# BitTorrent tracker announce flooding NGinx logs

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bittorrent-tracker-announce-flooding-nginx-logs/217331>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [February 28, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bittorrent-tracker-announce-flooding-nginx-logs/217331 "2012-02-28T09:39:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bittorrent-tracker-announce-flooding-nginx-logs/217331/1 "2012-02-28T09:39:48Z")

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Hello,

I recently installed Transmission 2.03.  
Since then I get my NGinx error log flooded with messages like "[error]  
21475#0: \*6383 open() “/var/web/tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce”  
failed  
(2: No such file or directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server:  
~mydomain.com$,  
request: “GET /announce?info\_hash=”

It seems there is a misconfiguration somewhere. Could you help me on  
that  
point?

## Many thanks,

_B. R._

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**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bittorrent-tracker-announce-flooding-nginx-logs/217331/2 "2012-02-28T10:10:44Z")

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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:38:39 -0500 “B.R.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I recently installed Transmission 2.03.  
> Since then I get my NGinx error log flooded with messages like "[error]  
> 21475#0: \*6383 open() “/var/web/tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce” failed  
> (2: No such file or directory), client: 127.0.0.1, server: ~mydomain.com$,  
> request: “GET /announce?info\_hash=”
> 
> It seems there is a misconfiguration somewhere. Could you help me on that  
> point?

the misconfiguration is here:  
$ host [tracker.thepiratebay.org](http://tracker.thepiratebay.org)  
[tracker.thepiratebay.org](http://tracker.thepiratebay.org) has address 127.0.0.1

it’s typical for disabled trackers to get pointed to localhost  
(instead of pulled from dns completely).  
nothing you can do about that really, at best some workaround to stop  
those  
requests from ending up in your log.  
(it’s generally a good idea to set up a dummy default virtualhost that  
is not  
used in production just so all the spam ends up in it’s log.)

- T.

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**Author:** ![B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@B.R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/B.R)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bittorrent-tracker-announce-flooding-nginx-logs/217331/3 "2012-02-28T17:27:58Z")

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OK  
I can also use my hosts file to redirect the old tracker to a new  
tracker 🙂

## Thanks for the help, I am relieved: I thought I didn’t do things properly C ya

_B. R._