Install Web Based Download Utility with Aria2 WebUI on Debian/Ubuntu

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0254.html

Quick Setup

   01. Log into the Linux device    02. Run the following commands in a terminal window          # update software repositories          sudo apt update          # install available software updates          sudo apt upgrade -y          # install aria2          sudo apt install aria2 -y          # run the aria2 RPC server          sudo aria2c --dir=/home/$USER/Downloads --enable-rpc=true --rpc-allow-origin-all=true --rpc-listen-all=true --rpc-listen-port=6800 --rpc-secret=SomethingSecure -D          # install git          sudo apt install git -y          # make a working directory          mkdir aria2-webui          # clone the aria2 webui github repository          git clone https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2.git ./aria2-webui    03. Open a file explorer and navigate to ~/aria2-webui/docs    04. Double click index.html to open it in the default web browser    05. Select Settings ≫ Connection Settings from the top navigation menu    06. Scroll down to the Enter the secret token field and paste the rpc-secret string, SomethingSecure in this example    07. Scroll down and click the Save Connection configuration button    08. The webui will now be able to communicate with aria2 over RPC

Starting Aria2 on System Boot

   01. Run the following commands in a terminal window          # kill aria2 if it is running          sudo killall aria2c          # create aria2 conf directory          sudo mkdir /etc/aria2 -p          # create aria2.conf          sudo nano /etc/aria2/aria2.conf    02. Paste the following into the aria2.conf file          dir=/home/i12bretro/Downloads          enable-rpc=true          rpc-allow-origin-all=true          rpc-listen-all=true          rpc-listen-port=6800          rpc-secret=SomethingSecure    03. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to aria2.conf    04. Continue with the following commands in terminal          # create the service file          sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/aria2.service    05. Paste the following into the aria2.service file          [Unit]          Description=Aria2c          Requires=network.target          After=dhcpcd.service          [Service]          ExecStart=/usr/bin/aria2c --conf-path=/etc/aria2/aria2.conf          [Install]          WantedBy=default.target    06. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to aria2.service    07. Continue with the following commands to start the new service on system boot          # set the service to start on system boot          sudo systemctl enable aria2          # start the service now          sudo systemctl start aria2    08. Reboot the system    09. Once the system comes back up, relaunch aria2-webui in a web browser and verify it can connect to the aria2 RPC server  

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