I have qBittorrent in a docker container. Looking to create a torrent. All the tutorials I see are for qBittorrent running on bare metal. Does anyone know how I do this? My container has access to the file.
You don't. You need to create it with a full client, not the web client
I don't have firsthand knowledge of this, but Id figure the process would be the same. Is there something missing from the container?
The docker version doesn't have the "create torrent" feature included in the regular version.
Oh thatll do it. From here https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-qbittorrent/issues/136
"Iirc qbittorrent's torrent creator is for windows only. On linux, you can use mktorrent to create them"
This isn't true. I'm on Linux and just created a torrent maybe 3 minutes ago. It's under the "Tools" option in the toolbar at the top. It can also be opened with "Ctrl+N". Maybe it's just not a thing with the docker version?
Yeah, I saw that. I'm not great with the command line so I was hoping there was another way.
No better way to learn than real world application honestly.
Transmission comes preinstalled on some Linux distros.
you can create torrents with additional standalone Programms Like mktorrent via the cli
