qBittorrent-nox Docker Image

This Dockerfile allows you to build a docker image containing qBittorrent-nox

Prerequisities

In order to build/run this image you'll need docker installed: https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/

It is also recommended to install docker-compose as it can significantly ease the process: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

Building docker image

If you are using docker (not docker-compose) then run the following commands in this folder:

export \
  QBT_VERSION=devel
docker build \
  --build-arg QBT_VERSION \
  -t qbittorrent-nox:"$QBT_VERSION" \
  .

If you are using docker-compose then you should edit .env file first. You can find an explaination of the variables in the following Parameters section.
Then run the following commands in this folder:
```
docker compose build \
  --build-arg QBT_VERSION
```

Parameters

Environment variables

QBT_EULA
This environment variable defines whether you accept the end-user license agreement (EULA) of qBittorrent.
Put accept only if you understand and accepted the EULA. You can find the EULA here.
QBT_VERSION
This environment variable specifies the version of qBittorrent-nox to be built.
For example, 4.4.0 is a valid entry. You can find all tagged versions here.
Or you can put devel to build the latest development version.
QBT_WEBUI_PORT
This environment variable sets the port number which qBittorrent WebUI will be binded to.

Volumes

There are some paths involved:

<your_path>/config on your host machine will contain qBittorrent configurations
<your_path>/downloads on your host machine will contain the files downloaded by qBittorrent

Running container

Using docker (not docker-compose), simply run:

export \
  QBT_EULA=accept \
  QBT_VERSION=devel \
  QBT_WEBUI_PORT=8080 \
  QBT_CONFIG_PATH="/tmp/bbb/config"
  QBT_DOWNLOADS_PATH="/tmp/bbb/downloads"
docker run \
  -t \
  --read-only \
  --rm \
  --tmpfs /tmp \
  --name qbittorrent-nox \
  -e QBT_EULA \
  -e QBT_WEBUI_PORT \
  -p "$QBT_WEBUI_PORT":"$QBT_WEBUI_PORT"/tcp \
  -p 6881:6881/tcp \
  -p 6881:6881/udp \
  -v "$QBT_CONFIG_PATH":/config \
  -v "$QBT_DOWNLOADS_PATH":/downloads \
  qbittorrent-nox:"$QBT_VERSION"

Using docker-compose:
```
docker compose up
```

Then you can login at: http://127.0.0.1:8080

Stopping container

Using docker (not docker-compose):
```
docker stop -t 1800 qbittorrent-nox
```
Using docker-compose:
```
docker compose down
```

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