qBittorrent with Web UI on Ubuntu 20.04 (lazy guide)

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qBittorrent with Web UI on Ubuntu 20.04 (lazy guide)

WARNING: this guide is not about security, but about functionality, for example, never run applications as root. Be cautious.

sudo su

add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable && \
apt install -y qbittorrent qbittorrent-nox

cat > /etc/systemd/system/qbittorrent-nox.service << EOF
[Unit]
Description=qBittorrent Command Line Client
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=root
Group=root
UMask=000
ExecStart=/usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox -d --webui-port=8212
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

systemctl daemon-reload && \
systemctl enable qbittorrent-nox && \
systemctl stop qbittorrent-nox && \
systemctl start qbittorrent-nox && \
systemctl status qbittorrent-nox

Using

• Web-UI URL: http://yourIP:8212/
• Username is "admin", password is "adminadmin".
• Source: https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/install-qbittorrent-ubuntu-18-04-desktop-server

Create Apache Reverse Proxy - HTTP

sudo su

apt update && \
apt install -y apache2 && \
a2enmod proxy proxy_http headers proxy_wstunnel

DOMAIN=qbit.yourdomain.tld && \
rm -f /etc/apache2/sites-available/$DOMAIN.conf && \
cat > /etc/apache2/sites-available/$DOMAIN.conf << EOF
<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName $DOMAIN
   ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

   #HTTP proxy
   ProxyPass / http://localhost:8212/
   ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8212/

   #Websocket proxy
   SSLProxyEngine on
   <Location /:/websockets/notifications>
        ProxyPass wss://localhost:8212/:/websockets/notifications
        ProxyPassReverse wss://localhost:8212/:/websockets/notifications
   </Location>

   Header always unset X-Frame-Options
</VirtualHost>
EOF

DOMAIN=qbit.yourdomain.tld && \
a2ensite $DOMAIN.conf && \
systemctl restart apache2

Optional - Enable HTTPS

sudo su

apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-apache

DOMAIN=qbit.yourdomain.tld && \
[email protected] && \
certbot --apache --agree-tos --redirect --hsts --staple-ocsp --email $EMAIL -d $DOMAIN

systemctl restart apache2

@nosmall thanks for this.

You have put more effort into writing this one (125 characters):

WARNING: this guide is not about security, but about functionality, for example, never run applications as root. Be cautious.

rather than typing the following (75 characters):

groupadd torrent
useradd -g torrent -m -d /home/torrent -s /bin/bash torrent

Admittedly the word torrent (used inside the systemd file) is 3 characters longer than root, and since you need to type it twice, we have 6 more characters.

Hence, you could have done the right thing and you would have written 44 characters less: 125 - 75 - 6 = 44

Also, rm -f /etc/apache2/sites-available/$DOMAIN.conf is not needed if you use cat >, because the single symbol > overwrites the file.

And why are you declaring DOMAIN twice in the same section?

but, on a more important note, you also need to run: a2enmod ssl

😸

p.s.: thanks again for sharing this.

You have put more effort into writing this one (125 characters):

Thank you for your comment and you are right!

the login admin-adminadmin doesnt work. I get "Invalid Username or Password."