# Setting Up SSL for qBittorrent Web Interface

## Prerequisites

- A XCA PKI database https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ

## Create Your SSL Certificate

1. Launch XCA
2. Open the PKI database if it is not already (File > Open DataBase), enter password
3. Click on the Certificates tab, right click on your Intermediate CA certificate
4. Select New
5. On the Source tab, make sure Use this Certificate for signing is selected
6. Verify your Intermediate CA certificate is selected from the drop down
7. Click the Subject tab
8. Complete the Distinguished Name section

   internalName: qBittorrent SSL
   countryName: US
   stateOrProvinceName: Virginia
   localityName: Northern
   organizationName: i12bretro
   organizationUnitName: i12bretro Certificate Authority
   commonName: torrent.i12bretro.local

9. Click the Generate a New Key button
10. Enter a name and set the key size to at least 2048
11. Click Create
12. Click on the Extensions tab
13. Select End Entity from the type list
14. Click Edit next to Subject Alternative Name
15. Add any DNS or IP addresses that the certificate will identify
16. Update the validity dates to fit your needs
17. Click the Key Usage tab
18. Under Key Usage select Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
19. Under Extended Key Usage select Web Server and Web Client Authentication
20. Click the Netscape tab
21. Select SSL Server
22. Click OK to create the certificate

## Exporting Required Files

1. In XCA, click on the Certificates tab
2. Right click the SSL certificate > Export > File
3. Set the file name with a .crt extension and verify the export format is PEM (*.crt)
4. Click OK
5. Click the Private Keys tab
6. Right click the private key generated for the SSL certificate > Export > File
7. Set the file name with a .key extension and verify the export format is PEM private (*.pem)
8. Click OK

## Setting Up qBittorrent

1. Download qBittorrent Download
2. Install qBittorrent
3. Launch qBittorent and navigate to Tools > Options
4. Select Web UI from the left panel
5. Set IP address field to *
6. Set port to 8666
7. Check the Web User Interface (Remote Control) box
8. Check the Use HTTPS instead of HTTP box
9. Click the folder icon next to the Certificate field and browse to the exported .crt file
10. Click the folder icon next to the Key field and browse to the exported .key file
11. Change to username and password fields so they are not the default values
12. Check the Bypass authentication for clients in whitelisted IP subnets box
13. Click the IP subnet whitelist... button
14. Type in your LAN IP subnet and click the Add subnet button
15. Click OK to close the LAN IP subnet window
16. Click Apply
17. Click OK
18. Open a web browser
19. Navigate to https://DNSorIP:8666