Tracker server package installation on Linux
Starting with Resilio Connect 3.8.0, Resilio Connect Tracker server DEB, RPM packages are available for Linux OS.
Requirements:
- arch: x64 (amd64, x86_64)
- init manager: systemd (with systemctl)
Note
Even though legacy init.d script is available in the the packages, it is not guaranteed that it will work on every GNU/Linux distribution, so it's recommended to use distribution with systemd.
Download the .deb package from Resilio Connect download site and run the command:
sudo dpkg -i resilio-connect-tracker_<version>_<architecture>.deb
To enable automatic startup of Tracker service
sudo systemctl enable resilio-connect-tracker
Other options to manage the service through systemd manager (recommended)
systemctl start/stop/disable/status
Running the service as current user.
By default the service will run as default user rsltracker. On some
distributions systemd starts the packge automatically after the installation.
Before running the service as current user, check the serice's status, and if
it's running, stop it with
sudo systemctl stop resilio-connect-tracker
adn start as current user with
sudo systemctl --user start resilio-connect-tracker
To uninstall the package run command
sudo dpkg --purge resilio-connect-tracker
Options to manage the service through init.d manager (not recommended)
sudo /etc/init.d/resilio-connect-tracker start
sudo /etc/init.d/resilio-connect-tracker stop
Download the .rpm package from Resilio Connect download site and run the command
sudo yum install resilio-connect-tracker-<version>_<architecture>.rpm
Other options to manage the service through systemd manager (recommended)
systemctl start/stop/disable/status
To uninstall the package run command
sudo yum remove resilio-tracker
RPM packages management (init.d - not recommended):
Options to manage the service through init.d manager (not recommended)
sudo /etc/init.d/resilio-connect-tracker start
sudo /etc/init.d/resilio-connect-tracker stop