Xirvik tutorials

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Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-08-31T04:41:33+0000

SEEDBOX TUTORIALS 1- Welcome to your Xirvik seedbox. (i.e what happens after you complete your order). 2- Xirvik Seedboxes overview. 1. Dedicated seedboxes 2. Semidedicated and shared seedboxes 3- Using FTP for data transfer How to transfer files from/to your PC. 1. CuteFtp (recommended) 2. Filezilla 3. FTP on Linux 4- Using your included HTTP proxy How to configure your browser to use the proxy 5- Making the most out of your seedbox account (things that newbies do but shouldn't, how …

tutorial_cuteftp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-29T15:30:50+0000

CuteFTP Tutorial CuteFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client, used for transferring files either to or from a server. FTP is most beneficial with large numbers of files or folders, but you'll soon want to use it every chance you get. It's simple and quick, no harder than dragging and dropping files like we're all used to.

tutorial_dediserver

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-03-25T00:11:13+0000

Dedicated Seedbox Click here to watch our video overview of the seedbox dashboard Starter's Overview and Guide Your dedicated seedbox is yours. It is not in use by anybody but you. It comes fully equipped to handle all your torrenting needs, and then some. Xirvik makes worries a thing of the past, since your dedicated seedbox doubles as a

tutorial_en_account

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-17T20:11:49+0000

Here we see the account details for the server Back

tutorial_en_amazons3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-19T16:55:39+0000

AmazonS3 This guide will help you get more out of your AmazonS3 account with your Xirvik Server. Go to the Explorer Tab on your Seedbox Now right click a folder to bring up the following menu and select S3 You will now have the following pop up box, click on the AmazonS3 logo to link Seedbox

tutorial_en_autodl-irssi

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-11T19:16:04+0000

Autodl-IRSSI Tutorial What is autodl-IRSSI? Autodl-IRSSI allows rtorrent to monitor your trackers Announce Channel and to automatically start downloads for you based upon your filters. This is a good time to point out the basic differences between RSS and IRSSI. With RSS when you set a filter it acts upon the rss feed supplied by the tracker which it grabs every 6-30mins and acts upon the whole feed which could be as many as 100 torrents at once, so it sees into the past as well as the present…

tutorial_en_bittorrent_clients

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-10-08T19:24:29+0000

From here you can choose which BitTorrent client to use from the available list. rTorrent is the preferred and fully supported one, but you can also choose from Deluge and uTorrent. rTorrent has a few versions you can choose from by clicking on the drop box, highlighting the required version and clicking Change version. After this you will have to go to

tutorial_en_browser_add-on

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-21T19:18:36+0000

From this link we get the download and configuration window. Click on Get the addon. This will take you to the Xirvik Download page. Click either Firefox or Chrome depending on your browser and install the relevant plug in. Back in the download and configuration window click Autoconfigure add-on for this server, you will get a confirmation that the Java Script was successful.

tutorial_en_btsync

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-08-31T16:26:12+0000

BTSync File Sharing And Synchronisation BTSync allows you to share files and directories with other BTSync users. It also allows you to synchronise these files and directories over multiple users. If you want to use BTSync to synchronise files and directories from your home computer then you need to download the BitTorrent Sync App from

tutorial_en_chromeplugin

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-11-20T01:52:33+0000

Chrome Plugin Tutorial Don't worry Chrome users! We did not forget about you. Now you can enjoy the same great features of the Firefox plugin, to make torrenting on Chrome easier than ever! This plugin ensures that you spend more time on the important things in life, such as seeding/leeching.

tutorial_en_dashboard_overview

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-29T18:17:01+0000

Xirvik’s Dashboard A Walk Round The Dashboard Welcome to Xirvik servers dashboard. There are four fundamental versions of this, one for Shared servers, one for semi-dedicated servers, one for Power servers and one for dedicated servers. The full array of what you can play with depends on your server type.

tutorial_en_dns

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-29T19:12:22+0000

This gives you access to the servers DNS files, here you can Flush the DNS. You can lookup the IP of a URL or resolve an IP to it's URL. If one of your trackers is not connecting you can manually update the Host file with their information.

tutorial_en_downloads

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-17T21:24:15+0000

From this feature we can get the information needed to allow the set up of a file transfer program like CuteFTP or Filezilla For an FTP file transfer we use For a SFTP file transfer we use If you want to access the servers download folder directly and download using HTTP then use Direct Web Access tab and click Access files

tutorial_en_dropbox

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-16T17:01:45+0000

DropBox This guide will help you get more out of your Dropbox account with your Xirvik Server. Xirvik provide 2 ways to connect your seedbox with Dropbox 1. Dropbox Daemon which automatically syncs one specific directory with your Dropbox account. 2. Dropbox API It lets you access your Dropbox account from the explorer tab so you can copy files from/to the seedbox into your Dropbox.

tutorial_en_dropbox_dashboard

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-17T21:51:53+0000

tutorial_en_ffplugin

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-11-27T06:48:28+0000

Firefox Plugin Tutorial We've put together a great little FireFox plugin that will make torrenting way easier. This plugin ensures that you spend more time on the important things in life, seeding/leeching, and waste less time say.. browsing your hard drive for torrent files.

tutorial_en_filehosts

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-17T13:11:46+0000

Using Your Seedbox With External File Hosts Xirvik Seedboxes can be linked with File Hosts below, click on the logo to follow the link to set up your chosen one

tutorial_en_ftp_connections

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-24T20:11:09+0000

In this window will be displayed a list of all users connected via ftp to the server with their current IP and the URL that the IP resolves to, if any. It will show what connection protocol they are using eg. FTPS, SFTP or FTP, how long they have been connected this session and what was the latest action for that connection.

tutorial_en_ftp_users

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-18T00:33:40+0000

Here you can add FTP accounts for friends to access files on your server. To add a user account click Add user Now you add a username for the account, a random password is generated by the program which you can change if you want and then you select the root folder you want them to have access to and select whether they have Read-only rights or Read/write access then click Add User

tutorial_en_gdrive

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-16T16:28:50+0000

Goggle Drive This guide will help you get more out of your Google Drive account with your Xirvik Server. Go to the Explorer Tab on your Seedbox Now right click a folder to bring up the following menu and select gdrive You will now have the following pop up box, to link the

tutorial_en_grouptutorial

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-29T16:05:42+0000

An Introduction to your Group Server A group server, also known as a 'team' server, is a dedicated server (dedicated here means that is only used by the server administrator and whoever he decides to invite) with multiple accounts. There are a few unique things that make these servers especially well suited for cooperative tasks:

tutorial_en_iphone

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-08-21T00:39:56+0000

Tutorial: BarMagnet for iOS To administrate your Xirvik seedbox from your iPhone you may use an app called BarMagnet. Installing BarMagnet Unfortunately, BarMagnet is not available on the Apple App Store, so you will have to sideload it. This page will show you how to do that with an application called Cydia Impactor, which works with Windows, Linux, and macOS.

tutorial_en_irc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-19T16:29:21+0000

IRC gives you access to your trackers chat rooms and is used by autodl-irssi to monitor their Announce channels. The first option you have is to view the IRSSI feeds You can access the IRSSI feeds and change your global IRSSI nickname. When you access IRSSI you will get a page showing the status page and tab links to all the channels you are connected to.

tutorial_en_irssi_advanced

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-11T19:15:09+0000

Advanced Settings for Autodl-IRSSI In this tutorial we will go through the rest of the settings in autodl-irssi so you can fine tune your filters. We will also see example filters and their effects. I will assume you can navigate to the relevent pages, but if not look at the Autodl-IRSSI Tutorial first.

tutorial_en_makingthemost

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-29T08:58:41+0000

Making the most our of your seedbox account If you are new to the seedbox world, most likely your impulse is to download 100 torrents and launch them immediately with no speed limits, seed limit, etc. If you are in private trackers where ratio is a concern, you may feel like looking for the torrents with the largest torrents with the most peers and start them immediately.

tutorial_en_media_player

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-10-08T19:27:04+0000

This enables you to browse your servers files and play them through the native VLC player, and requires VLC to be installed on your home PC. To play the file required just click Native VLC next to the required file. Some files are directly compatible with web browsers, and these can be played by clicking HTML5 Stream. To navigate to the previous folder view click Go back. If you have a dedicated server you will have the option to transcode (convert) the file on the fly by clicking HTML5 Tra…

tutorial_en_mega

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-17T12:17:03+0000

Mega This guide will help you get more out of your Mega account with your Xirvik Server. Go to the Explorer Tab on your Seedbox Now right click a folder to bring up the following menu and select mega Enter your credentials Now in the Explorer Tab you can see your Mega files and you can then use them within Explorer

tutorial_en_news

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-17T20:04:46+0000

This news feed contains the same information as you find in ruTorrents News Tab, to check for updates to this feed the web page needs to be refreshed. Back

tutorial_en_newsgroups

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-27T20:38:38+0000

This allows you to use SABnzbd to monitor newsfeeds through your server More details Back

tutorial_en_openvpn

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-31T10:51:58+0000

OpenVPN Tutorial Setting up a VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnel/connection from your computer to your Xirvik Seedbox server is a rather basic procedure. It is also believed to be the best method available to maintain online anonymity. If setup correctly the VPN will route all traffic through your seedbox, making you invisible to the outside world.

tutorial_en_ping

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-21T22:53:50+0000

From here you can ping an IP address from your server or override the default setting of not allowing ping replies by temporarily allowing pings for 5 minutes. To ping an IP enter its address and click Initiate ping. To allow pings for 5 minutes click Temporarily allow ping

tutorial_en_plexport

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-03-20T15:09:24+0000

By default, Plex Media Server is configured with an non standard port (for security reasons) instead of 32400. This means that you may be limited to streaming video at a reduced quality of 2 Mbps. Fortunately, there is an easy fix for this issue. First, go to your seedbox dashboard and open the Plex page. Then, hover over the link called

tutorial_en_proxy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-18T13:58:39+0000

Click on the HTTP Proxy tab and you will be given the information to set up your proxy in your browser. In Proxy click the SOCKS5 tab Make a note of the server IP and Port and then click Authorize my current IP to use the proxy Your current IP will appear as Authorized IP

tutorial_en_rapidleech

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-27T18:02:30+0000

From here you can access Rapidleech. Rapidleech enables you to download files directly from filehosting sites like megaupload, depositfiles, easy-share, imageshack, jumbofiles and youtube etc. Click on Access Rapidleech. In the Link to Transload you copy and paste the url of the file to download then click Transload.

tutorial_en_recovery

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-29T19:25:57+0000

This allows you to in effect restore rTorrent and ruTorrent to their “New Server” settings. Note This will delete all configuration and date so rss feeds and filters, IRSSI feeds, trackers, passkeys, and filters will be deleted along with traffic and history logs.

tutorial_en_referral

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-29T19:40:08+0000

This gives you the link to copy and paste to send to friends who want to join the Xirvik community. They will get a reduced price server for a fixed price for as long as they keep that server, and you will receive a credit to your account as a way of a thanks from Xirvik.

tutorial_en_rss

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-13T15:03:30+0000

RSS Autodownloader Allows you to automatically match and download content from your favorite torrent sites. The first step in setting up is to get the feed from your chosen site most have a wiki or forum section advising you how todo this, the format is typically as below

tutorial_en_rss_filters

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-14T12:32:16+0000

RSS Filters This guide is to help you create the perfect filter to match your requirements TV Filter As in the main RSS guide we need to bring up RSS Filters, so we have the following box to fill in As before we need to click add give it a name and populate the relevant fields

tutorial_en_rutorrent

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-29T18:26:21+0000

ruTorrent Tutorial While our seedboxes equipped with rTorrent come with 4 unique flavors of rTorrent, our favorite is ruTorrent. Why is ruTorrent our number one choice? * Fast and lightweight * Plugins (some exclusive to Xirvik) * Full of settings and features

tutorial_en_s2s

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-07-06T06:59:44+0000

S2S or seedbox-to-seedbox is a Xirvik-only feature that lets you send and receive files to/from other Xirvik users maintaining the usual privacy standard you've come to expect. The other user does not need any kind of information about either you (of course) or your seedbox (not even the IP address for the transfer).

tutorial_en_s3downloads

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2015-02-17T09:27:58+0000

While the data centers we use have excellent peering with most locations, some users have less than ideal download speeds from their seedboxes to home. Typical reasons: - The user is just far from the server. Intercontinental trips take a toll in speeds, that's just the way things are. - Network congestion between the server and the user. A symptom is that speeds are good at some times of the day and terrible at others. - ISP throttling, either in general or selectively (they see there's lots o…

tutorial_en_secureplex

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2015-12-27T10:38:12+0000

By default Plex does not require you to log in in order to access it. This is why the first time you use it you need to authorize your home to connect. However, if you want to share your library with friends, or just access it from a different location, you need to secure your Plex instance by requiring logging in before being able to use it.

tutorial_en_server_details

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-17T20:39:35+0000

In this panel we see the server details, the CPU loading and the HDD usage The server details contains the url for the server (Hostname), the IP address of the server, the software version running on the server, the server time, how long the server has been running this software version and the connection speed to the internet.

tutorial_en_services

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-10-08T19:29:51+0000

From here you can select which services start automatically and also manually stop/start and restart individual services. Note that there may be a short delay (up to 2 minutes) before the service starts, after you click the start button. Back

tutorial_en_socks5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-12T16:31:08+0000

SOCKS5 Setup on server and browser Socket Secure (SOCKS) is an Internet protocol that routes network packets between a client and server through a proxy server. SOCKS5 additionally provides authentication so only authorized users may access a server. Practically, a SOCKS server proxies TCP connections to an arbitrary IP address, and provides a means for UDP packets to be forwarded.

tutorial_en_speedtest

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-29T17:58:30+0000

With this you can check your servers connection speed with the speedtest application. First select a server from the drop down list, uaually the nearest Ookla or Leaseweb server will give the best results, but try a few and take an average. Now click on Initiate speedtest.

tutorial_en_ssl_certificates

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-26T16:35:37+0000

This allows tracker SSL certificates to be munually added to rtorrent if they are required and not added automatically. Back

tutorial_en_traceroute

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-24T19:37:37+0000

With this tool you can check the route your data takes getting from the server to your home location or any other location you enter. This is very helpful in locating network connectivity problems. The default source is your server IP, this can not be changed. The default destination is the IP you are accessing the server from (ie. your home IP). This can be changed by clicking Change destination and then entering the new destination IP

tutorial_en_traffic

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-26T14:15:43+0000

This enables you to monitor your servers upload and download statistics in a variety of formats. When you first click on the link it will take you to the Summary tab. This shows the amount of data uploaded from the server and the amount downloaded to the server in the past Hour, Day and Month.

tutorial_en_transdroid

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-08-20T05:00:01+0000

Tutorial: Transdroid for Android To administrate your Xirvik seedbox from your Android device you may use an app called Transdroid. Installing Transdroid Fortunately for Android users, Google has made it very simple to install 3rd-party applications.

tutorial_en_usingftp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-29T15:33:58+0000

Filezilla Tutorial FTP stands for File Transmission Protocol. Therefore it is not a specific program, but a specification of a specific way to transfer files. The programs used to transferfiles using FTP are called 'FTP clients'. There are many of them, for all platforms. Some are commercial, some are free, some are easier to use than others

tutorial_en_usingtheweb

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-29T15:39:54+0000

Using your account via the web interface Our web interface is based on the well known TorrentFlux-b4rt. We are involved in its development, so our servers use a modified version (some of our changes will make it to the official version eventually).

tutorial_en_vpn

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-27T18:16:46+0000

From here you can download the OpenVPN configuration to your home pc to enable you to set up a VPN connection between your home pc and the server. To Download the OpenVPN Configuration files click the button and then follow the OpenVPN Tutorial Back

tutorial_en_webserver

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-25T21:20:33+0000

Your server can be configured to host a web site and this provides the information to set it up. Once you pay for the extra IP address the webserver will display the ways to connect to the webserver and the upload information for the FTP client.

tutorial_en_welcome

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-31T10:48:34+0000

Welcome to your Xirvik seedbox! After you complete your order, we assign you the best possible server (based on your location). As soon as your account is created, you receive a welcome email with your login information, which includes name of assigned server, your username, and your password. An example would be this:

tutorial_en_wget

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-05-27T20:56:48+0000

This works to download files from URLs directly onto the server is very much the same way as Rapidleech. The link to the file is put in the File URL: box and the download folder is put in the Root Folder box, then click Download to server to complete the file transfer.

tutorial_en_xbmc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2014-01-22T17:15:10+0000

You can easily access media files from your XBMC, just follow these screenshots on your own XBMC and adjust the parameters (user credentials and server name) as needed and you're ready to go.

tutorial_linux_ftp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-08-28T04:49:45+0000

Linux FTP tutorial If you use Linux on your computer, you may be disappointed that some of the recommended FTP programs are not available for Linux. However, as a Linux user you have available to you a very simple yet powerful FTP program -- the “

tutorial_prxy

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-29T17:37:15+0000

Proxy Tutorial Your Xirvik seedbox comes equipped with its own proxy. This is good because it anonymizes your connection, preventing people from finding your actual location. Before we begin, please navigate to your Xirvik server page. At the top of the page you'll find text that reads

tutorial_semidedserver

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-05-02T17:22:12+0000

Semidedicated Seedbox Starter's Overview and Guide Your seedbox comes fully equipped to handle all your torrenting needs. Xirvik effectively makes worries a thing of the past, your seedbox doubles as a HTTP proxy server! This is made possible because you have your own static IP address, which is reserved for use by nobody but you!!

tutorial_sharedserver

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2012-05-29T14:58:12+0000

Shared Seedbox Starter's Overview and Guide Your shared seedbox comes equipped with Torrentflux-b4rt. Arguably the most fully featured BitTorrent WebUI (Web User Interface) in existence. Your seedbox is capable of breakneck speeds of upto 100Mbit/s per second.