qBittorrentProtonVPN

Guide for setting up qBittorrent to use ProtonVPN using Docker:

In this guide we'll create two containers, one for qBittorrent from the linuxserver.io
The other one is for gluetun (vpn client) which is what we'll use for the ProtonVPN connection.
Essentially, we're going to route qBittorrent traffic into the gluetun container.

First you'll need to login to https://account.protonvpn.com

Then you'll need to take note of your OpenVPN Credentials in here:

Create the necessary folders:

mkdir -p "$HOME/Docker/protonvpn" && mkdir -p "$HOME/Docker/qbittorrent/config"

Use cat to quickly fill in the info for the gluetun yml file:

In case you want to check the documentation about glueton and protonvpn, check this

cat <<EOF > "$HOME/Docker/protonvpn/docker-compose.yml"
services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    container_name: protonvpn
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
      - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
    ports: # These are the qBittorrent ports, I like to use random ports and not the default ports 49152
      - 49893:49893 # This is for the qBittorrent WebUI Port
      - 6881:6881 # Listening port for TCP
      - 6881:6881/udp # Listening port for UDP
    environment:
      - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=protonvpn
      - OPENVPN_USER=username # REPLACE these with your OpenVPN credentials. Use +pmp after your username to use port forwarding
      - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=password # REPLACE these with your OpenVPN credentials
      - VPN_PORT_FORWARDING=on
      - SERVER_COUNTRIES=Netherlands,Germany # The server countries we'll use. They have to be P2P
    volumes:
      - ./config:/gluetun
    restart: unless-stopped
EOF

Use cat to quickly fill in the info for the qbittorrent yml file:

cat <<EOF > "$HOME/Docker/qbittorrent/docker-compose.yml"
services:
  qbittorrent:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest
    container_name: qbittorrent
    environment:
      - PUID=1000 # to find your current ID just type "id" in the terminal
      - PGID=1000 # to find your current group ID just type "id" in the terminal
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
      - WEBUI_PORT=49893 # This needs to be the exact same port we used on glueton for the WebUI
      - TORRENTING_PORT=6881
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config # this will create the config folder in the same folder as we have the yml file
      - /path/to/your/drive:/downloads # change the left part of : to your actual path where you want to store your downloads
    network_mode: "container:protonvpn" # this needs to be the exact same name as the protonvpn container we defined
    restart: unless-stopped
EOF

Download latest VueTorrent Theme (optional)

curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/VueTorrent/VueTorrent/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | endswith(".zip")) | .browser_download_url' | xargs -I{} sh -c 'curl -L -o /tmp/vuetorrent.zip {}
unzip -o /tmp/vuetorrent.zip -d $HOME/Docker/qbittorrent/config
rm /tmp/vuetorrent.zip'

• Don't forget to set the theme in qbittorrent web UI
• Options -> Web UI -> Use alternative Web UI -> /config/vuetorrent

Start the gluetun/protonvpn container:

docker-compose -f "$HOME/Docker/protonvpn/docker-compose.yml" up -d

Start the qbittorrent container:

docker-compose -f "$HOME/Docker/qbittorrent/docker-compose.yml" up -d

Get qbittorrent credentials with:

echo -n "\nUsername: admin \nPassword: " && docker logs qbittorrent 2>&1 | tac | grep -m 1 -oP 'A temporary password is provided for this session: \K\w+'

• Don't forget to change the password in qbittorrent web UI -> go to Options -> Web UI

Access the WebUI:

• Go to http://localhost:49893

Test the connection:

Open terminal in your docker container:

docker exec -it qbittorrent /bin/bash

Get information about the public IP the container is currently using:

curl -sS https://ipinfo.io/json

Good settings to use with ProtonVPN and pmp for qbittorrent:

You can enable DHT if you want more peers