run transmission torrent client and VPN service under docker compose

01-readme.md

container VPN torrent

Run transmission Torrent client with VPN service from containers.

Setup vpn info in gluetun container, seems very popular and covers all the big VPN providers.

setup

Create .env_vpn_live file. There is lots of good info on the gluetun wiki.

VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=nordvpn
OPENVPN_USER=abc
OPENVPN_PASSWORD=abc
SERVER_REGIONS=Netherlands
OPENVPN_PROTOCOL=tcp

Create .gitignore file:

config/
downloads/
watch/
.env_vpn_live
*.log

Create folders:

mkdir -pv {config,downloads,watch}

using

Start containers:

docker-compose up -d

To check the VPN connection status with gluetun api:

curl http://localhost:8000/v1/openvpn/status
curl http://localhost:8000/v1/publicip/ip

You can now open http://localhost:9091/transmission/web/ and Torrent some Linux ISO.

docker-compose.yml

---
# transmission torrent client docker compose

version: "3"

services:

  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    environment:
      - HTTP_CONTROL_SERVER_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:8000
      - HTTP_CONTROL_SERVER_LOG=on
      - OPENVPN_VERBOSITY=1
    env_file:
    - .env_vpn_live
    ports:
      - 8000:8000
      - 9091:9091
      - 51413:51413
      - 51413:51413/udp
    restart: always

  transmission:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/transmission:latest
    container_name: transmission
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
      - USER=torrents
      - PASS=downloadpass
      - PEERPORT=51415
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ./downloads:/downloads
      - ./watch:/watch
    network_mode: service:gluetun
    restart: unless-stopped