Transmission

Lightweight BitTorrent client with a web UI for managing torrent downloads.

Port	9091
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission
Source	https://github.com/transmission/transmission
Website	https://transmissionbt.com/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest / pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  transmission:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission:latest
    container_name: transmission
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - USER=
      - PASS=<PASS>
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/transmission:/config"
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads"
      - "/path/to/containers/transmission/watch:/watch"
    ports:
      - 9091:9091
      - 51413:51413
      - 51413:51413
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=transmission
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
USER=
PASS=<PASS>

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  transmission:
    name: transmission
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - USER: !ENV '${USER}'
        - PASS: !ENV '${PASS}'
    volumes:
      - transmission: /config
      - downloads: /downloads
      - transmission_watch: /watch
volumes:
  transmission:
    device: '/path/to/containers/transmission'
  downloads:
    device: 'downloads'
  transmission_watch:
    device: '/path/to/containers/transmission/watch'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission:${tag}

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name transmission \
  -p 9091:9091 \
  -p 51413:51413 \
  -p 51413:51413 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e USER= \
  -e PASS=<PASS> \
  -v /path/to/containers/transmission:/config \
  -v /path/to/downloads:/downloads \
  -v /path/to/containers/transmission/watch:/watch \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission:latest

Ansible

- name: Deploy transmission
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: transmission
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      USER: ""
      PASS: "<PASS>"
    ports:
      - "9091:9091"
      - "51413:51413"
      - "51413:51413"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/transmission:/config"
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads"
      - "/path/to/containers/transmission/watch:/watch"

Access at: http://localhost:9091

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
USER	``	Optional: Web UI Username
PASS	<PASS>	Optional: Web UI Password

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory
/downloads	Download directory
/watch	Watch directory for .torrent files

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
9091	TCP	Web UI
51413	TCP	Torrent peer port
51413	UDP	Torrent peer port

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.0

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