Consider exploring the haugene transmission-openvpn image

[izaac]

I was able to use this image to add VPN support in my setup. I am using a proxy too to able to access the container because it isn't directly available.

I feel the proxy a bit clunky as it keeps timing out. But as long as it does the job I'm good, perhaps someone with more time can tune it better than me.

  transmission:
    image: haugene/transmission-openvpn:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - global
      - local
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    environment:
      - TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/data/downloads/complete
      - TRANSMISSION_INCOMPLETE_DIR=/data/downloads/incomplete
      - PUID=${ENV_PUID}
      - PGID=${ENV_PGID}
      - TZ={TIMEZONE}
      - OPENVPN_PROVIDER=custom
      - OPENVPN_USERNAME=
      - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=
      - OPENVPN_CONFIG=node-xx.protonvpn.udp
      - LOCAL_NETWORK=172.19.0.0/16
    volumes:
      - ./protonvpn/:/etc/openvpn/custom/
      - ${SERVICES_DIR}/transmission:/config
      - ${DATA_DIR}/downloads:/downloads
    ports:
      - 51413:51413 # Torrent port TCP
      - 51413:51413/udp # Torrent port UDP
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.dmc-transmission.rule=Host(`${SUB_DOMAIN_TRANSMISSION}.${DOMAIN}`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.dmc-transmission.tls=true"
      - "traefik.http.services.dmc-transmission.loadbalancer.server.port=9091"
      - "traefik.http.routers.dmc-transmission.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt"
      - "traefik.docker.network=global"
      # Basic auth
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.dmc-auth.basicauth.usersfile=/.htpasswd"
      - "traefik.http.routers.dmc-transmission.middlewares=dmc-auth"

  transiproxy:
    image: haugene/transmission-openvpn-proxy 
    environment:
      - PUID=${ENV_PUID}
      - PGID=${ENV_PGID}
      - TZ={TIMEZONE}
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    links:
      - transmission
    networks:
      - global
      - local

[izaac]

Reference: https://haugene.github.io/docker-transmission-openvpn/

[EdyTheCow]

Thanks for the feedback! I've been actually working on updating documentation. I ended up switching to qBittorrent, I'll also update repo with it soon too. As for VPN, I went with gluetun (https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun) which can be applied to any service or container.

I also moved to using Riven with real-debrid (instant media requests and near unlimited storage) which replaced majority of arr services, torrent client and the need for VPN. Which is the main reason I've been working on updating documentation. Whole setup guide with Riven and real-debrid with Traefik will be an additional alternative to the current one.