Initial Setup and Configuration

In this guide, we'll be setting up JDownloader2 for the first time. We'll be doing the following:

1. CreatingAccessing aJDownloader MyJDownloader accountInterface
2. SettingChanging upthe JDownloaderGenerated Password
3. Creating and logging into your MyJdownloader2 Account (Optional)

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Initial Setup

Accessing the JDownloader Interface

• Install Jdownloader2 from our UCP. Once installed, go under JDownloader details to get your randomly-generated password.

• Press Connect to load up the JDownloader Interface.
• Enter the user-generated password to get access to the main interface.

Changing the Generated Password

Upon installation, JDownloader will generate a password for you. If you need to set a new password,

• Login to your seedbox's SSH and enter the following command.

nano "$HOME"/.config/jdownloader2/.vncpass_clear && jd2pass=$(cat "$HOME"/.config/jdownloader2/.vncpass_clear) && clear && app-jdownloader2 restart && echo "Password set successfully." && echo "Your password is $jd2pass"

• You'll see a nano text window. Enter your desired password then save it by doing CTRL + O, press ENTER and CTRL + X

• Your JDownloader instance will restart automatically and your password will be displayed again.

Password set successfully.
Your password is your-secure-password-here
usbdocs@lw873:~$

• Once that's done, you can enter your JDownloader instance with your new password.

Registration to MyJDownloader

and
• Before installing, create yourAccessing MyJdownloader account if you haven't alreadyInterface
  • Go to https://my.jdownloader.org and click Register now
  • Put in your email adressaddress and captcha. Once that's done click Register
  .

• You'll receive an email from JDownloader. Click Finish Registration now

• Then, enter your desired password and click Confirm

Installation

• InstallLogin Jdownloader2 from our UCP
• On the fields below, type ininto your JDownloader credentialsinstance and click Installthe
  MyJdownloader
  • You can uncheck Disable VNC service. We recommend to leave it checked so it'll be more secure.
  tab

• OnceEnter installationyour iscredentials complete,under youMy canAccount. clickYou may set your Device Name here.
• Press Connect orand gowait for the green text to show.

• In https://my.jdownloader.org
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• Signsign in with your registered credentials. Once logged in, your JDownloader instance will be shown with theyour nameset lwxxx-usernamedevice name.

• Click the said instance to access your instance's web interface