Install Transmission with Webui & Create Directory Indexing Ubuntu 24.04

sudo apt update

sudo apt install -y transmission-daemon transmission-cli transmission-common 

 Stop the service (so we can edit config safely) 

 sudo systemctl stop transmission-daemon 

 Edit Transmission config, open with nano 

 sudo nano /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/settings.json 

 Change (or confirm) these important options: 

 "rpc-authentication-required": true,

"rpc-username": "yourusername",

"rpc-password": "yourpassword", // it will be hashed after restart

"rpc-whitelist-enabled": false, // allow access from any IP (or keep enabled and set IPs)

"rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",

"rpc-port": 9091, 

 Make sure the debian-transmission user owns the folder: 

 sudo chown -R debian-transmission:debian-transmission /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info 

 Start and enable the service 

 sudo systemctl enable transmission-daemon

sudo systemctl start transmission-daemon 

 Open your browser: 

 http://<your-server-ip>:9091