Disable qBittorrent localhost auth; remove credentials from helpers

LocalhostAuthEnabled=false set in all three qbt configs. portforward-helper and
coordinator now call the API directly without auth — no more ban risk from failed
login attempts.
This commit is contained in:
Will Anderson
2026-04-11 11:08:54 -05:00
parent ffd3068f78
commit 854ccd1344
3 changed files with 5 additions and 47 deletions
@@ -26,30 +26,10 @@ data:
PRIMARY = BACKENDS[0] if BACKENDS else "" PRIMARY = BACKENDS[0] if BACKENDS else ""
sids = {} sids = {}
def fetch_sid(backend):
data = urllib.parse.urlencode({"username": USER, "password": PASS}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request(f"{backend}/api/v2/auth/login", data=data)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=5) as r:
for k, v in r.getheaders():
if k.lower() == "set-cookie" and "SID=" in v:
return v.split("SID=")[1].split(";")[0]
except Exception as e:
print(f"auth failed for {backend}: {e}")
return None
def sid(backend):
if not sids.get(backend):
sids[backend] = fetch_sid(backend)
return sids.get(backend, "")
def active_count(backend): def active_count(backend):
"""Return number of downloading torrents on this backend, or large int on error.""" """Return number of downloading torrents on this backend, or large int on error."""
try: try:
req = urllib.request.Request( req = urllib.request.Request(f"{backend}/api/v2/torrents/info?filter=downloading")
f"{backend}/api/v2/torrents/info?filter=downloading",
headers={"Cookie": f"SID={sid(backend)}"},
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=3) as r: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=3) as r:
return len(json.loads(r.read())) return len(json.loads(r.read()))
except Exception: except Exception:
@@ -62,7 +42,7 @@ data:
return chosen return chosen
def forward(backend, method, path, body, content_type): def forward(backend, method, path, body, content_type):
headers = {"Cookie": f"SID={sid(backend)}"} headers = {}
if content_type: if content_type:
headers["Content-Type"] = content_type headers["Content-Type"] = content_type
req = urllib.request.Request( req = urllib.request.Request(
@@ -73,18 +53,6 @@ data:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as r: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as r:
return r.status, r.read(), list(r.getheaders()) return r.status, r.read(), list(r.getheaders())
except urllib.error.HTTPError as e: except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
if e.code == 403: # SID expired — refresh once and retry
sids[backend] = fetch_sid(backend)
headers["Cookie"] = f"SID={sids[backend]}"
req2 = urllib.request.Request(
f"{backend}{path}", data=body if method == "POST" else None,
headers=headers, method=method,
)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req2, timeout=30) as r:
return r.status, r.read(), list(r.getheaders())
except Exception as e2:
return 500, str(e2).encode(), []
return e.code, e.read(), [] return e.code, e.read(), []
except Exception as e: except Exception as e:
return 500, str(e).encode(), [] return 500, str(e).encode(), []
@@ -139,10 +107,6 @@ spec:
env: env:
- name: BACKENDS - name: BACKENDS
value: "http://qbittorrent.media.svc:8080,http://fornax-worker-tx253.media.svc:8080,http://fornax-worker-tx34.media.svc:8080" value: "http://qbittorrent.media.svc:8080,http://fornax-worker-tx253.media.svc:8080,http://fornax-worker-tx34.media.svc:8080"
- name: QBT_USER
value: "admin"
- name: QBT_PASS
value: "adminadmin"
ports: ports:
- containerPort: 8080 - containerPort: 8080
volumeMounts: volumeMounts:
+2 -6
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@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ spec:
PORT=$(cat /tmp/gluetun/forwarded_port) PORT=$(cat /tmp/gluetun/forwarded_port)
if [ -n "$PORT" ] && [ "$PORT" != "0" ]; then if [ -n "$PORT" ] && [ "$PORT" != "0" ]; then
echo "$(date): Forwarded port: $PORT — updating qBittorrent" echo "$(date): Forwarded port: $PORT — updating qBittorrent"
curl -s -c /tmp/qbt.txt -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/auth/login \ curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences \
-d "username=admin&password=adminadmin" >/dev/null 2>&1
curl -s -b /tmp/qbt.txt -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences \
-d "json={\"listen_port\":$PORT,\"random_port\":false}" >/dev/null 2>&1 -d "json={\"listen_port\":$PORT,\"random_port\":false}" >/dev/null 2>&1
echo "$(date): qBittorrent listen port set to $PORT" echo "$(date): qBittorrent listen port set to $PORT"
else else
@@ -238,9 +236,7 @@ spec:
PORT=$(cat /tmp/gluetun/forwarded_port) PORT=$(cat /tmp/gluetun/forwarded_port)
if [ -n "$PORT" ] && [ "$PORT" != "0" ]; then if [ -n "$PORT" ] && [ "$PORT" != "0" ]; then
echo "$(date): Forwarded port: $PORT — updating qBittorrent" echo "$(date): Forwarded port: $PORT — updating qBittorrent"
curl -s -c /tmp/qbt.txt -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/auth/login \ curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences \
-d "username=admin&password=adminadmin" >/dev/null 2>&1
curl -s -b /tmp/qbt.txt -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences \
-d "json={\"listen_port\":$PORT,\"random_port\":false}" >/dev/null 2>&1 -d "json={\"listen_port\":$PORT,\"random_port\":false}" >/dev/null 2>&1
echo "$(date): qBittorrent listen port set to $PORT" echo "$(date): qBittorrent listen port set to $PORT"
else else
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ spec:
PORT=$(cat /tmp/gluetun/forwarded_port) PORT=$(cat /tmp/gluetun/forwarded_port)
if [ -n "$PORT" ] && [ "$PORT" != "0" ]; then if [ -n "$PORT" ] && [ "$PORT" != "0" ]; then
echo "$(date): Forwarded port: $PORT — updating qBittorrent" echo "$(date): Forwarded port: $PORT — updating qBittorrent"
curl -s -c /tmp/qbt.txt -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/auth/login \ curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences \
-d "username=admin&password=adminadmin" >/dev/null 2>&1
curl -s -b /tmp/qbt.txt -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences \
-d "json={\"listen_port\":$PORT,\"random_port\":false}" >/dev/null 2>&1 -d "json={\"listen_port\":$PORT,\"random_port\":false}" >/dev/null 2>&1
echo "$(date): qBittorrent listen port set to $PORT" echo "$(date): qBittorrent listen port set to $PORT"
else else