Hi all, i’m having issues configuring prowlarr to use the qbit torrent downloader. I have everything setup in a docker container as such:
version: "3.2"
services:
qbittorrent:
container_name: qbittorrent
image: linuxserver/qbittorrent
logging:
driver: json-file
ports:
- 4666:4666
- 8082:6881
- 8082:6881/udp
environment:
- WEBUI_PORT=4666
volumes:
- /docker/appdata/qbittorrent:/config
- ./data:/data
radarr:
container_name: radarr
image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/radarr:latest
restart: unless-stopped
logging:
driver: json-file
ports:
- 7878:7878
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
volumes:
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
- /docker/appdata/radarr:/config
- ./data:/data
sonarr:
container_name: sonarr
image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/sonarr:latest
restart: unless-stopped
logging:
driver: json-file
ports:
- 8989:8989
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
volumes:
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
- /docker/appdata/sonarr:/config
- /data:/data
bazarr:
container_name: bazarr
image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/bazarr:latest
restart: unless-stopped
logging:
driver: json-file
ports:
- 6767:6767
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
volumes:
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
- /docker/appdata/bazarr:/config
- ./data/media:/data/media
prowlarr:
image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/prowlarr
container_name: prowlarr
ports:
- 9696:9696
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/Madrid
volumes:
- /docker/appdata/prowlarr:/config
restart: unless-stopped
sabnzbd:
container_name: sabnzbd
image: cr.hotio.dev/hotio/sabnzbd:latest
restart: unless-stopped
logging:
driver: json-file
ports:
- 8080:8080
- 9090:9090
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/Madrid
volumes:
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
- /docker/appdata/sabnzbd:/config
- ./data/usenet:/data/usenet:rw
jellyfin:
container_name: jellyfin
image: linuxserver/jellyfin
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=Europe/Madrid
volumes:
- /docker/appdata/jellyfin:/config
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
- ./data/media:/data/media
ports:
- 8096:8096
- 8920:8290
restart: unless-stopped
I can open localhost:4666 in firefox and see the qbit web interface. When i go to the prowlarr interface and try to connect to it the field for the adress goes red and says: unable eto connect tot qBittorrent. The logs say:
prowlarr | [v1.7.4.3769] System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: Connection refused (localhost:4666)
prowlarr | ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (111): Connection refused
prowlarr | at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource.GetResult(Int16 token)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.g__WaitForConnectWithCancellation|277_0(AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs saea, ValueTask connectTask, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Common.Http.Dispatchers.ManagedHttpDispatcher.attemptConnection(AddressFamily addressFamily, SocketsHttpConnectionContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs:line 331
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Common.Http.Dispatchers.ManagedHttpDispatcher.onConnect(SocketsHttpConnectionContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs:line 307
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectToTcpHostAsync(String host, Int32 port, HttpRequestMessage initialRequest, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectToTcpHostAsync(String host, Int32 port, HttpRequestMessage initialRequest, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.ConnectAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.CreateHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.AddHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request)
prowlarr | at System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCompletionSourceWithCancellation`1.WaitWithCancellationAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.GetHttp11ConnectionAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.HttpConnectionPool.SendWithVersionDetectionAndRetryAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.AuthenticationHelper.SendWithAuthAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Uri authUri, Boolean async, ICredentials credentials, Boolean preAuthenticate, Boolean isProxyAuth, Boolean doRequestAuth, HttpConnectionPool pool, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.DiagnosticsHandler.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.DecompressionHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
prowlarr | at System.Net.Http.HttpClient.g__Core|83_0(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, CancellationTokenSource cts, Boolean disposeCts, CancellationTokenSource pendingRequestsCts, CancellationToken originalCancellationToken)
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Common.Http.Dispatchers.ManagedHttpDispatcher.GetResponseAsync(HttpRequest request, CookieContainer cookies) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs:line 110
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Common.Http.HttpClient.ExecuteRequestAsync(HttpRequest request, CookieContainer cookieContainer) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs:line 171
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Common.Http.HttpClient.ExecuteAsync(HttpRequest request) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs:line 70
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Common.Http.HttpClient.Execute(HttpRequest request) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs:line 137
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxyV2.IsApiSupported(QBittorrentSettings settings) in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxyV2.cs:line 35
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxySelector.FetchProxy(QBittorrentSettings settings) in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxySelector.cs:line 83
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxySelector.<>c__DisplayClass7_0.b__0() in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxySelector.cs:line 78
prowlarr |
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Common.Cache.Cached`1.Get(String key, Func`1 function, Nullable`1 lifeTime) in ./Prowlarr.Common/Cache/Cached.cs:line 99
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxySelector.GetProxyCache(QBittorrentSettings settings, Boolean force) in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxySelector.cs:line 78
prowlarr |
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrentProxySelector.GetProxy(QBittorrentSettings settings, Boolean force) in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrentProxySelector.cs:line 61
prowlarr | at NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent.QBittorrent.TestConnection() in ./Prowlarr.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs:line 209
prowlarr |
prowlarr |
prowlarr |
prowlarr | [Warn] ProwlarrErrorPipeline: Invalid request Validation failed:
prowlarr | -- Host: Unable to connect to qBittorrent
I’ve tried looking for help online but i haven’t found much so some help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Try with the local network IP of the host PC/VM instead (192.168.x.x), you have to use that for most applications. Remember that localhost/127.0.0.1 means something different inside a Docker container than it does outside it…
Bingo! This worked. I don’t fully understand why because i expose the ports on the docker containers, i guess i must have something miss-configured. Thanks!!
If I understand correctly (and I’m not 100% sure I do), localhost in a Docker container lives in it’s own little network which is not the host’s network.
The container is its own localhost, which has its own ports (which is why you have to map an internal localhost port to a host PC localhost port for every container you wish to access). This means that Prowlarr in your case, has no idea what localhost:4666 should be since in Prowlarr’s localhost universe there exists nothing on that port. To access what the host knows of ports (instead of the container), you have to write the host’s address from inside the Prowlarr container.
I hope that wasn’t impossible to follow 😅
Now that I think about it (haven’t tried myself though) you could possibly add the mapping of port 4666:4666 to the Prowlarr Docker compose setup and then use localhost:4666 to access qBittorrent from inside Prowlarr.
I think you are right! Now that you’ve explained it, it makes sense in my head, as someone else recommended i added hostnames and now i can work with those which makes it nicer, i don´t want to be opening a maze of ports xd
Lol I hear ya 😅 But great that you got it to work for your setup. Best of luck with your projects!