tunisiano187/opentracker-docker repository overview

⁠opentracker-docker (Update without rebuild)

With this repo you can easily run your own instance of the opentracker for bitorrent.

⁠How to run an open opentracker

If you want to run a complete open tracker, just pull the docker image and start up a container:

docker pull ghcr.io/tunisiano187/opentracker-docker:master

docker run -d --name opentracker -p 6969:6969/udp -p 6969:6969 tunisiano187/opentracker-docker

This will bind the port 6969 to the docker container (UDP and TCP) and you're good to go.

⁠How to run a customized opentracker instance

run the tracker as explaned before edit the created files into etc/opentracker to reflect what you want

⁠How to whitelist your opentracker torrents

If you solely want to run the opentracker instance for specific torrents you have to whitelist them.

Follow these steps to whitelist your .torrent files:

1. run the docker container once
2. Open the whitelist.txt file in etc/opentracker into your favorite editor
3. Copy & Paste your torrent info_hashes into the file
4. Uncomment line 37 in the opentracker.conf

Example whitelist.txt:

0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567
890123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef012345

⁠How to blacklist some torrents

Just follow the steps from obove but paste the info_hashes into the blacklist.txt file and uncomment line 41 in the opentracker.conf file.

⁠Thanks & Donations

Best wishes to the creators of opentracker!⁠ opentracker is beerware so feel free to donate those guys a drink ;-)