Running qBittorrent in Docker [Browser Based BitTorrent Client] 🌱

What is qBittorrent?

qBittorrent is a bittorrent client programmed in C++ / Qt that uses libtorrent (sometimes called libtorrent-rasterbar) by Arvid Norberg. It aims to be a good alternative to all other bittorrent clients out there. qBittorrent is fast, stable and provides unicode support as well as many features. -https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent

Installing Docker

  1. Log into the Linux based device
  2. Run the following commands in the terminal
    # install prerequisites
    sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
    # add docker gpg key
    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
    # add docker software repository
    sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
    # install docker
    sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
    # enable and start docker service
    sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
    # add the current user to the docker group
    sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
    # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
    su - $USER

Running qBittorrent

  1. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
    # list current uid and gid, note these for later
    id $user
    # create a working directory
    mkdir ~/docker/qbittorrent -p
    # run the qbittorrent docker image
    # replace PUID, GUID with the output of the id $user command above
    docker run -d --name=qbittorrent -e PUID=1000 -e PGID=1000 -e TZ=America/New_York -e WEBUI_PORT=8080 -p 8080:8080 -p 6881:6881 -p 6881:6881/udp -v ~/docker/qbittorrent:/config -v ~/Downloads:/downloads --restart unless-stopped lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent
  2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080
  3. Login using the username admin and password adminadmin
  4. Select Tools > Options...
  5. Click the Web UI tab
  6. Enter a new admin password > Click the Save button at the bottom
  7. Select File > Logout
  8. Log back in using username admin and the new password
  9. Welcome to qBittorrent

Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/qbittorrent