#Aria2 #AriaNg #WebUI

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0425.html

Quick Setup

1. Log into the Linux device
2. 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
3. Open a web browser and navigate to https://github.com/mayswind/AriaNg/releases
4. Download the latest AllInOne.zip release
5. Extract the AllInOne .zip file
6. Double click the extracted index.html to open it in the default web browser
7. Select AriaNg Settings from the left navigation menu
8. Select the automatically generated RPC connection in the top sub-navigation menu
9. Scroll down to the Aria2 RPC Secret Token field and paste the rpc-secret string, SomethingSecure in this example
10. Click the Reload AriaNg button on the notification popup
11. The AriaNg will now be able to communicate with aria2 over RPC

Starting Aria2 on System Boot

1. 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
2. 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
3. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to aria2.conf
4. Continue with the following commands in terminal

   create the service file

   sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/aria2.service
5. 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
6. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to aria2.service
7. Continue with the following commands to start the new service on system boot

   set the service to start on sys

... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ389BFiInI