Installing qBittorrent on Docker and configuring shared access to downloads via SMB
create the /etc/docker/qbittorrent/Dockerfile file
FROM oraclelinux:8.6
RUN \
dnf install -y epel-release && \
dnf install -y openssl qbittorrent-nox samba supervisor && \
groupadd -g 99999 qbittorrent && \
useradd -m -u 99999 -g 99999 qbittorrent && \
mkdir -p /home/qbittorrent/{.cache,.config/qBittorrent,.local,downloads,torrents} && \
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -days 365 -subj "/CN=qbittorrent.domain.lan" \
-keyout /home/qbittorrent/.config/qBittorrent/private.key \
-out /home/qbittorrent/.config/qBittorrent/public.cer -nodes && \
chown -R qbittorrent:qbittorrent /home/qbittorrent/{.cache,.config,.local,downloads,torrents}
COPY --chown=qbittorrent:qbittorrent qBittorrent.conf /home/qbittorrent/.config/qBittorrent/
COPY smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf
COPY supervisor.ini /etc/supervisord.d/
ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/supervisord -n
create the /etc/docker/qbittorrent/qBittorrent.conf file
[LegalNotice]
Accepted=true
[Preferences]
WebUI\Port=8888
WebUI\HTTPS\Enabled=true
WebUI\HTTPS\CertificatePath=/home/qbittorrent/.config/qBittorrent/public.cer
WebUI\HTTPS\KeyPath=/home/qbittorrent/.config/qBittorrent/private.key
Downloads\SavePath=/home/qbittorrent/downloads/
Downloads\TorrentExportDir=/home/qbittorrent/torrents/
create the /etc/docker/qbittorrent/smb.conf file
[global]
security = user
server role = standalone
server min protocol = SMB2
server max protocol = SMB3
passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/passdb.tdb
log level = 1
[downloads]
path=/home/qbittorrent/downloads
guest ok = no
writable = yes
browsable = yes
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
[torrents]
path=/home/qbittorrent/torrents
guest ok = no
writable = yes
browsable = yes
create mask = 0700
directory mask = 0700
create the /etc/docker/qbittorrent/supervisor.ini file
[program:qbittorrent]
command=/usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox
user=qbittorrent
environment=HOME="/home/qbittorrent",USER="qbittorrent"
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stdout_logfile=/var/log/qbittorrent.out
stderr_logfile=/var/log/qbittorrent.err
[program:samba]
command=/usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
autostart=true
autorestart=true
stdout_logfile=/var/log/samba.out
stderr_logfile=/var/log/samba.err
create the /etc/docker/qbittorrent/docker-compose.yml file
version: '3.8'
networks:
net:
ipam:
config:
- subnet: 192.168.100.0/24
volumes:
cache:
config:
local:
downloads:
torrents:
samba:
supervisor:
services:
qbittorrent:
container_name: qbittorrent
build:
context: .
volumes:
- cache:/home/qbittorrent/.cache
- config:/home/qbittorrent/.config
- local:/home/qbittorrent/.local
- downloads:/home/qbittorrent/downloads
- torrents:/home/qbittorrent/torrents
- samba:/etc/samba
- supervisor:/etc/supervisor
networks:
net:
ports:
- 8888:8888
- 445:445
start the container
docker-compose -f /etc/docker/qbittorrent/docker-compose.yml up -d
change SMB user password
docker exec --user root -t -i qbittorrent smbpasswd -a qbittorrent