Is there a way to access the transmission-remote in the container for scripting?

[rpgdev]

Just that, wondering if there is a way to run the transmission-remote in the container for scripting?

[edgd1er]

yes:

transmission-remote ${HOSTNAME} -n < username >:< password > -V
transmission-remote 4.0.6 (38c164933e)

with export TR_AUTH="< username >:< password >"
transmission-remote $HOSTNAME -ne -AS
9eafbc74573b:9091/transmission/rpc/ responded: success

[rpgdev]

It's not clear but I think that's connecting transmission remote to the container, I meant running the one installed in the container.

[edgd1er]

It's not clear but I think that's connecting transmission remote to the container, I meant running the one installed in the container.

these commands are ran from within the container. 9eafbc74573b is container's name ;)

[d03j]

I use podman rootless containers and run transmission on a separate user than my main user.

This is what I do to run it from outside the container:

1. Make sure you name your container when you create it (--name=transmission), so you can always refer to your container using the same name (instead of, e.g. 9eafbc74573b, which will change with updates, etc)

2. Add the following to your aliases (~/.alias for open_SUSE, ~/bash_aliases for ubuntu)

transmission-remote() {
  sudo -H -u MYTRANSMISSIONUSER bash -c "podman exec -t transmission transmission-remote $*"
}
alias tra='transmission-remote -a'
alias trl='transmission-remote -l'

3. add a MYTRANSMISSIONUSER file in /etc/sudoers.d/ with the followinfg contents

MYUSERNAME ALL=(MYTRANSMISSIONUSER:MYTRANSMISSIONGROUP) NOPASSWD: ALL

Note: Step 2 allows you to run transmission-remote, tra (transmission-remote -a) and trl (transmission-remote -l) from your regular user.

Note: Step 3 allows your regular user to use sudo to run commands as your transmission container's user without having to enter a password.

Note: If you don't use a separate user to run your transmission container, the first line in your alias file "transmission-remote should be only:

transmission-remote() {
  podman exec -t transmission transmission-remote $*
}

Note: just replace podman with docker if that's what you use