How To install qBittorrent using the `linuxserver/qbittorrent` Docker image

Published on Aug. 22, 2023, 12:17 p.m.

To install qBittorrent using the linuxserver/qbittorrent Docker image, you can follow these steps:

  1. Install Docker on your system if it’s not already installed. You can download the appropriate version of Docker for your system from the official Docker website.
  2. Pull the linuxserver/qbittorrent Docker image by running the following command in your terminal:
docker pull linuxserver/qbittorrent
  1. Start the qBittorrent container by running the following command:
docker run -d --name qbittorrent -p 8080:8080 -p 6881:6881 -v /path/to/config:/config -v /path/to/downloads:/downloads linuxserver/qbittorrent

Replace /path/to/config with the path on your system where you want to store the qBittorrent configuration files, and replace /path/to/downloads with the path where you want to store the downloaded files.

This command starts the qBittorrent container in detached mode, assigns the name qbittorrent to the container, maps port 8080 on the host system to port 8080 inside the container (so you can access the qBittorrent web UI at http://localhost:8080), maps port 6881 for incoming connections, and mounts two directories as volumes inside the container - one for the qBittorrent configuration files and one for downloaded files.

That’s it! You should now have qBittorrent up and running in a Docker container. If you need to stop the container, you can use the docker stop command followed by the container name or ID. And if you want to remove the container, you can use the docker rm command followed by the container name or ID.