[GUIDE] Installing qBittorrent on WD My Cloud for n00bs

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johnsheppardwd wrote:

This is a tutorial for installing qBittorrent on WD My Cloud. In order for this to work, you need to be on the old v03.04.01-230 firmware.

 

You can downgrade using Yo_Bubba’s tutorial from here

 

 

In my opinion, QBT is better than transmission because you have more download speed. For example, i am downloading with a speed between 7 to 10 MB/s, while in transmission i could not get more than 5 MB/s. 

 

Please note: WD does not support installing 3rd party apps on the WD My Cloud. If you do, you do so at your own risk.

 

Let’s get to work. 

 

1. Connect via SSH to your My Cloud and run the following command:

apt-get install qbittorrent-nox

2. Start QBT with this command:

qbittorrent-nox

 

3.After the install, get to the interface via your favorite browser, and type the following into the adress bar:

localhost:8080

 

You can use the following credentials: 

User: admin
Password: adminadmin

 

It is recommended to change this credentials as soon as possible.

 

That’s it. 

 

 

 

I will get back to you after i set it to start automatically and manage to tune it a bit. 

 

Enjoy

 

Hi,

Read a couple of posting that Qbittorrent_nox  is faster than Transmission.  I just got it installed, but package does not comes with any Debian rc start up.  The link below contain a tar gz file that will install my scripts containing all the necessary rc startup.

Link to download QBittorrent_nox init.d Daemon startup

Installation steps

  1. Download qbittorrent-rc-install.tgz by clicking the above link and save your file into your WDMyCloud  Public folder

  2. SSH into your WDMyCloud and enter the following BASH command at Linux shell

    WDMyCloud:/# cd /                               *** change to root directory **

    WDMyCloud:/# tar zxfv /nfs/Public/qbittorrent-rc-install.tgz    *** tar gunzip and install Debian rc for Qbittorrent-nox ***

    WDMyCloud:/# service qbittorrent-nox-daemon restart        *** force restart of qbittorrent-nox daemon ***

    WDMyCloud:/# service qbittorrent-nox-daemon status        *** Should display [ok] qbittorrent-nox is running. **
3. If #2 is shows qbittorrent-nox daemon is running,  You’re all set and http://wdmycloud:8080 and login with admin and password adminadmin to being your fast torrent download :wink:

Enjoy!