# Install Web Based Download Utility with Aria2 WebUI on Windows

## Quick Setup

1. Download aria2 Download
2. Download webui-aria2 Download
3. Extract the downloaded webui .zip file
4. Extract the downloaded aria2 .zip file
5. Rename the extracted folder aria2
6. Copy the aria2 folder to a permanant location such as C:\Program Files
7. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space > Open PowerShell windows here...
8. Run the following command to start aria2 with the RPC server enabled
   .\aria2c.exe --dir=C:\Downloads --enable-rpc=true --rpc-allow-origin-all=true --rpc-listen-all=true --rpc-listen-port=6800 --rpc-secret=SomethingSecure -D
9. Navigate back to the extracted webui-aria2 folder and into the docs directory
10. Double click index.html to open it in the default web browser
11. Select Settings > Connection Settings from the top navigation menu
12. Scroll down to the Enter the secret token field and paste the rpc-secret string, SomethingSecure in this example
13. Scroll down and click the Save Connection configuration button
14. The webui will now be able to communicate with aria2 over RPC

## Starting Aria2 on System Boot

1. Open File Explorer and navigate to C:\Program Files\Aria2 (or wherever Aria2 is installed)
2. Right click in the white space > New > Text Document
3. Name the new doucment aria2.conf
4. Edit the new aria2.conf file in a text editor
5. Paste the following basic configuration into the file

   dir=C:\Downloads
   enable-rpc=true
   rpc-allow-origin-all=true
   rpc-listen-all=true
   rpc-listen-port=6800
   rpc-secret=SomethingSecure

6. Save the aria2.conf file
7. Click on the Start Button > Type task > Launch Task Scheduler
8. Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane > Create Basic Task...
9. Set the name to Aria2 and optionally set a Description > Click Next
10. For the Trigger, select When the computer starts > Click Next
11. For the Action, select Start a program > Click Next
12. In the Program/script field, paste the following, editing the path if Aria2 is installed somewhere else

    "%ProgramFiles%\aria2\aria2c.exe"

13. In the Add Arguments field, paste the following, again editing the path if necessary

    --conf-path="%ProgramFiles%\aria2\aria2.conf" -D

14. Click Next
15. Click Finish
16. In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button
17. Type System in the Object name field > Click OK
18. Check the Run with highest privileges box
19. Click OK to create the scheduled task
20. Right click the Aria2 scheduled task > Run
21. Right click the task bar > Task Manager
22. Select the Details tab and aria2c.exe should be running
23. Open the aria2-webui page to very it has connected

Additional Aria2 documentation, including how to setup SSL, can be found at https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html#options