qBittorrent with WebUI and OpenVPN

Docker container which runs a headless qBittorrent v4.3 client with WebUI while connecting to OpenVPN with iptables killswitch to prevent IP leakage when the tunnel goes down.

Docker Features

• Base: Ubuntu 18.04
• qBittorrent v4.3
• Size: 403MB
• Selectively enable or disable OpenVPN support
• IP tables kill switch to prevent IP leaking when VPN connection fails
• Specify name servers to add to container
• Configure UID and GID for config files and downloads by qBittorrent

Run container from Docker registry

The container is available from the Docker registry and this is the simplest way to get it. To run the container use this command:

$ docker run --privileged  -d \
              -v /your/config/path/:/config \
              -v /your/downloads/path/:/downloads \
              -e "VPN_ENABLED=yes" \
              -e "LAN_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24" \
              -e "NAME_SERVERS=8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4" \
              -e "PUID=99" \
              -e "PGID=100" \
              -p 8080:8080 \
              -p 8999:8999 \
              -p 8999:8999/udp \
              markusmcnugen/qbittorrentvpn

Variables, Volumes, and Ports

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Function	Example
VPN_ENABLED	Yes	Enable VPN? (yes/no) Default:yes	VPN_ENABLED=yes
LAN_NETWORK	Yes	Local Network with CIDR notation	LAN_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24
NAME_SERVERS	No	Comma delimited name servers	NAME_SERVERS=8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4
PUID	No	UID applied to config files and downloads	PUID=99
PGID	No	GID applied to config files and downloads	PGID=100

Volumes

Volume	Required	Function	Example
config	Yes	qBittorrent and OpenVPN config files	/your/config/path/:/config
downloads	No	Default download path for torrents	/your/downloads/path/:/downloads

Ports

Port	Proto	Required	Function	Example
8080	TCP	Yes	qBittorrent WebUI	8080:8080
8999	TCP	Yes	qBittorrent listening port	8999:8999
8999	UDP	Yes	qBittorrent listening port	8999:8999/udp

Access the WebUI

Access http://IPADDRESS:8080 from a browser on the same network.

Note: qBittorrent throws a header mismatch error if trying to open the WebUI in unRAID with the WebUI link. Type https://IPADDRESS:PORT into a browser on the same network and it will work.

Default Credentials

Credential	Default Value
WebUI Username	admin
WebUI Password	adminadmin

How to use OpenVPN

The container will fail to boot if VPN_ENABLED is set to yes or empty and a .ovpn is not present in the /config/openvpn directory. Drop a .ovpn file from your VPN provider into /config/openvpn and start the container again. You may need to edit the ovpn configuration file to load your VPN credentials from a file by setting auth-user-pass.

Note: The script will use the first ovpn file it finds in the /config/openvpn directory. Adding multiple ovpn files will not start multiple VPN connections.

Example auth-user-pass option

auth-user-pass credentials.conf

Example credentials.conf

username
password

PUID/PGID

User ID (PUID) and Group ID (PGID) can be found by issuing the following command for the user you want to run the container as:

id <username>

Issues

If you are having issues with this container please submit an issue on GitHub. Please provide logs, docker version and other information that can simplify reproducing the issue. Using the latest stable verison of Docker is always recommended. Support for older version is on a best-effort basis.

Building the container yourself

To build this container, clone the repository and cd into it.

Build it:

$ cd /repo/location/qbittorrentvpn
$ docker build -t qbittorrentvpn .

Run it:

$ docker run --privileged  -d \
              -v /your/config/path/:/config \
              -v /your/downloads/path/:/downloads \
              -e "VPN_ENABLED=yes" \
              -e "LAN_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24" \
              -e "NAME_SERVERS=8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4" \
              -e "PUID=99" \
              -e "PGID=100" \
              -p 8080:8080 \
              -p 8999:8999 \
              -p 8999:8999/udp \
              qbittorrentvpn

This will start a container as described in the "Run container from Docker registry" section.