH> by your choosen path and execute this script

cd <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH> \
&& GITHUB_REPO="https://github.com/anthonyraymond/joal" \
&& LATEST=$(curl -sSI $GITHUB_REPO"/releases/latest" | perl -n -e '/^Location: .*?tag\/(.*?)\r*$/ && print "$1\n"') \
&& curl -f -L $GITHUB_REPO"/releases/download/"$LATEST"/"$LATEST".jar" > ./jack-of-all-trades.jar

Then you can run the application with the following command (replace X.X.X with your own version)

java -jar jack-of-all-trades-X.X.X.jar <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>

Understanding configuration (optional)

Torrent files

• All torrent file in <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>/torrents/ will be available for sharing.
• One random torrent file from <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>/torrents/ is choosed randmfly for each seed session.
• All torrent file added/removed/modified in <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>/torrents/ while the client is running will be automatically hot loaded, there is no need to restart.
• If the torrent currently seeding reach 0 peers, the file will be moved to <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>/torrents/archived folder.

Application configuration

The application configuration belongs in <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>/config.json.

{
  "minUploadRate": 180,
  "maxUploadRate": 190,
  "seedFor": 840,
  "waitBetweenSeed": 600,
  "client": "azureus-5.7.4.0.client"
}

• minUploadRate : The minimum uploadRate you want to fake (in kB/s) (required)
• maxUploadRate : The maximum uploadRate you want to fake (in kB/s) (required)
• seedFor : How long the client should seed for in a row (seeding session in minutes) (required)
• waitBetweenSeed : How long the client should wait before two seeding session (in minutes) (required)
• client : The name of the .client file to use in <MY_CONFIG_FOLDER_PATH>/clients/ (required)

Create your own torrent clients

To learn more about .client, head to the project's wiki.

ROADMAP to v2

• https://github.com/anthonyraymond/joal/issues/4

Thanks:

This project use a modified version of the awesome mpetazzoni/ttorrent library. Thanks to mpetazzoni for this.