Home assistant add-on: qBittorrent
About
qBittorrent is a bittorrent client. This addon is based on the docker image from linuxserver.io.
Installation
The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other Hass.io add-on.
- Add my Hass.io add-ons repository to your Hass.io instance.
- Install this add-on.
- Click the
Savebutton to store your configuration. - Start the add-on.
- Check the logs of the add-on to see if everything went well.
- Carefully configure the add-on to your preferences, see the official documentation for for that.
Configuration
Webui can be found at http://your-ip:8081. The default username/password : described in the startup log. Configurations can be done through the app, except for the following options.
Network disk is mounted to /mnt/storagename
OpenVPN must be enabled from within qBittorrent options
GUID: user
GPID: user
ssl: true/false
certfile: fullchain.pem #ssl certificate
keyfile: privkey.pem #sslkeyfile
whitelist: "localhost,192.168.0.0/16" # list ip subnets that won't need a password (optional)
Username: "admin" #username to access webui. Please change it as the default is admin for all installations.
customUI: selection from list # alternative webUI can be set here. Latest version set at each addon start.
SavePath: "/share/qbittorrent" # Define the download directory
DNS_servers : 8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1 # Keep blank to use router’s DNS, or set custom DNS to avoid spamming in case of local DNS ad-remover
networkdisks: "//SERVER/SHARE" # optional, list of smb servers to mount, separated by commas
cifsusername: "username" # optional, smb username, same for all smb shares
cifspassword: "password" # optional, smb password, same for all smb shares)
openvpn_enabled: yes/no
openvpn_alternative_mode: true/false # if enabled, will tunnel only qbittorrent and not webui through vpn. Allows webui connection from external networks, but risk of decreased stability.
openvpn_config: must reference an openvpn config files stored in /config/openvpn
openvpn_username: openvpn username
openvpn_password": openvpn password
Support
Create an issue on github, or ask on the home assistant thread