Aria2 on Archlinux

Days ago, I configured my netbook for BitTorrent Sync. This week, I proceeded further to install Aria2 on it for the purpose of remote downloading.

1. Install Aria2 via Pacman and then create file ~/.aria2/aria2.conf:

    $ sudo pacman -S aria2
    $ mkdir ~/.aria2
    $ touch ~/.aria2/aria2.conf
   

2. Configure ~/.aria2/aria2.conf:

    #configuration file for aria2c
    continue=true
    daemon=true
    dir=/home/YOURNAME/Pic/Download
    file-allocation=none
    input-file=/home/YOURNAME/.aria2/input.conf
    log-level=warn
    log=/home/YOURNAME/.aria2/aria2.log
    max-connection-per-server=3
    max-concurrent-downloads=3
    max-overall-download-limit=0
    max-upload-limit=128K
    #split=3
    check-integrity=true
    max-tries=5
    retry-wait=3
    min-split-size=5M
    #enable-http-pipelining=true
    enable-rpc=true
    rpc-listen-all=true
    rpc-allow-origin-all=true
    disc-cache=32M
    save-session=/home/YOURNAME/.aria2/input.conf
   

   Please notice to create input.conf & aria2.log in the same folder as aria2.conf. Otherwise Aria2 doesn’t work properly and YAAW would report “internal server error”.

3. Aria2 autostart on boot:

   Save this file as /etc/systemd/system/aria2c.service, adjust username and config path according to your setup. Ensure your config is set to deamonize (daemon=true).

    [Unit]
    Description=Aria2c download manager
    After=network.target
       
    [Service]
    Type=forking
    User=root
    RemainAfterExit=yes
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/aria2c --conf-path=/home/YOURNAME/.aria2/aria2.conf
       
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

   If fault reported as “code=exited, status=217/USER”, please modify “User=***” to proper user, e.g. “root”.

4. Install Apache:

   Apache configuration file: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

   DocumentRoot: /srv/http

5. Install YAAW for Aria2 webfront UI. You can choose any other alternatives as you like.

    $ cd /srv/http
    $ git clone https://github.com/binux/yaaw
    $  sudo systemctl start aria2c
    $ sudo systemctl start httpd.service
   

6. Configure for Thunder offline or Baidu Yun download:

   • Install Tampermonkey or Greasemonkey extension for js in Chrome/Firefox;
   • Install JS script from here;
   • On Xunlei offline download/Baidu Yun webpage, configure Aria2 JSON-RPC Path to http://192.168.2.103:6800/jsonrpc;
   • Install MBL&MC extension in chrome;
   • There will be “YAAW” or “Aria2c for RPC” option on Xunlei offline download/Baidu Yun webpage;

Now you can download files on PC or even cellphone remotely in the same LAN. I tried it on both Xunlei and Baidu Yun. It works like a charm! Or you can even configure Dynamic DNS to remotely monitor and download files. Cool.

Tips for “internal server error”:

• Aria2 doesn’t run as daemon. Check the process firstly;
• JSON-RPC path is incorrect on client(PC/cellphone);
• rpc-secret or rpc-user/password is in use but it isn’t configured in JSON-RPC path;

If Aria2 stops automatically within several seconds after downloading without completion, you might need to tweak your .aria2.conf file. Some websites limit the maximum simultaneous connections. So I set “max-connection-per-server=3” and it works.