#Xdcc firewall settings install#
#Xdcc firewall settings mod#
#Xdcc firewall settings update#

Install the requirements with the following line, the ones in the linked instructions don't work as they are on Ubuntu 14.04: sudo apt-get install make gcc libc-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libgeoip-dev libssl-dev ruby libruby

#Xdcc firewall settings mod#

Installation of iroffer mod Dinoex under Linux as a User Download the version, it fixes a few listing related bugs. If you want to use the inbuilt packlisting, you can do a bit of extra tinkering at this point to make the result more user friendly. We'll be using a modified version of the original Iroffer software called Iroffer Dinoex, since the original was last updated in 2005. The actual software handling the file transfers, pack listing et cetera is Iroffer.

#Xdcc firewall settings update#

sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade Iroffer Dinoex sudo apt-get fail2ban should be enough without any further configuration.Īfter this, update the software in your server.I'm assuming here that you'll be using Ubuntu as your OS. The first thing you'll want to do after acquiring one is to secure it and set it up.

Bandwidth from these two is also basically unmetered, as in no monthly transfer limits. Cheap dedicated server providers are for example Kimsufi (sub-brand of OVH) and. If you're looking to serve a large amount of files, dedicated servers in general come with more HDD space.

Lowendserv - LEBYearlyDeals (also has low end dedicated server deals).

You can lurk for deals at the following places if you're interested in a bit of server shopping: The XENStorage - 100G plan at dr.Server looks decent, priced at $20 per year. They have a very low-cost storage VPS plan at 0.99-1.99 € per month, depending on your billing cycle, with a whopping 512 GB of HDD space (512 MB RAM, 2 TB bandwidth, 100 Mbps port speed). Time4vpsĪ very good-looking offer on paper. Still, the increased bandwidth (1 TB) might be worth it for you, depending on the popularity of your bot. The 256 MB plan comes with 120 GB space at $8 per quarter, but it might not be the most cost-effective one since you're paying for extra RAM, which you don't strictly need just for running an XDCC bot. Update: as of April 2016, RamNode has discontinued their 128 MB RAM plan. Referral link, if you want to use one (I get a bit of credit if you buy one of their plans). They have four US locations and one in Netherlands. RamNode is a well established VPS provider in the low end VPS scene, and their cheapest plan at $15 per year comes with 80 GB of storage. That narrows the search to for example the following: RamNode Since the actual XDCC bot software is very lightweight, the main requirements are the available HDD space and bandwidth. You can run this on your home computer and connection, but for convenience's sake, it's probably easier to get a cheap VPS, both for uptime and network speeds. As an added bonus, being IRC-based makes it naturally casual-resistant. An XDCC bot is a fairly easy and automatic way to share files, once you've configured it and gotten it running.