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title: "qBittorrent"
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date: 2023-01-10T18:02:13-03:00
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draft: false
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weight: 3
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summary: The qBittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.
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---
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## What is qBitorrent?
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From their [website](https://www.qbittorrent.org/):
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> The qBittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent.
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So, just like µTorrent, qBitorrent is a torrent downloader. Pretty easy!
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## First, check your VPN!
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If you configured your VPN correctly, it should be running. To test, run on your terminal:
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```bash
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$ yams check-vpn
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```
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If everything is working correctly, you should get a message like this:
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```bash
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Getting your qBittorrent IP...
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<qBittorrent IP>
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Your country in qBittorrent is Brazil
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Getting your IP...
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<your local IP>
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Your local IP country is North Korea
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Your IPs are different. qBittorrent is working as expected! ✅
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```
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If your VPN is working fine, move onwards to the [Initial configuration](#initial-configuration).
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If the check fails (or you haven't configured the VPN), you'll see a message like this:
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```bash
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Getting your qBittorrent IP...
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<your local IP>
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Your country in qBittorrent is North Korea
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Getting your IP...
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<your local IP>
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Your local IP country is North Korea
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Your IPs are the same! qBittorrent is NOT working! ⚠️
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```
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**You should always run a VPN when downloading torrents!** You can manually set your VPN [here](/advanced/vpn/#manual-configuration) or you can run the YAMS installer again and use the automatic installer. Come back here after you have fixed this!
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## Initial configuration
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In your browser, go to [http://{your-ip-address}:8080/]() and you'll see qBittorrent's admin page. The default username and password are:
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```sh
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username: admin
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password: adminadmin
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```
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I know, super safe.
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[](/pics/qbittorrent-1.png)
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After logging in, you'll see the empty qBittorrent window. Here, you have to click on the gear icon to enter the settings.
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[](/pics/qbittorrent-2.png)
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You'll notice qBitorrent has A TON of settings you can change. First, go to the "BitTorrent" tab, check the "When ratio reaches" checkbox and set it to 0
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### Is this a dick move?
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Yes.
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In case you don't know, the BitTorrent protocol works by sharing (seeding) files across the network. By setting the seeding limit to zero, we are basically saying "Share the torrent **until** I've finished downloading." You'll still share the file across the network while downloading, but when the file completes, the torrent will automatically stop and wait for [Sonarr](/config/sonarr)/[Radarr](/config/radarr) to pick up the file.
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For the purposes of this tutorial we'll leave it at 0, but if you want you can change it later to a less dickish setting.
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[](/pics/qbittorrent-3.png)
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Then, we'll continue to the "Web UI" tab. There, we can set it so it won't ask for a password if we are accesing it from the same subnet. This is not required, but recommended.
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[](/pics/qbittorrent-4.png)
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## That's done!
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Excellent! Now we can move forward with [Radarr](/config/radarr).
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