qBittorrent on USB Shared Boxes

This guide needs basic terminal (SSH) knowledge.

Setup

cd ~/.apps
wget https://github.com/userdocs/qbittorrent-nox-static/releases/download/release-4.3.1_v1.2.11/amd64-glibc-qbittorrent-nox -O qbittorrent-nox
chmod +x qbittorrent-nox
./qbittorrent-nox

A prompt will pop up asking you to enter 'y', do it. It will then probably fail to bind to a port, even if it does, kill it with Ctrl+C.

Binding to a port of our choosing

Run

app-ports show

This will show a list of ports reserved for you. Pick one between the smallest and largest which is not reserved. For this example, I will pick 11280.

We will now modify the config to bind to this port

cd ~/.config/qBittorrent/

Then open qBittorrent.conf in an editor. Under [Preferences], add the following lines:

WebUI\Address=127.0.0.1
WebUI\Port=11280
WebUI\Username=YOUR_DESIRED_USERNAME

Replace port with what you chose earlier, and username with your own. Save the file.

Setup qBittorrent as a service

Make the service file

cd ~/.config/systemd/user
touch qbittorrent.service

Open up qbittorrent.service in an editor, and paste in the following:

REPLACE "homexx" and "username" with the complete path to your home directory!

[Unit]
Description=qBittorrent-nox service
Documentation=man:qbittorrent-nox(1)
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target

[Service]
Type=exec
ExecStart=/homexx/username/.apps/qbittorrent-nox"

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Then reload the daemon and enable service:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now qbittorrent.service

Check if its running with

systemctl --user status qbittorrent.service

Setup nginx for qbittorrent

cd ~/.apps/nginx/proxy.d
touch qbittorrent.conf

Then open qbittorrent.conf in an editor, and add the following (REPLACE 11280 WITH YOUR PORT!!!)

location /qbit/ {
    proxy_pass         http://127.0.0.1:11280/;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;
    http2_push_preload on;
}

Then reload nginx with:

systemctl --user reload nginx.service

Fix password

The default password is adminadmin. To change it, visit https://username.lwXXX.usbx.me/qbit/ Enter the username you set initially in config, and for password enter adminadmin.

Then in settings -> WebUI, you can change the password. You can also change other settings if needed.