Something's happened to my qbittorrent install. It's not connecting at the web URL or across my network and while I can see the login page locally my password is rejected, as well as default passwords.
I think the easiest thing would be to uninstall/reinstall. BUT I want to make sure the torrent files are saved so I don't have to run around manually re-adding them. What should I copy separately (or do I need to copy them separately)?
Qbittorrent reinstall question
Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
Hi,
basically you can remove the current password and login with a default one. It's basically describe on Qbittorrent wiki
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorr ... rrent-nox)
Just do following
Now you should be able to login with user qbittorrent and default password adminadmin
basically you can remove the current password and login with a default one. It's basically describe on Qbittorrent wiki
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorr ... rrent-nox)
Just do following
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systemctl stop qbittorrent.service
nano /home/qbittorrent/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf
## remove whole line WebUI\Password_ha1 at the bottom and save the file
systemctl start qbittorrent.service
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Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
Appreciate that. My .conf file didn't have a WebUI\Password line though, which is also odd, as I had one set up a week ago or so.
The .conf file just has :
[BitTorrent]
Session\Categories=@Variant(....the rest goes there, unclear if it's sensitive or not so I'm omitting)
[Network]
Cookies=@Invalid()
[Preferences]
WebUI\Port=1340
The .conf file just has :
[BitTorrent]
Session\Categories=@Variant(....the rest goes there, unclear if it's sensitive or not so I'm omitting)
[Network]
Cookies=@Invalid()
[Preferences]
WebUI\Port=1340
Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
These are the only 3 lines? How did you install Qbittorrent? Because by default DietPi will set way more options!
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Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
I'm just as confused as you. I used dietpi-software to install. Things had been going well until maybe Feb 4th or so, it seems based on automated torrent history.
I noticed my web page went down after what I think was a scheduled update, seems that nordvpn inadvertently was turned on and turning that off seemed to fix that issue. And then qbittorrent wasn't working.
Appreciate any advice if you think this could be bigger than something odd with qbittorrent
Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
hmm usually DietPi will not perform an automated updated. But ok let's try to fix Qbittorrent
this should re-create the config file and allow normal access
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systemctl stop qbittorrent.service
rm /home/qbittorrent/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf
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Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
I appreciate the advice. I ran that and it says the installation was complete, however I still can't login and the new configuration file I pulled at the location you gave me still has the same .conf file.
I'm running dietpi v.6.34.3. This is kind of baffling, maybe I'm missing something really basic?
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root@DietPi:/# qbittorrent-nox -v
qBittorrent v4.1.5
Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
it is important to stop Qbittorrent first and remove the incorrect conf file afterwards before trying to re-install. The conf file should not be present at the moment you re-insall, otherwise the config will not be re-created.
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Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
There we go, looks like when I ran through the first time after I stopped the service I made a backup when prompted and doing so then restarted the qbittorrent service.
So I can now login after deleting the password line, but 99% of my torrent files aren't shown in the UI (20 vs 2000). I see
/home/qbittorrent/.local/share/data/qBittorrent/BT_backup has what looks like all my torrents (lots of fast resume and .torrent files with obscured names).
Do I just add these all or is there some better way to do this?
So I can now login after deleting the password line, but 99% of my torrent files aren't shown in the UI (20 vs 2000). I see
/home/qbittorrent/.local/share/data/qBittorrent/BT_backup has what looks like all my torrents (lots of fast resume and .torrent files with obscured names).
Do I just add these all or is there some better way to do this?
Re: Qbittorrent reinstall question
honestly I don't know, just give it a try
Pls let us know if a solution is working. This could help others if they hit by similar situation. Your DietPi Team