Run GDM on a server

Run GolinksPRO Download Manager on a home server or a NAS (Docker, Unraid, any Linux machine) without a window, and send it downloads from your phone or your browser: the server downloads them into its own folders, such as a network share.

It is the same GDM as on a desktop: its list, categories, queues, Scheduler, speed limits and torrents. You control it with the remote control's page (from any phone or computer on your network), the browser extension pointed at it, or its command line.

Novità: la modalità server è nuova in questa versione. Per favore, facci sapere come va.

Con Docker

Build the image from GDM's source (a published image comes later):

git clone https://golinkspro-download-manager.web.app
cd misterdownloadmanager
docker build -t misterdownloadmanager .

The first build is long (up to an hour on a small server: the whole program is optimised as one). The image is small, about 175 MB: Debian's slim base, GDM's two programs and the certificates downloads are checked against. It needs no desktop libraries: GDM loads those only to open a window, which a server never does.

Then run it, with a folder for its settings and one for the downloads. Make both folders first, as the user GDM will run as: a folder Docker makes for you belongs to root, and GDM can't use it.

mkdir -p /srv/mdm-config /srv/downloads
docker run -d --name mdm --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 8463:8463 \
  -v /srv/mdm-config:/config \
  -v /srv/downloads:/downloads \
  --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
  misterdownloadmanager

• /configmantiene l'elenco, le impostazioni, il certificato e i dispositivi associati.
• /downloadsè dove finiscono i file: ogni categoria ha la sua cartella all'interno (Music, Video, Torrents…). Monta una condivisione di rete lì per scaricare direttamente su di essa.
• --user: the user that owns those folders (GDM runs as no particular user).

docker/compose.yml fa lo stesso con Docker Compose.

Associa il telefono

docker logs mdmmostra l'indirizzo da aprire e, finché nessun dispositivo è associato, un codice di associazione con un codice QR:

The remote control listens at: https://172.17.0.2:8463/
Its certificate's SHA-256 fingerprint: DE:26:7F:…
No device is paired yet. Open the address (or scan this) and enter the code 1037 1606 …

Inside a container, the address GDM finds is the container's own: give it the one you open, the server's address with the port you published, as -e MDM_REMOTE_URL=https://192.168.1.10:8463/, and the log and the QR code show that one. Then pair as Control GDM from your phone says. For another code, at any time:

docker exec mdm misterdownloadmanager-cli pair

To open the page by the server's name (https://nas.local:8463/), give GDM that name: -e MDM_REMOTE_HOSTS=nas.local (several: separated by commas). Other names are refused, so that no web page can reach GDM through a name of its own.

Su Unraid

docker/unraid.xml è un modello: copialo su /boot/config/plugins/dockerMan/templates-user/ sull'unità flash, quindi Docker → Add Container e scegli misterdownloadmanager. Associa /config a appdata, /downloads a una condivisione, la porta 8463, e viene eseguito come nobody:users (99:100), come previsto dalle condivisioni di Unraid. L'immagine deve essere prima creata (sopra), sul server o inviata a un registro che utilizzi. Se il log del contenitore dice che una cartella appartiene a un altro utente, assegnagliela una volta a nobody:users: chown -R 99:100 /mnt/user/appdata/misterdownloadmanager.

Senza Docker

On any Linux machine with GDM installed (the .deb, .rpm, AppImage or tar.gz):

misterdownloadmanager --headless --data ~/mdm-server --downloads /srv/downloads

Il controllo remoto è attivo in questa modalità (MDM_REMOTE=off lo disattiva). Si arresta correttamente, salvando il suo elenco, quando il sistema lo ferma (docker stop, systemd, Ctrl+C). Funziona allo stesso modo anche su Windows e macOS.

The command line talks to it as to a desktop GDM, with the same data folder: MDM_DATA_DIR=~/mdm-server misterdownloadmanager-cli status (once api on), pair, and adding an address: misterdownloadmanager /d https://example.com/file.zip.

Invia i download dal browser

In the browser extension's menu, Send downloads to → Another GolinksPRO Download Manager (a server): type the server's address, open it once in that browser to accept its certificate, then enter a pairing code (pair above). Downloads the extension catches, and Download with GolinksPRO Download Manager on a link, then go to the server instead of this computer. The browser's cookies are not sent to the server: a download that needs you to be signed in to a site stays with this computer.

Cosa non fa un server

• Le pagine video (yt-dlp) e le gallerie di immagini richiedono i loro programmi di supporto, che l'immagine non include.
• Nessuna finestra si apre: un download che porrebbe una domanda (un duplicato, file già presenti) segue la scelta indicata nelle impostazioni, o non viene aggiunto.
• Non pubblicare la porta su internet; raggiungi la tua rete domestica tramite una VPN.