dockerified

.gitignore

 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
-config.conf
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class

docker-compose.yml

+version: '2'
+
+services:
+    fake-tracker:
+        build: ./fake-tracker
+        container_name: fake-tracker-fake-tracker
+#        restart: unless-stopped
+        volumes:
+          - ./data/fake-tracker/torrents:/var/lib/fake-tracker/torrents
+

fake-tracker/Dockerfile

+FROM python:2.7-stretch
+
+#RUN apt-get update &&\
+#    apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends python2 python-pip &&\
+#    apt-get clean &&\
+#    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+#RUN pip2 install setuptools
+
+COPY ./src/ /usr/local/share/fake-tracker/
+
+RUN pip2 install -r /usr/local/share/fake-tracker/requirements.txt
+
+COPY ./config/config.conf /etc/fake-tracker.conf
+
+CMD ["python2", "-u", "/usr/local/share/fake-tracker/fake-tracker.py", "/etc/fake-tracker.conf"]

fake-tracker/config/config.conf

+[General]
+maxRatio: 1
+maxRate: 512
+torrentsPath: /var/lib/fake-tracker/torrents/

fake-tracker.py → fake-tracker/src/fake-tracker.py

         torrent = torrentfile.TorrentFile()
         try:
             torrent.readFile(file)
-        except:
+        except Exception as e:
             os.remove(file)
-            warning("could not load", file)
+            warning("could not load", file, e)
 
         try:
             if not any(x.getName() == torrent.getName()
                 torrent.getTracker().start()
                 debug("started", torrent.getName())
                 manager.appendTorrent(torrent)
-        except:
-            warning("could not start", torrent.getName())
+        except Exception as e:
+            warning("could not start", torrent.getName(), e)
 
     count = len(manager.getTorrents())