qBittorrent

Fast, stable BitTorrent client with a feature-rich web UI. Supports DHT, PEX, encryption, magnet links, RSS, IP filtering, and remote management.

Port	8080
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/qbittorrent
Source	https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent
Website	https://www.qbittorrent.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest / pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  qbittorrent:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/qbittorrent:latest"
    container_name: qbittorrent
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - WEBUI_PORT=8080  # Web UI port (must match port mapping)
      - TORRENTING_PORT=6881  # BitTorrent listening port for peer connections (must match port mapping)
      - WEBUI_PASSWORD=<WEBUI_PASSWORD>  # Set a persistent admin password. If unset, a temporary password is generated each restart and printed to the logs.
      - WEBUI_AUTH=false  # Set to 'true' to enable Web UI authentication. (Note: Upstream/FreeBSD port enables auth by default, but this image defaults to disabled).
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/qbittorrent:/config"
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
      - "6881:6881"
      - "6881:6881"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=qbittorrent
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
WEBUI_PORT=8080
TORRENTING_PORT=6881
WEBUI_PASSWORD=<WEBUI_PASSWORD>
WEBUI_AUTH=false

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  qbittorrent:
    name: qbittorrent
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose="8080:8080 proto:tcp" \
      - expose="6881:6881 proto:tcp" \
      - expose="6881:6881 proto:udp" \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - WEBUI_PORT: !ENV '${WEBUI_PORT}'
        - TORRENTING_PORT: !ENV '${TORRENTING_PORT}'
        - WEBUI_PASSWORD: !ENV '${WEBUI_PASSWORD}'
        - WEBUI_AUTH: !ENV '${WEBUI_AUTH}'
    volumes:
      - qbittorrent: /config
      - downloads: /downloads
volumes:
  qbittorrent:
    device: '/path/to/containers/qbittorrent'
  downloads:
    device: 'downloads'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/qbittorrent:${tag}

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name qbittorrent \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 6881:6881 \
  -p 6881:6881 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e WEBUI_PORT=8080 \
  -e TORRENTING_PORT=6881 \
  -e WEBUI_PASSWORD=<WEBUI_PASSWORD> \
  -e WEBUI_AUTH=false \
  -v /path/to/containers/qbittorrent:/config \
  -v /path/to/downloads:/downloads \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/qbittorrent:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8080:8080 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="6881:6881 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="6881:6881 proto:udp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e WEBUI_PORT=8080 \
  -e TORRENTING_PORT=6881 \
  -e WEBUI_PASSWORD=<WEBUI_PASSWORD> \
  -e WEBUI_AUTH=false \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/qbittorrent /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/downloads /downloads <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/qbittorrent:latest qbittorrent

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy qbittorrent
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: qbittorrent
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/qbittorrent:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      WEBUI_PORT: "8080"
      TORRENTING_PORT: "6881"
      WEBUI_PASSWORD: "<WEBUI_PASSWORD>"
      WEBUI_AUTH: "false"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
      - "6881:6881"
      - "6881:6881"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/qbittorrent:/config"
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads"

Access at: http://localhost:8080

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
WEBUI_PORT	8080	Web UI port (must match port mapping)
TORRENTING_PORT	6881	BitTorrent listening port for peer connections (must match port mapping)
WEBUI_PASSWORD	<WEBUI_PASSWORD>	Set a persistent admin password. If unset, a temporary password is generated each restart and printed to the logs.
WEBUI_AUTH	false	Set to 'true' to enable Web UI authentication. (Note: Upstream/FreeBSD port enables auth by default, but this image defaults to disabled).

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory
/downloads	Download directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
8080	TCP	Web UI
6881	TCP	BitTorrent peer connections (TCP/UDP)
6881	UDP	BitTorrent peer connections (TCP/UDP)

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.0

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