qbittorrent-natmap VS gluetun-wiki

# 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)

services: gluetun: containername: gluetun image: qmcgaw/gluetun # line above must be uncommented to allow external containers to connect. # See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/connect-a-container-to-gluetun.md#external-container-to-gluetun cap_add: - NET_ADMIN devices: - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun ports: - 8888:8888/tcp # HTTP proxy - 8388:8388/tcp # Shadowsocks - 8388:8388/udp # Shadowsocks - 8080:8080 #qbittorrent - 6881:6881 #qbittorrent - 6881:6881/udp #qbittorrent - 8989:8989 # port for sonarr - 7878:7878 # port for radarr - 9696:9696 # port for prowlarr - 9117:9117 # port for bazarr volumes: - /home/osmc/Docker:/gluetun - /home/osmc/Docker/tmp:/tmp/gluetun environment: # See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/tree/main/setup#setup - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=protonVPN - VPN_TYPE=openvpn # OpenVPN: - OPENVPN_USER=___ - OPENVPNPASSWORD=__ - VPN_PORT_FORWARDING=on # Wireguard: # - WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY=wOEI9rqqbDwnN8/Bpp22sVz48T71vJ4fYmFWujulwUU= # - WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES=10.64.222.21/32 # Timezone for accurate log times - TZ=Netherland # - SERVER_COUNTRIES=Netherland - SERVER_HOSTNAMES=node-nl-13.protonvpn.net,node-nl-01.protonvpn.net - UPDATER_PERIOD=24h - FIREWALL_OUTBOUND_SUBNETS=172.20.0.0/24 restart: unless-stopped

gluetun: image: qmcgaw/gluetun container_name: gluetun # line above must be uncommented to allow external containers to connect. # See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/connect-a-container-to-gluetun.md#external-container-to-gluetun hostname: gluetun cap_add: - NET_ADMIN devices: - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun ports: - 8112:8112 - 6881:6881 # inbound torrent - 6881:6881/udp volumes: - ./gluetun:/gluetun env_file: - ./vpn_credentials.env environment: # See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/tree/main/setup#setup - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=protonvpn - VPN_TYPE=openvpn - VPN_PORT_FORWARDING=on - SERVER_HOSTNAMES=node-us-144.protonvpn.net,node-us-126.protonvpn.net # Server list updater # See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/servers.md#update-the-vpn-servers-list - UPDATER_PERIOD=24h dns: - 8.8.8.8 - 8.8.4.4 networks: - internal deluge: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/deluge:latest container_name: deluge volumes: - ./config/deluge:/config - /hdd/media/torrents:/media/torrents # ports: # - 8112:8112 # webui # - 6881:6881 # inbound torrent # - 6881:6881/udp restart: unless-stopped network_mode: "service:gluetun"

I've got a couple of Docker containers running: 'binhex-plexpass' and 'GluetunVPN'. I've subscribed to AirVPN, and I'm trying to configure 'GluetunVPN' for AirVPN (Wireguard). I think I've succeeded with this. However, I'm a bit stuck on connecting 'GluetunVPN' to 'binhex-plexpass' based on this guide: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/connect-a-container-to-gluetun.md

2023-07-12T11:28:22+01:00 INFO [healthcheck] program has been unhealthy for 2m41s: restarting VPN (see https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/faq/healthcheck.md)

qbittorrent can use proxies if I remember correctly, so you just need to enable privoxy in the gluetun service, and add the ip of the machine plus the choosen port for the proxy to qbittorrent settings from the web interface.

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