I previously installed quickbox-lite, and I intended to install it again today, but it didn’t work, so I installed the original qBittorrent instead.

If you can install quickbox-lite, I still recommend prioritizing quickbox-lite. If not, then consider this.

My server is a Huawei Cloud active machine, a Flexus application server, also known as a lightweight server.

Configuration:

2 cores | 2GiB | System disk 40GiB | 100GB traffic package | Peak bandwidth 2Mbit/s 36 RMB per year

I only use it for seeding, so this configuration is sufficient. It just needs to be able to install and run qBittorrent.

Server system: Ubuntu 20.04 server 64bit

Direct installation:

apt install -y qbittorrent-nox
This installs the original version. You can also look for third-party versions, which may be optimized.

After installation, enter the command:

`qbittorrent-nox`

A prompt will appear; enter `y` to confirm.

After confirmation, the username, password, and port number will appear.

Default configuration:

Username: admin
Password: adminadmin
Port: http://localhost:8080 (localhost is your server’s IP address)

However, using the default port 8080 is insecure, so we can change the port first. Exit qBittorrent on the server, then enter:

`qbittorrent-nox –webui-port=1212` Change the port number to your own. After changing it, start qBittorrent.

Enter the command:

`qbittorrent-nox`
Background start command: (Please prioritize running in the background, i.e., the following command)

`qbittorrent-nox -d`
Command to view help:

`qbittorrent-nox -h`
After setting up the basics, open the ports required by qBittorrent on the server.

Lightweight servers usually have security groups. Open the port you just set up here, for example, mine is 1212:

Then you can access it via IP:1212, and enter the username and password you just used: admin, adminadmin

Once logged in, configure the interface to Chinese. Whether you change the username and password is up to you.

Even for seeding, I think it’s still worthwhile to add trackers.

Finally, there’s one very important point:

In Settings – Connections – Listening Port, the default port is 8999. You can use the default or change it yourself.

Remember to open port 8999 on the server.

Since I’m only seeding, there will only be a few dozen files, so I changed the connection count. If there’s no activity, it might be considered inactive.

That’s it. In summary:

Install qBittorrent
Change port
Start the server
Open port
Access settings as needed