{
  lib,
  pkgs,
  config,
  components,
  inputs,
  ...
}:
let
  uiPort = 9091;
in
{

  containers.torrent2 = {

    autoStart = true;
    privateNetwork = false;

    # mount host folders
    bindMounts = {
      media = {
        hostPath = "/media";
        mountPoint = "/media"; # must be here otherwise transmission can't see the folder
        isReadOnly = false;
      };
      lib = {
        hostPath = "/media/torrent/torrent2_config";
        mountPoint = "/var/lib/transmission/.config";
        isReadOnly = false;
      };
    };

    config =
      { config, lib, ... }:
      {
        nixpkgs.pkgs = pkgs;
        imports = [
          "${components}/monitor/container.nix"
          inputs.nix-topology.nixosModules.default
        ];
        system.stateVersion = "21.05";
        services.logrotate.checkConfig = false; # because uid 3000 does not exist in here

        # allow transmission to write in syncthing folders
        users.groups.syncthing = {
          gid = config.ids.gids.syncthing;
          members = [ "transmission" ];
        };

        services.transmission = {
          enable = true;
          package = pkgs.legacy_2405.transmission_4;
          settings = {
            download-dir = "/media/torrent/downloads";
            incomplete-dir = "/media/torrent/incomplete";
            incomplete-dir-enabled = true;
            message-level = 1;
            umask = 2;
            rpc-whitelist-enabled = false;
            rpc-host-whitelist-enabled = false;
            rpc-port = uiPort;
            rpc-enable = true;
            rpc-bind-address = "127.0.0.1";

            # "normal" speed limits
            speed-limit-down-enabled = false;
            speed-limit-down = 800;
            speed-limit-up-enabled = true;
            speed-limit-up = 3000;
            upload-slots-per-torrent = 8;
            # Queuing
            # When true, Transmission will only download
            # download-queue-size non-stalled torrents at once.
            download-queue-enabled = true;
            download-queue-size = 3;

            # When true, torrents that have not shared data for
            # queue-stalled-minutes are treated as 'stalled'
            # and are not counted against the queue-download-size
            # and seed-queue-size limits.
            queue-stalled-enabled = true;
            queue-stalled-minutes = 60;

            # When true. Transmission will only seed seed-queue-size
            # non-stalled torrents at once.
            seed-queue-enabled = false;
            seed-queue-size = 10;

            # Enable UPnP or NAT-PMP.
            peer-port = 51413;
            port-forwarding-enabled = false;

            # Start torrents as soon as they are added
            start-added-torrents = true;

            # Encryption preference.
            # 0 = Prefer unencrypted connections,
            # 1 = Prefer encrypted connections,
            # 2 = Require encrypted connections;
            # default = 1
            # Encryption may help get around some ISP filtering, but at the cost of slightly
            # higher CPU use
            encryption = 2;
          };
        };

        systemd.services.transmission = {
          serviceConfig = {
            Restart = "always";
            BindPaths = lib.mkForce [
              "/media" # this is needed otherwise cp -l is not working
              "/var/lib/transmission/.config/transmission-daemon"
            ];
            BindReadOnlyPaths = lib.mkForce [
              builtins.storeDir
              "/etc"
            ];
            PrivateMounts = lib.mkForce false;
            PrivateUsers = lib.mkForce false;
            RootDirectoryStartOnly = lib.mkForce false;
            RootDirectory = lib.mkForce "/var/lib";
            ExecStartPre = lib.mkForce [ ]; # this prevents configuration creation, but fixes startup problems
          };
        };
      };
  };

  networking.firewall = {
    allowedTCPPorts = [ 51413 ];
    allowedUDPPorts = [ 51413 ];
  };

  # host nginx setup
  # ----------------

  # curl -H "Host: transmission.robi.private" https://robi.private/  < will work
  # curl -H "Host: transmission.robi.private" https://144.76.13.147/ < wont work
  services.nginx = {
    enable = true;
    recommendedProxySettings = true;
    virtualHosts = {
      "transmission2.${config.networking.hostName}.private" = {
        extraConfig = ''
          allow ${config.tinc.private.subnet};
          deny all;
        '';
        locations."/" = {
          proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:${toString uiPort}";
        };
      };
    };
  };

}