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#!/bin/sh
#
# Amazon EC2 user-data file for automatic configuration of IPsec/L2TP VPN
# on a Ubuntu server instance. Tested with 14.04 (Trusty) AND 12.04 (Precise).
# With minor modifications, this script *can also be used* on dedicated servers
# or any KVM- or XEN-based Virtual Private Server (VPS) from other providers.
#
# DO NOT RUN THIS SCRIPT ON YOUR PC OR MAC! THIS IS MEANT TO BE RUN WHEN
# YOUR AMAZON EC2 INSTANCE STARTS!
#

Introduction

  • This script lets you set up and use a temporary DigitalOcean droplet to download torrent files.
  • Once downloaded, they can be streamed down to your local machine.
  • This uses transmission-cli for the torrent client, and nginx to serve files.

Setup on Local Machine

  • This assumes that you have a DigitalOcean account and tugboat set up, as well as seedbox-setup.sh present in the current directory.