docker-qBittorrentvpn VS The Lounge

Looking at the Github issues for the container many seem to be in the same situation as you: https://github.com/MarkusMcNugen/docker-qBittorrentvpn/issues There doesn't seem to be any activity from the developer either.

I'm trying to deploy the markusmcnugen/qbittorrentvpn image but I'm having issues.

- Docker container https://github.com/MarkusMcNugen/docker-qBittorrentvpn

In terms of downloading your "Linux ISO's" automatically, I highly recommend setting up a qbittorent/vpn combo docker container, such as this one. There's also an entire set of programs with docker containers youll see referred to as the "*arr" stack, which help to manage your collection, as well as automatically download your selected media as it becomes available. These are a bit trickier to set up, but once you have everything configured and running, they are a godsend.

why not use qbittorrentvpn. Auto kill switch, etc. https://hub.docker.com/r/markusmcnugen/qbittorrentvpn/

Hey all, I'm pretty decent with normal networking on routers and switches, etc. but I know very VERY little about iptables. I am trying to fix an issue with a qBittorrent + VPN container. The VPN includes a script setting up a bunch of iptables rules to prevent leaks outside of the VPN. Script is located here: https://github.com/MarkusMcNugen/docker-qBittorrentvpn/blob/focal/qbittorrent/iptables.sh

Been having issues with docker ever since I first tried it, I can't for the life of me access it on the supposedly open ports. Tried setting up this docker for usage in my home plex server with arr services.

I went with the qbittorrentvpn container.

So here's the situation. I have a seedbox at home. It is currently running this docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/markusmcnugen/qbittorrentvpn/ Which runs qBittorrent and OpenVPN. It's set up so that all of the torrenting traffic goes through the VPN while the rest of my seedbox can be used for other things without having to worry about the VPN. I access this seedbox using the WebUI, which works fine whenever I'm on the local network.

Have Sonarr, Radarr, Sabnzbd, qBittorrent/VPN (NordVPN just for qBittorrent, not on Usenet connections) running in containers on the NAS using Docker Compose. Had OMBI also connected, but has been troublesome as of late for me. Newshosting as my usenet provider, NZBGeek for usenet indexing, Rargb and Nyaa for torrents. Just joined a few private trackers, but those are manually managed and seeding day and night.

IRC as a protocol is indeed incredibly simple and easy to get started with. Years ago did discover this when I was able to make [this atrocity](https://github.com/creesch/discordIRCd) bridging IRC and discord where for IRC I effectively did a simple server implementation.

There is a caveat, though. Like many older protocols (ftp) there is a lot that was not initially written down or left up to clients and server implementations. This, does lead to a lot of edge cases you need to be aware of once you want to actually support a wider user group.

Also, as this is apparently is still a discussion. IRC is not simple from a modern user UX perception. Registration can be complex and confusing, though hidden a bit through clients. Managing channels with various flags is a whole other thing. Then there is also the fact that these days people are no longer used to the fact that they can't see messages from periods where they were not connected. Of course, the latter can be easily handled by a BNC or fancy clients like https://thelounge.chat . But, that is only easy for technically inclined folks.

> It’s 2024, people aren’t going to go out of their way to setup “bouncers” to keep up with conversation that happens when they’re not online or leave their computer running 24/7.

You can just set up something like The Lounge [0].

[0] https://thelounge.chat/

Excellent idea! You'll have a mature, open standard protocol under the hood, with no vendor lock-in, excellent extensibility, and great modern frontends like The Lounge (https://thelounge.chat/) or Convos (https://convos.chat/) to choose from (and you can choose).

For the other layers one can front-end IRC with TheLounge [1][2] or Convos [3][4]. TheLounge only persists history in private mode meaning that users are created in that front-end and chat messages are in Redis. For small networks or groups of friends this is probably fine.

Notably missing is voice chat. I use the Mumble client [5] with the Murmur or uMurmur [6] server which is light-weight enough to run on ones home router. I use it on Alpine Linux, works great. It's not a shiny and attention grabbing as Discord but probably fine for everyone else. For people to create their own voice channels would require the full-blown Murmur server.

[1] - https://github.com/thelounge

[2] - https://thelounge.chat/

[3] - https://github.com/convos-chat/convos/

[4] - https://convos.chat/

[5] - https://www.mumble.info/

[6] - https://github.com/umurmur/umurmur/wiki/Configuration

As another self-hosted solution, I quite like TheLounge (https://thelounge.chat)

TheLounge (https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge) - web IRC client that I set to listen on my vpn/mesh. Works great on desktop and mobile, and supports push notifications.