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Deploying qBittorrent

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This article is translated from the Chinese original.

1. Install qBittorrent

Debian:

Terminal window
apt update
apt install -y qbittorrent-nox

CentOS:

Terminal window
yum install -y qbittorrent-nox

2. Start qBittorrent

Start the web panel on a custom port. (The default is 8080, which is easy to conflict with.)

Terminal window
qbittorrent-nox --webui-port=1145

Run it in the background:

Terminal window
qbittorrent-nox -d

Check the version:

Terminal window
qbittorrent-nox -v
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(The versions installed through apt and yum are a bit old, but it is fine. I am lazy.)

3. Access the panel

Open the panel according to the address shown in the terminal output.

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Alright, you are in. (Do not tell me you forgot to open the port.)

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Change the password first:

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Open an incognito window to test it:

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Successfully logged in with the new password, so the change worked.

4. Configure auto-start on boot

Terminal window
vi /etc/systemd/system/qbittorrent-nox.service

Paste this in:

[Unit]
Description=qBittorrent-nox
After=network.target


[Service]
User=root
Type=forking
RemainAfterExit=yes
ExecStart=/usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox -d


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then save and quit with :wq.

  • In order for the systemd service to start correctly, you should first terminate the currently running qbittorrent-nox process.

Check the process:

Terminal window
ps aux | grep qbittorrent-nox

You can see that the process with PID 3198299, qbittorrent-nox -d, is running:

Terminal window
root     3198299  0.2  1.9 906260 48272 ?        Ssl  01:04   0:04 qbittorrent-nox -d
root     3211211  0.0  0.0   6464  2148 pts/1    S+   01:30   0:00 grep qbittorrent-nox

Kill it first:

Terminal window
sudo kill -9 3198299

Then verify it is really gone. The output should contain only the grep qbittorrent-nox line and no other qbittorrent-nox process:

Terminal window
ps aux | grep qbittorrent-nox

Now it can be started:

Terminal window
systemctl start qbittorrent-nox
systemctl enable qbittorrent-nox

Check whether it was set successfully. If it shows enabled, it has been configured to start on boot:

Terminal window
sudo systemctl status qbittorrent-nox.service
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A shorter way to check:

Terminal window
sudo systemctl is-enabled qbittorrent-nox.service
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5. Uninstall qBittorrent

I will not demonstrate this one.

Terminal window
# Stop the service
sudo systemctl stop qbittorrent-nox.service


# Disable the service
sudo systemctl disable qbittorrent-nox.service


# Uninstall qbittorrent-nox and remove configuration files
sudo apt purge -y qbittorrent-nox


# Clean up leftover dependencies
sudo apt autoremove -y


# Remove the systemd service file
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/qbittorrent-nox.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

6. About trackers

If you do not configure trackers, some less popular resources may have no download speed.

How to add them: just paste the links in and click save, one per line:

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How to get tracker links:

https://github.com/XIU2/TrackersListCollection/blob/master/README-ZH.md

Try downloading a movie. The speed is actually pretty good.

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Since we are already here, you can also mount it through Alist. Choose Local Storage, set any mount name you want, and make the root folder path the qBittorrent download directory. By default it is /root/Downloads/.

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Now you have a free magnet-link movie-watching tool, and you can say goodbye to bloated Thunder.

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