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

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


Port	`9091`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission`
Daemonless	daemonless/transmission
Source	transmission/transmission
Website	transmissionbt.com

Version Tags

Shared (recommended)amd64aarch64

Multi-arch manifests — resolve automatically to the right image for your platform.

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest` / `pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users — recommended.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest-amd64` / `pkg-amd64`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users — recommended.
`pkg-latest-amd64`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest-aarch64` / `pkg-aarch64`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users — recommended.
`pkg-latest-aarch64`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

Podman AppJail Bastille

Compose CLI Ansible

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.

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.

- 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.

Warning

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 jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

Director CLI

# .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: '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_PATH: /config
      - DOWNLOADS_PATH: /downloads
      - TRANSMISSION_WATCH_PATH: /watch
volumes:
  TRANSMISSION_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/transmission'
  DOWNLOADS_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/downloads'
  TRANSMISSION_WATCH_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/transmission/watch'

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

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

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 the files above, then run sh run.sh.

Experimental

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

Compose CLI

services:
  transmission:
    name: transmission
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/transmission:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    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"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

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

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`	UDP	Torrent peer port

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64, aarch64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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