misi/bittorrent-tracker repository overview

⁠BitTorrent Tracker

Node.js Docker image containing a BitTorrent tracker⁠. The Node service is using Feross Aboukhadijeh's excellent bittorrent-tracker⁠ library.

Besides HTTP and UDP the tracker also supports WebSockets.

⁠Usage

docker run --rm -i -t henkel/bittorrent-tracker:latest

By default port 8000 is exposed. In order to run a detached tracker at port 8100, just call

docker run --name bittorrent-tracker -d -p 8100:8000 henkel/bittorrent-tracker:latest

⁠Updating

The container is stateless and you can easily update to the latest version at any time:

docker stop bittorrent-tracker
docker rm bittorrent-tracker
docker pull henkel/bittorrent-tracker:latest

Follow the usage instructions to re-start the service.

⁠License

Copyright (C) 2016 Philipp Henkel

Licensed under the MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE file for more details.