Transmission

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Global /downloads Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Transmission Host Port
Transmission /config Path
Transmission /watch Path

Transmission BitTorrent client on FreeBSD.

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	FreeBSD Port. Installs from latest packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
`pkg`	FreeBSD Port. Installs from Quarterly ports.	Stability. Uses system libraries.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Port. Installs from Latest ports.	Bleeding edge system packages.

Prerequisites

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

Deployment

Podman Compose Podman CLI Ansible

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

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

- 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 the Web UI at: http://localhost:9091

Interactive Configuration

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`	TCP	Torrent peer port

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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