VPN Info¶

VPN Services available to use through DockSTARTer¶

VPN use is only available where we have found a easily configured container that runs as its own self contained unit.

• Gluetun
• PrivoxyVPN

VPN tun driver¶

The VPN containers require an adjustment to your host system:

echo "iptable_mangle" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/iptable_mangle.conf
echo "tun" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/tun.conf
sudo reboot

How to check if the VPN is working¶

• https://torguard.net/checkmytorrentipaddress.php
• http://www.doileak.com/
• http://ipmagnet.services.cbcdn.com/
• http://test.torrentprivacy.com/

Use a VPN for everything¶

If you require VPN on all connections it is recommended to install OpenVPN as you normally would ( in /etc/openvpn etc etc) and then have the Docker service started and stopped by the up / down scripts.

You can disable auto starting of the containers by disabling the docker service. An example provided by a user in our community for Ubuntu:

sudo systemctl disable docker

vpnup.sh

#!/bin/bash
if [[ -L "/sbin/init" ]]; then
    systemctl start docker
else
    /etc/init.d/docker start
fi

vpndown.sh

#!/bin/bash
if [[ -L "/sbin/init" ]]; then
    systemctl stop docker
else
    /etc/init.d/docker stop
fi

If you make changes to your .env file you will need to run ds -c. If you stop the OpenVPN service, thereby stopping Docker, DockSTARTER might fail. Start your OpenVPN service and run ds -c again if it didn't work.