Install Web Based Download Utility with Aria2 WebUI on Windows

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0253.html

Quick Setup

1. Download aria2 Download
2. Download webui-aria2 Download
3. Extract the downloaded webui .zip file
4. Extract the downloaded aria2 .zip file
5. Rename the extracted folder aria2
6. Copy the aria2 folder to a permanant location such as C:\Program Files
7. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space > Open PowerShell windows here...
8. Run the following command to start aria2 with the RPC server enabled

.\aria2c.exe ‐‐dir=C:\Downloads ‐‐enable‐rpc=true ‐‐rpc‐allow‐origin‐all=true ‐‐rpc‐listen‐all=true ‐‐rpc‐listen‐port=6800 ‐‐rpc‐secret=SomethingSecure ‐D

9. Navigate back to the extracted webui-aria2 folder and into the docs directory
10. Double click index.html to open it in the default web browser
11. Select Settings > Connection Settings from the top navigation menu
12. Scroll down to the Enter the secret token field and paste the rpc-secret string, SomethingSecure in this example
13. Scroll down and click the Save Connection configuration button
14. The webui will now be able to communicate with aria2 over RPC

Starting Aria2 on System Boot

1. Open File Explorer and navigate to C:\Program Files\Aria2 (or wherever Aria2 is installed)
2. Right click in the white space > New > Text Document
3. Name the new doucment aria2.conf
4. Edit the new aria2.conf file in a text editor
5. Paste the following basic configuration into the file

dir=C:\Downloads
enable‐rpc=true
rpc‐allow‐origin‐all=true
rpc‐listen‐all=true
rpc‐listen‐port=6800
rpc‐secret=SomethingSecure

6. Save the aria2.conf file
7. Click on the Start Button > Type task > Launch Task Scheduler
8. Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane > Create Basic Task...
9. Set the name to Aria2 and optionally set a Description > Click Next
10. For the Trigger, select When the computer starts > Click Next
11. For the Action, select Start a program > Click Next
12. In the Program/script field, paste the following, editing the path if Aria2 is installed somewhere else

"%ProgramFiles%\aria2\aria2c.exe"

13. In the Add Arguments field, paste the following, again editing the path if necessary

‐‐conf‐path="%ProgramFiles%\aria2\aria2.conf" ‐D

14. Click Next
15. Click Finish
16. In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button
17. Type System in the Object name field > Click OK
18. Check the Run with highest privileges box
19. Click OK to create the scheduled task
20. Right click the Aria2 scheduled task > Run
21. Right click the task bar > Task Manager
22. Select the Details tab and aria2c.exe should be running
23. Open the aria2-webui page to very it has connected

Additional Aria2 documentation, including how to setup SSL, can be found at https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html#options

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