The other day I had the need to download some videos and I found the Rapidleech script that is quite famous and meets perfectly. In this article I will show
how to install Rapidleech on a VPS from scratch and step by step
.
Remember that
Rapidleech is a script programmed in PHP
that allows you to download or upload files from famous hostings such as Mediafire, Rapidshare, Mega, etc.
Choose a cheap VPS for Rapidleech
To mount a Rapidleech it is enough with a VPS, I recommend having at least 512MB of RAM. I am going to install it in a VPS of 512MB of RAM, 20GB of SSD disk and 1 TB of monthly transfer. I
recommend you try this VPS
for Rapidleech because it is not only cheap
($ 5 / month)
but they are also very stable, fast and of good quality.
As for what operating system to use, anyone would do it, but I'm going to use Ubuntu 14.04 x64.
How to install Rapidleech on a VPS
Once we have our VPS server running Ubuntu, we will have to use some tool to connect SSH to the server, such as
PuTTY
.
Once we have PuTTY open we enter the ip, username and password of our VPS and connect. If you have never used PuTTY and do not know how to move around the shell, I recommend that you read the article about
basic Linux terminal commands first
.
On our VPS server we will have to install the following components:
-
Server
: I am going to install Apache because it is the easiest and fastest to install.
-
PHP
: I will install PHP on the server since Rapidleech is programmed in PHP.
Throughout the explanation each time you write the address
26.27.28.30
you must replace it with the IP of your VPS.
Preparing Ubuntu
As a first step it is always advisable to update our operating system with the following commands (in the same order).
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Install Apache for Rapidleech in VPS.
There are
several versions of the Apache server
and each one has its advantages and disadvantages, but in this case I will choose Apache Prefork because it will allow us a much simpler configuration.
sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork
After the installation a warning message may appear, but we can ignore it as it will not affect us. The warning message is:
AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message.
To check if our Apache server is working correctly we go to our browser and write the ip, for example
http://26.27.28.30/
and we should see the default Apache page in Ubuntu on the screen.
Install PHP for Rapidleech in VPS.
The version that we have in the Ubuntu PHP repositories is usually quite outdated, so to avoid problems we will install a newer version from an alternative repository that keeps the updated PHP versions up to date. The steps to install PHP are very simple, just follow them in order:
-
We may already have this package installed but just in case:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
-
We add the repository
(you will ask for confirmation by pressing ENTER or ENTER)
:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
-
We update the information of the list of packages:
sudo apt-get update
-
We install PHP5 and the necessary components
(it will ask for confirmation by pressing the Y key)
:
sudo apt-get install php5 php5-curl php5-gd
To test if PHP works correctly, we do the following:
cd /var/www/html/
nano nfo.php
In the nano editor we paste the code:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
To save the file press the combination
Ctrl+O
and then
ENTER
to confirm. Finally to exit nano press
Ctrl+X
Now we access from our browser to the address (using the ip of our server)
http://26.27.28.30/nfo.php
and if you see the PHP information page it is working properly.
We already have Apache and PHP installed, we only have to install the Rapidleech script.
Install Rapidleech in VPS.
Until recently, the latest versions of Rapidleech were found in the official repository
https://code.google.com/p/rapidleech/
but Google Code has deactivated downloads since January 2014, so now the latest versions We find them on Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2TOwN5xkUeIQ3RxT3c1allQZkE#list
As there is no simple way to download from Google Drive through SSH, we will have to download it to our PC and then upload it to the VPS. Once we download the Rapidleech script file on our PC, we can upload it with a tool such as
FileZilla
, using as server address
sftp://26.27.28.30
and the username and password of our VPS.
Once connected with FileZilla to the VPS server, we navigate through the folders until we reach the directory
/var/www/html/
where we proceed to upload the zip file of the Rapidleech script, which in my case is
rl23_v43_SVN429.zip
.
Now we can close FileZilla and return to PuTTY. As we have to unzip that zip file we will install a program for it, with the command:
sudo apt-get install unzip
Now we proceed to decompress the zip file with the command:
unzip rl23_v43_SVN429.zip
The
rapidleech
folder is created when unzipped, so we access it using
cd rapidleech
.
Now we will give the necessary write permissions with the commands:
chmod 777 files
chmod 777 configs
chmod 777 configs/files.lst
We only have to access our Rapidleech through the address
http://26.27.28.30/rapidleech/
And we have everything ready, if you want you can delete the files we create in the folder
/var/www/html/
during the installation process
(index.html, nfo.php and rl23_v43_SVN429.zip)
.
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