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 — recommended.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

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  # 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/to/containers/transmission:/config"
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads"
      - "/path/to/containers/transmission/watch:/watch"
    ports:
      - "9091:9091"
      - "51413:51413"
      - "51413:51413"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

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

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  transmission:
    name: transmission
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '9091:9091 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '51413:51413 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '51413:51413 proto:udp'
    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:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

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

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="9091:9091 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="51413:51413 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="51413:51413 proto:udp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e USER= \
  -e PASS=<PASS> \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/transmission /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/downloads /downloads <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/transmission/watch /watch <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission:latest transmission

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah, shares the host network stack (inherit), and persists image-declared volumes under --data-path.

services:
  transmission:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission:latest"
    container_name: transmission
    network_mode: host  # jail shares host networking
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - USER=
      - PASS=<PASS>

Save as podman-compose.yml, then run bastille up. Or via CLI:

bastille create -O \
  --env PUID=1000 \
  --env PGID=1000 \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --env USER= \
  --env PASS=<PASS> \
  --data-path /path/to/containers/transmission \
  transmission ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission:latest inherit

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"

Save as transmission-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook transmission-deploy.yaml.

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, aarch64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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