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 — recommended.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

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>  # Password of the Web UI's admin user. Set, it turns the login on.
      - WEBUI_AUTH=  # 'true' or 'false' to force the Web UI login on or off. Unset: on when WEBUI_PASSWORD is set, else off (no login).
    volumes:
      - "/containers/qbittorrent:/config"
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads"
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
      - "6881:6881"
      - "6881:6881"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

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

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  qbittorrent:
    name: qbittorrent
    options:
      - container: '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: '/containers/qbittorrent'
  downloads:
    device: 'downloads'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Warning

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 jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

To avoid exposing ports, just remove the expose option in your appjail-director.yml or from your command-line arguments.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

services:
  qbittorrent:
    name: qbittorrent
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/qbittorrent:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - WEBUI_PORT=8080
      - TORRENTING_PORT=6881
      - WEBUI_PASSWORD=<WEBUI_PASSWORD>
      - WEBUI_AUTH=
    volumes:
      - "/containers/qbittorrent:/config"
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up. Open http://<server>:8080 from another machine (the server's own browser can't use a published port).

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>	Password of the Web UI's admin user. Set, it turns the login on.
WEBUI_AUTH	``	'true' or 'false' to force the Web UI login on or off. Unset: on when WEBUI_PASSWORD is set, else off (no login).

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 15.1

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