qbittorrent-natmap VS Saltbox

# https://github.com/soxfor/qbittorrent-natmap

qbittorrent-natmap: # https://github.com/soxfor/qbittorrent-natmap image: ghcr.io/soxfor/qbittorrent-natmap:latest container_name: qbittorrent-natmap restart: unless-stopped volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro environment: - TZ=Etc/UTC - QBITTORRENT_SERVER=127.0.0.1 # - QBITTORRENT_PORT=8080 # - QBITTORRENT_USER=admin # - QBITTORRENT_PASS=adminadmin # - VPN_GATEWAY= - VPN_CT_NAME=gluetun - VPN_IF_NAME=tun # - CHECK_INTERVAL=300 # - NAT_LEASE_LIFETIME=300 network_mode: "service:gluetun" depends_on: qbittorrent: condition: service_started gluetun: condition: service_healthy

These ports change after every reboot and can only be manually inserted into my qBittorrent. Luckily someone wrote some code that automatically updates containerized versions of qBittorrent.

Using qBittorent-NatMap - would help with ExpressVPN (probably not)?

qBittorrent-NatMap - Automatically configures your qBittorrent container for proper port forwarding (big performance improvements)

It's a bit complex but I use a setup of three docker containers which all share the same networking. I use Gluetun (https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun) as the VPN client and qbittorrent as the torrent client (I use the linuxserver io image but any should qbittorrent client should work). For the port forwarding I use https://github.com/soxfor/qbittorrent-natmap which uses nat-pmp to request a port from ProtonVPN via the Gluetun interface and then automatically updates it in qbittorrent. Gluetun apparently supports Proton port forwarding by default and exposes the port via its API if you want to write your own script, but I couldn't get it to work and it uses openvpn. This setup uses a wireguard config on gluetun from Proton with nat-pmp enabled. I run this on a random weak decade old computer 24/7 but in a desktop environment you should be able to just run it on Docker desktop when you want to torrent. The docker compose file in the natmap repo gives a good idea of this docker stack.

I feel like the solution could involve https://github.com/soxfor/qbittorrent-natmap/pkgs/container/qbittorrent-natmap somehow, but the fact that I run the VPN connection on the router (rather than the NAS) means that I have no clue how to set it upt.

I just switched over myself and only did a quick test with natpmpc. While that works, on its own it isn't terribly practical. My long term goal is to get it working in a docker container which has proven more challenging. That said others seem to have been successful with this and I'm trying to adapt this: https://github.com/soxfor/qbittorrent-natmap

If your NAS supports Docker, you could use a combination of vpn container (gluetun), natpmp container (for port forwarding) and a qbittorrent container. I have it working on a raspberrypi

Since I couldn't find exact instructions for qBittorrent I decided to start something, that can be found here (github)

saltbox

There is currently a Hetzner auction dedi with 4x16TB drives for €70. AFAIK, Hetzner would be the cheapest storage option, so even though it's not 70TB, at that price point you're pretty much stuck. You can rent one and install Saltbox or Swizzin yourself, it's pretty easy.

Lot of great suggestions in here. Sounds like you're looking into creating an in-house simplified version of https://github.com/saltyorg/Saltbox. Worth taking a look at what software they've got support for.

May I introduce you to https://github.com/saltyorg/Saltbox ?

https://docs.saltbox.dev or https://cloudbox.works

You may be also interested by saltbox project, pretty similar stack with more advanced usage/integration : https://github.com/saltyorg/Saltbox

Pair one of those Hetzner boxes with this sweet project and you're laughing. There's really not much I can think of that Saltbox doesn't include. The only downside for some, is it strictly managed via commend line and doesn't have any sort of actual UI. But besides that, you can literally deploy a fully customized media server for streaming and downloading torrents/nzbs as well as hosting all your apps in very little time at all. Their discord community is awesome as well, alot of knowledgable folks there when/if you run into issues and/or have questions.

For example I want to setup a media server for plex and I can’t decide if cloud or a physical one would be cheaper or easier to maintain. Saltbox (https://docs.saltbox.dev/) looks like what I’m looking for it is a script you run that installs and configures everything, you get unlimited storage and can stream from the cloud to your device. But they are vague on a simple matrix of what providers and configurations for different cloud providers people use and more importantly pricing. They say no VPS others say a VPS is fine. Oddly while it looks really up to date and in GitHub and the installation is well documented I can’t tell what’s a setup for data hoarder vs common user. I searched all afternoon on Reddit with little mention of this and I’m guessing there’s a community somewhere who could guide me. I also want CNN, ESPN, FS1 for sports and don’t know if there’s live providers or I should just get cable. Then we’re talking my total bill goes back up to $250.) when I was a kid I watched everything I could get my hands on and paying for all the services for one show once a year is somehow worse than we had big cable bills. I’m sure they’re forums that can help or even things off reddit but I feel this common thing people do would be too greyish illegal for one and second not sticking to mefi rules and just saying “look here it’s kinda of a hidden place” would work.