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:

I usually create a docker folder in my Home folder and create individual folders for each container, keeps things tidy.

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

Create the yml for gluetun:

touch "$HOME/Docker/protonvpn/docker-compose.yml"

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"
version: "3"
services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    container_name: protonvpn # I like to change the container name to be the VPN I use
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    ports: # These are the qBittorrent ports, I like to use random ports and not the default ports
      - 13750:13750 # 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 # The country server we'll use. Netherlands is P2P so it'll work fine.
    volumes:
      - ./protonvpn:/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"
version: "2.1"
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=13750 # This needs to be the exact same port we used on glueton for the WebUI
    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

Start the gluetun/protonvpn container:

If docker compose (v2) doesn't work for you, make sure you installed it or try docker-compose (v1) instead.

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

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