From 3420cab227ede9dee283176bdfbd957cb4ee3af5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sparklyballs Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:07:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add info about securing webui to setting up application section --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 627f353..8948d39 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ In this instance `PUID=1001` and `PGID=1001`. To find yours use `id user` as bel Webui is on port 9091, the settings.json file in /config has extra settings not available in the webui. Stop the container before editing it or any changes won't be saved. +Securing the webui with a username/password, this requires 3 settings to be changed in the settings.json file. +Make sure the container is stopped before editing these settings. +`"rpc-authentication-required": true,` - check this, the default is false, change to true. +`"rpc-username": "transmission",` substitute transmission for your chosen user name, this is just an example. +`rpc-password` will be a hash starting with {, replace everything including the { with your chosen password, keeping the quotes. +Transmission will convert it to a hash when you restart the container after making the above edits. + ## Info