1 How to bind your vpn to prevent ip leaks

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Procedure
• Windows 11

Introduction

Many VPNs offer a 'kill-switch' feature designed to block all internet connections if the VPN connection drops, preventing accidental data leaks like your IP address. However, these kill switches can sometimes be unreliable. To add an additional layer of security, you can configure qBittorrent to bind with your VPN. This ensures data can be transferred if and only if your VPN is currently active, which helps prevent data leaks.

The following is a guide to enable this functionality

Procedure

Windows 11

1. Open the start menu by pressing the windows key, or by clicking on it.
2. Type into the search bar view network connections and hit ENTER. Alternatively, you can navigate with Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center. This should open up a list of networks such as Ethernet and/or WiFi.
3. If your VPN is already listed, great! Remember the name of the adapter.
4. Otherwise, while this window is open, restart your VPN and a new network adapter may appear. This is your VPN.
5. This adapter may not have an obviously identifiable name at first. You may rename this to whatever you like by right-clicking and selecting 'rename'.
6. While your VPN is enabled, restart qBittorrent.
7. Click Tools.
8. Click Options.
9. Click Advanced.
10. Under the Network Interface drop down box, you should select the name of the VPN's adapter from before.
11. Select Apply.
12. Restart qBittorrent.

This completes the bind to your VPN. Note that qBittorent should now only transfer data if your VPN is active. If you're not seeing data being transferred with your VPN active, try restarting qBittorrent.

General

• Installing qBittorrent
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• qBittorrent options (current and deprecated)
• How to use qBittorrent as a tracker
• How to use portable mode
• Anonymous mode
• How to bind your vpn to prevent ip leaks

Troubleshooting

• qBittorrent support forum
• I forgot my GUI lock password
• I forgot my WebUI password
• Speed issues

External programs

• How-to
• savecategory

Search plugins

• List of unofficial search plugins

Themes

• Developing custom UI themes
• How to use custom UI themes
• List of unofficial themes

Translation

• How to translate qBittorrent

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WebUI

WebUI API

State	Version
Current	qBittorrent ≥ v4.1
Previous	qBittorrent v3.2.0 - v4.0.x
Obsolete	qBittorrent < v3.2.0

WebAPI clients

• List of unofficial WebAPI clients

Alternate WebUI

• Alternate WebUI usage
• Developing alternate WebUIs
• List of unofficial alternate WebUIs

Reverse proxy setup for WebUI access

• NGINX
• Microsoft IIS ARR
• Traefik

WebUI HTTPS configuration

• Let's Encrypt Certificates + Caddy2 Reverse Proxy
• Let's Encrypt certificates + NGINX reverse proxy - Linux
• Let's Encrypt certificates - Linux
• Self-signed SSL certificates - Linux

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Linux

• Running qBittorrent without X server (WebUI only)
• Running qBittorrent without X server (WebUI only, systemd service set up, Ubuntu 15.04 or newer)
• OpenVPN and qBittorrent without X server

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Development

• Coding style
• Contributing
• How to write a search plugin
• Using VSCode for qBittorrent development
• Setup GDB with Qt pretty printers
• How to debug WebUI code

Compilation

Common information for CMake

*BSD, Linux

• Alpine Linux
• CentOS 8.x
• Debian / Ubuntu and derivatives (CMake)
• Debian / Ubuntu and derivatives (autotools/qmake)
• Docker
• FreeBSD (no GUI)
• Fully static binaries on Linux (glibc or musl)
• Raspberry Pi OS / DietPi
• Raspbian for LeMaker Banana Pro

macOS

• cmake (x86_64, arm64, cross-compilation, static linkage)
• autotools/qmake

Windows

• MSVC 2019 (CMake, static linkage)
• MSVC 2019 (qmake, static linkage)
• MSYS2

Obsolete compilation guides

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