QBittorrent On Docker

Published Nov 16, 2022 by akkupy

Introduction

The Qbittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent. qBittorrent is based on the Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar library.

Installation

Method 1 (Auto):

1. Run the following script

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/akkupy/Homelab/main/scripts/install_qbittorrent.sh | bash

This will preserve any persistent data under /qbittorrent of User Directory, you can adapt the path to whatever suits you.

NOTE: The downloaded files will be stored in /tdownloads folder of user directory.

Method 2 (Manual):

• Folder Setup Script

• First thing we need to do is setup the folder structure. (The downloads folder can be changed according to your needs.)

Run the following code

sudo mkdir -p /home/$USER/qbittorrent
sudo mkdir -p /home/$USER/tdownloads

1. Now we need to move into that directory using the following:

cd /home/$USER/qbittorrent

3. Create a folder named config for storing qbittorrent configurations.

Run the following code

sudo mkdir -p /home/$USER/qbittorrent/config

4. We now need to open the docker-compose.yml file using nano editor.

nano docker-compose.yml

Copy and paste the below Docker-compose exmple into the docker-compose.yml file.

NOTE : Change the TimeZone and Conflicting ports according to your needs.

See example below: Docker-compose example:

version: "2.1"
services:
  qbittorrent:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest
    container_name: qbittorrent
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Asia/Kolkata
      - WEBUI_PORT=8080
    volumes:
      - /path/to/appdata/config:/config
      - /path/to/downloads:/downloads
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
      - 6881:6881
      - 6881:6881/udp
    restart: unless-stopped

4. Once you have done that press “Ctrl + X” then Y to save and “Enter” to exit the nano editor.

1. To deploy the dockers run the following command:

sudo docker-compose up -d

This will take some time to finish.

1. Once complete you can check that the docker containers exist by typing the following:

sudo docker ps

Or you can check in Portainer by logging in via your browser and navigating to “Containers“.

If you see any problems like “unhealthy” Please restart the container and all should be well.

Post Installation

The webui is at your-ip:8080 and the default username/password is admin/adminadmin.

Change username/password via the webui in the webui section of settings.

(Optional): Configure Reverse Proxy using the documentation here