rdtclient
RDT Client a web interface to manage your torrents on Real-Debrid, AllDebrid or Premiumize.
It supports the following features:
- Add new torrents through magnets or files
- Download all files from Real-Debrid, AllDebrid or Premiumize to your local machine automatically
- "Symlink Downloader", which works with Zurg[zung] to make remote content appear to be stored locally, so that it can be managed / renamed by Radarr and Sonarr
- Unpack all files when finished downloading
- Implements a fake qBittorrent API so you can hook up other applications like Sonarr, Radarr or Couchpotato.
How do I access rdtclient?
rdtclient will be available from your dashboard (https://<username>.elfhosted.com>), or directly, at https://<username>-rdtclient.elfhosted.com
Set your download directory
The app defaults to saving to /data/downloads - this will fail, and needs to be changed to your desired /storage/<whatever> mount.
Symlink Downloader
A popular configuration for RDTClient is to use the "Symlink Downloader". It works like this:
flowchart TD
G <--> |1. Add torrent|H[real-debrid]
K[Plex/Jellyfin/Emby] --> |"Read file (symlink)"|L["/storage/symlinks"]
K[Plex/Jellyfin/Emby] --> |"Resolve symlink (actual file)"|J["/storage/realdebrid-zurg/__all__"]
%% G --> |Confirm download|J
G[RDTClient] --> |3. Create symlink|P["/storage/symlinks"]
H --> Q[Zurg+rclone]
Q --> J
Q --> O
G[RDTClient] --> |2. Confirm download|O["/storage/realdebrid-zurg"]- A torrent is added to RDTClient, which submits it to Real-Debrid to be downloaded
- Zurg is running, configured with an rclone mounts, so that
/storage/realdebrid-zurg/__all__shows all files in the user's Real-Debrid account, for all apps - RDTClient confirms that the download is "completed" (expected files exist in
/storage/realdebrid-zurg/__all__), and creates a symlink from/storage/realdebrid-zurg/__all__/<filename>to/storage/symlinks/downloads/complete/[radarr/sonarr]/<filename>. - Now, Radarr / Sonarr can rename the "file" as they prefer, or move it around
/storage/symlinks - When the streamers (Plex / Jellyfin / Emby) try to play the file, the symlink will be resolved to the actual file in
/storage/realdebrid-zurg, and the media will play as if it existed locally, at/storage/symlinks.
The Symlink Downloader can be a bit fragile to configure, and we're using a forked version of the upstream RDTClient in order to support symlinks properly. Below are details re the configuration for the Symlink Downloader:
General
- Log Level:
DEBUG(useful for troubleshooting) - Maximum parallel downloads: 100 (may as well, it's not as if we're actually downloading anything)
- Authentication Type: No Authentication (already protected behind ElfHosted SSO)
- Categories: Make sure these match your chosen Arrs
Download Client
- Download client:
Symlink Downloader - Download path:
/storage/symlinks/downloads - Mapped path:
/storage/symlinks/downloads(yes, they're the same) - Rclone mount path:
/storage/realdebrid-zurg/__all__(or an alternate path, if you're using another debrid provider)
Provider
- Provider:
RealDebrid - APK Key:
<your RD API key> - Minimum file size to download:
5(avoid downloading small samples and misc files)
qBittorrent / *darr
- Post Torrent Download Action:
Download all files to host(well, except we're faking it with symlinks, but we'll call it that) - Only download available files on debrid provider: checked
- Minimum file size to download:
5(avoid downloading small samples and misc files)
Default credentials
Our RDTClient instances are pre-configured for no authentication (because they're protected by SSO), but if you enable authentication, only to discover that you can't login, here are the default credentials:
- User:
elfie - Password:
w3LN'9WE;c@*BXVPq{.Udb
Troubleshooting
If you encounter errors, for example your RDTClient downloads are stuck on "queued for downloading", this may be due to a path mismatch in the config. Under Settings -> General, set the log level to DEBUG. You should now be able to use Kubernetes Dashboard or FileBrowser to examine the pod logs and identify the issue.
How do I get support for rdtclient?
- For general use of rdtclient, refer to the official site or to one of the links below.
- For specific support re your ElfHosted configuration / account, see the ElfHosted support options!
rdtclient resources
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