Installation
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install qbittorrent-nox
qBittorrent-nox (without X) is meant to be controlled via its Web UI which is accessible as a default at http://localhost:8080. The Web UI access is secured and the default account username is admin with adminadmin as default password…
Systemd service
Create a systemd service file for qBittorrent-nox that restart it automatically on system reboot:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/qbittorrent-nox.service
[Unit]
Description=qBittorrent-nox
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox -d --webui-port=8080
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
If there’s another service running on port 8080, just change to another available port and set the -d --web-port=xxxx accordingly.
Then run following commands to enable and start this service:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable qbittorrent-nox
sudo systemctl start qbittorrent-nox
Check its running status by;
sudo systemctl status qbittorrent-nox
Nginx proxy
Following location directive should enough;
location / {
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080; # qBittorrent-nox running port
}
You can proxy it to sub locations as well.
Now you can access qBittorrent-nox Web UI with your settings, don’t forget to change the default password in the Web UI… 😎
Dracula, a dark theme
First clone the git repository:
cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/dracula/qbittorrent.git
chmod -R 777 qbittorrent
Then enable the theme from Web UI: Tools -> Options -> Web UI -> Use alternative Web UI, in Files locations bar, you should type /opt/qbittorrent/webui. 🥷
THE END
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