Docker container which runs the latest qBittorrent-nox client while connecting to WireGuard or OpenVPN with netfilter killswitch to prevent IP leakage when the tunnel goes down.
Then start the container by running:
docker compose up -d


Tag | Description |
---|---|
trigus42/qbittorrentvpn:latest |
The latest image with the most recent version of qBittorrent |
trigus42/qbittorrentvpn:qbtx.x.x |
Image with qBittorrent version x.x.x |
trigus42/qbittorrentvpn:COMMIT-HASH |
Image built from the commit with corresponding SHA hash |
trigus42/qbittorrentvpn:COMMIT-HASH-qbtx.x.x |
Image built from the commit with corresponding SHA hash and qBittorrent version x.x.x |
WARNING: Only with the latest
tag will you continuously receive updates.
Variable | Function | Example | Default |
---|---|---|---|
DEBUG |
Print information useful for debugging in log | yes |
no |
DOWNLOAD_DIR_CHOWN |
Whether or not to chown files in the /downloads directory to PUID and PGID |
no |
yes |
ENABLE_SSL |
Let the container handle SSL (yes/no) | yes |
no |
HEALTH_CHECK_HOST |
This is the host or IP that the healthcheck script will use to check an active connection | 8.8.8.8 |
1.1.1.1 |
HEALTH_CHECK_INTERVAL |
Time in seconds that the container waits to see if the VPN and internet connection still work | 5 |
5 |
HEALTH_CHECK_TIMEOUT |
How long to wait for the internet connection to restore before restarting | 30 |
15 |
LEGACY_IPTABLES |
Use legacy iptables instead of nftables | yes |
no |
NAME_SERVERS |
Comma delimited name servers | 1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1 |
1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1 |
PGID |
GID to be applied to /config files and /downloads | 99 |
1000 |
PUID |
UID that qBt will be run as and to be applied to /config files and /downloads | 99 |
1000 |
TZ |
Specify a timezone to use | Europe/London |
UTC |
UMASK |
Set file mode creation mask | 002 |
002 |
VPN_ENABLED |
Enable VPN (yes/no)? | yes |
yes |
VPN_PASSWORD |
If username and password provided, configures all ovpn files automatically | ac98df79ed7fb |
|
VPN_TYPE |
WireGuard or OpenVPN (wireguard/openvpn)? | openvpn |
wireguard |
VPN_USERNAME |
If username and password provided, configures all ovpn files automatically | ad8f64c02a2de |
|
WEBUI_ALLOWED_NETWORKS |
Comma delimited networks in CIDR notation. If set, only networks in this list can access the WebUI. | 192.168.0.0/16,fd5e:d5b:760a:4796::/64 |
|
WEBUI_PASSWORD |
Set WebUI password if none is set (won't change it) | mypassword |
Volume | Required | Function | Example |
---|---|---|---|
config |
Yes | qBittorrent, WireGuard and OpenVPN config files | /your/config/path/:/config |
downloads |
No | Default downloads path for saving downloads | /your/downloads/path/:/downloads |
Port | Proto | Required | Function | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
8080 |
TCP | Yes | qBittorrent WebUI | 8080:8080 |
If there are multiple config files present, one will be choosen randomly.
The container will fail to boot if VPN_ENABLED
is set and there is no valid INTERFACE.conf
file present in the /config/wireguard
directory. Drop a .conf
file from your VPN provider into /config/wireguard
and start the container again.
Recommended INTERFACE names include
wg0
orwgvpn0
or evenwgmgmtlan0
. However, the number at the end is in fact optional, and really any free-form string[a-zA-Z0-9_=+.-]{1,15}
will work. So even interface names corresponding to geographic locations would suffice, such ascincinnati
,nyc
, orparis
, if that's somehow desirable. [source]
The container will fail to boot if VPN_ENABLED
is set and there is no valid FILENAME.ovpn
file present in the /config/openvpn
directory. Drop a .ovpn
file from your VPN provider into /config/openvpn
(if necessary with additional files like certificates) and start the container.
You can either use the environment variables VPN_USERNAME
and VPN_PASSWORD
or store your credentials in openvpn/credentials.conf
. Those credentials will be used to create credential files for all VPN configs initially.
If you manually store your VPN credentials in openvpn/FILENAME_credentials.conf
, those will be used for the particular VPN config.
YOURUSERNAME
YOURPASSWORD
User ID (PUID) and Group ID (PGID) can be found by issuing the following command for the user you want to run the container as:
id <username>
Just mount your script to /custom-cont-init.d
in the container. Those scripts are executed before any of the default init scripts.
See docs/examples/scripts for examples.


You can use the Dockerfile
with all architectures and versions of qBT that are listed here.
If you don't specify any tags, the latest release version will be used.


$ git clone https://github.com/Trigus42/alpine-qbittorrentvpn.git
$ cd alpine-qbittorrentvpn
$ QBITTORRENT_TAG={TAG} docker build -f Dockerfile -t qbittorrentvpn .
Build for all supported architectures:
$ QBITTORRENT_TAG={TAG} docker buildx bake -f bake.yml
If you want to use this command to push the images to a registry (append --push
to the above command), you have to modify the image
setting in bake.yml
.
When encountering an issue, please first attempt to reproduce it using the most up-to-date stable versions of Docker, your operating system, kernel, and the container itself.
Before opening a new issue, please refer to previously reported issues as well as the common issues. Your issue might have already been addressed, or there may be ongoing discussions that you can join.
Upon opening an issue, kindly provide the following details:
DEBUG=yes
environment variable set.While logs should not display passwords and keys, it is highly recommended to review them for any sensitive information. Depending on your particular case, you might also want to redact IP addresses and domain names.
This image was inspired by and is partially based on DyonR/docker-qbittorrentvpn, MarkusMcNugen/docker-qBittorrentvpn and binhex/arch-qbittorrentvpn.