Torrent trackers, thanks to their accessibility, convenience and complete freeness, are used by almost all people who have access to the Internet and who value high-quality information - using torrents you can download any movie, albums of your favorite music artists, find rare books and educational materials, programs, and much more. If you wish, you can create and launch your own torrent tracker, using it as a powerful information portal that unites thousands of Internet users, as well as using the tracker as a tool for personal promotion.
Instructions
Step 1
When creating a torrent tracker, first of all think about whether it will be private or open. Experienced portal owners recommend making the tracker private - that is, so that only registered users can get access to the tracker after entering a password and login.
Step 2
Also, you need to select the tracker itself, developed in PHP, on the basis of which you will form your portal.
Step 3
There are many different modifications of trackers, but the best option would be to use the PHP implementation - TBDev / TBSource and its modification TBDEV YSE, which is easy to download from the Internet.
Step 4
To host the tracker, you need to register hosting on a server with PHP support. Server requirements in this case are minimal, so you can register both paid hosting and free hosting that supports PHP version 5 above.
Step 5
Also, to install the tracker, you will need a MySQL database server version 5.0 and a shell for working with the database (for example, phpMyAdmin).
Step 6
Unpack the archive with PHP scripts and find the database file - database.sql, which is located in the SQL folder. Open the phpmyadmin database management script through your browser by typing the script name right after your domain name.
Step 7
An interface will open in which you will create a new database. Give the database a new name, then find the Comparison parameter and use the cp1251_general_ci encoding in this parameter. Click the Create button.
Step 8
Find the "Import" or "SQL" button in the database management interface and click on it.
Step 9
A window will open in which you need to find and open your database file containing a sequence of commands. Specify the path to the file that you unpacked from the archive with scripts.
Step 10
After that open the include folder and open the secrets.php file. Edit the following database parameters: $ mysql_host = "localhost"; // - leave this value unchanged.
$ mysql_user = "user"; // - here instead of user enter your username.
$ mysql_pass = "password"; // - instead of password, enter a new password.
$ mysql_db = "tbdev"; // - instead of tbdev, enter the new database name
$ mysql_charset = "cp1251"; // - also leave this value unchanged.
Step 11
After these simple settings, you can start uploading the tracker files that are on your computer to the server. The system will define you as an administrator and a moderator, and from that moment the tracker is ready for work and promotion.
