[SOLVED] Unable to connect to qBittorrent - Radarr download client setup

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[SOLVED] Unable to connect to qBittorrent - Radarr download client setup

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Hello.

This project is my first foray into linux. I followed the installation guide with no changes or custom stuff. I have installed YAMS, I used ProtonVPN for my VPN service and qbittorrent. I got the username and password for OpenVPN from ProtonVPN and used that during the installation. Being new to linux, I don't think there was anything else I needed to do at that point to set up the VPN, correct me if I am wrong. When I run (yams check-vpn), I get "✅ Success: Your IPs are different. qBittorrent is masking your IP!"

When I moved on to setting up Radarr, I seem to be running into an issue. I am trying to add qBittorrent as a download client. When I put in the Host (my ip) with port 8081 and the login credentials I made and hit test it errors. It tells me "Unable to connect to qBittorrent." I put in 192.168.1.32, which is the address all of the YAMS service URLs have/use.

I am able to open qBittorrent using the YAMS qBittorrent service URL.

What might the issue be that is not allowing me to properly set up Radarr?

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Re: Unable to connect to qBittorrent - Radarr download client setup

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Hey @engineeringstacy!

Try using gluetun instead of the IP address as host. That should work.

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Re: Unable to connect to qBittorrent - Radarr download client setup

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Thank you so much for your help. Using gluetun solved the issue. Hopefully this helps someone in the future as well.

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