Gluetun+PIA: anyone have a script to auto-update the forwarded port in qbittorrent? #1555

jay-kub · 2023-05-03T21:20:20Z

jay-kub
May 3, 2023

PIA changes the forwarded port every 60 days, which gluetun publishes to forwarded_port in the config directory. Has anyone created a script to auto-update the qbittorrent config with the new port? Ideally I am looking for a docker-compose option so that I can add it to my gluetun-qbit-etc yaml file.

Thanks y'all

Answered by DcR-NL

May 8, 2023

The docker compose solution I've been using is charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file. Something like this (bare minimal):

  qbittorrent-port:
    image: charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file:latest
    container_name: qbittorrent-port
    environment:
      - QBT_USERNAME=${QBITTORRENT_USER}
      - QBT_PASSWORD=${QBITTORRENT_PASS}
      - QBT_ADDR=${QBITTORRENT_URL}
      - PORT_FILE=/config/forwarded_port
    volumes:
      - /something/gluetun/main/:/config:ro
    restart: unless-stopped

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carmatana · 2023-05-05T23:32:32Z

carmatana
May 5, 2023

I have in synology running every X timer the next script:

#!/bin/sh

#read PIA port
gluetun_port=$(jq .port /gluetun/piaportforward.json)

WEBUI_PORT=8080 #qBittorrent port
web_protocol="http"

curl -k -i -X POST -d "json={"random_port": false}" "${web_protocol}://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" # &> /dev/null
curl -k -i -X POST -d "json={"listen_port": ${gluetun_port}}" "${web_protocol}://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" # &> /dev/null

I ran it with:

docker exec qbittorrent sh -c "/gluetun/port-tool-gluetun.sh"

My qbittorrent container (linuxserver) has to have access to the gluetun folder when creating it, in compose:

volumes:
- /path/to/gluetun:/gluetun:ro

IMPORTANT:

In Qbittorrent settings, in the WEBUI section, the following option has to be turned ON.

"Bypass authentication for clients on localhost"

If not, the curl instructions of the script will return Access Forbidden.

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carmatana · 2023-05-08T00:05:45Z

carmatana
May 8, 2023

If you do not want to have the option "Bypass authentication for clients on localhost" checked, you can do:

#!/bin/sh


gluetun_port=$(jq .port /gluetun/piaportforward.json)

echo "gluetun port is ${gluetun_port}"

WEBUI_PORT=8080
web_protocol="http"

cookie=$(curl -i --header 'Referer: ${web_protocol}://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}' --data 'username=admin&password=adminadmin' ${web_protocol}://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/auth/login | grep set-cookie | sed 's/.*set-cookie: //;s/;.*//') # &> /dev/null

echo "login cookie is: $cookie"

curl -k -i -X POST -d "json={\"random_port\": false}" "${web_protocol}://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" --cookie $cookie  # &> /dev/null
        
curl -k -i -X POST -d "json={\"listen_port\": ${gluetun_port}}" "${web_protocol}://localhost:${WEBUI_PORT}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" --cookie $cookie  # &> /dev/null

Again, I ran it with:

docker exec qbittorrent sh -c "/gluetun/port-tool-gluetun.sh"

the qbittorrent container (linuxserver) has to have access to the gluetun container folder to read the vpn port and the script if this is located also there.

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jay-kub May 8, 2023
Author

Thanks @carmatana. I ended up going with charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file just due to ease-of-use, but I will keep this script earmarked in case I run into issues.

DieSchoeneWolke Jun 25, 2023

#!/bin/sh

gluetun_port=$(jq .port /Gluetun/piaportforward.json)

echo "gluetun port is ${gluetun_port}"

DOMAIN=http://
USER=
PASS=

cookie=$(curl -i --header 'Referer: ${DOMAIN}' --data 'username=${USER}&password=${PASS}' ${DOMAIN}/api/v2/auth/login | grep set-cookie | sed 's/.set-cookie: //;s/;.//') # &> /dev/null

echo "login cookie is: $cookie"

curl -k -i -X POST -d "json={"random_port": false}" "${DOMAIN}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" --cookie $cookie # &> /dev/null

curl -k -i -X POST -d "json={"listen_port": ${gluetun_port}}" "${DOMAIN}/api/v2/app/setPreferences" --cookie $cookie # &> /dev/null

results in:

curl: (28) Failed to connect to xxx port xxx after 129402 ms: Couldn't connect to server

curl: option --cookie: requires parameter

curl: try 'curl --help' or 'curl --manual' for more information

curl: option --cookie: requires parameter

curl: try 'curl --help' or 'curl --manual' for more information

gluetun port is xxx

DcR-NL · 2023-05-08T17:31:35Z

DcR-NL
May 8, 2023

The docker compose solution I've been using is charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file. Something like this (bare minimal):

  qbittorrent-port:
    image: charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file:latest
    container_name: qbittorrent-port
    environment:
      - QBT_USERNAME=${QBITTORRENT_USER}
      - QBT_PASSWORD=${QBITTORRENT_PASS}
      - QBT_ADDR=${QBITTORRENT_URL}
      - PORT_FILE=/config/forwarded_port
    volumes:
      - /something/gluetun/main/:/config:ro
    restart: unless-stopped

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jay-kub May 8, 2023
Author

That worked flawlessly, thanks!

DieSchoeneWolke Jun 25, 2023

Could you share your final docker-compose.yml please?
Because I'm stuck with the container wanting to read the file from /config/ which I don't have.
I already rewrote the script with removing it without any luck.

jay-kub Jun 25, 2023
Author

version: "3"

services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    container_name: gluetun
    hostname: gluetun
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    volumes:
      - /*LOCATION*:/gluetun
    environment:
      - PUID=*USER*
      - PGID=100
      - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=private internet access
      - OPENVPN_USER=*USER*
      - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=*PASS*
      - SERVER_REGIONS=*REGION*
      - PRIVATE_INTERNET_ACCESS_VPN_PORT_FORWARDING=on
      - PRIVATE_INTERNET_ACCESS_VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_STATUS_FILE=/gluetun/forwarded_port
      - FIREWALL_VPN_INPUT_PORTS=8080
    ports:
      - 8080:8080 #qbit
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: bridge

  qbittorrent-port:
    image: charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file:latest
    container_name: gluetun-qbittorrent-portfw
    environment:
      - QBT_USERNAME=*USER*
      - QBT_PASSWORD=*PASS*
      - QBT_ADDR=http://*IP*:8080
      - PORT_FILE=/config/forwarded_port
    volumes:
      - /*LOCATION*/:/config:ro
    restart: unless-stopped

DieSchoeneWolke Jun 25, 2023

Thank you very much that helped me out with the filepaths!

GotRambutan · 2023-07-04T20:09:32Z

GotRambutan
Jul 4, 2023

Hi
I new at docker and I am not able to get it to work . Could some one provide some guidance. Thank you!

 Gluetun - VPN Client for Docker Containers and More
  gluetun:
    <<: *common-keys-core # See EXTENSION FIELDS at the top
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    container_name: gluetun
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
      - /dev/net/tun
    ports:
      - "8085:8085" # Exposing qBittorrent through Docker Host LAN IP
    volumes:
      - $DOCKERDIR/appdata/gluetun:/gluetun
    environment:
      <<: *default-tz-puid-pgid
      #OpenVPN
      LOG_LEVEL: "debug"
      VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER: "private internet access"
      OPENVPN_USER: $PIA_USERNAME
      OPENVPN_PASSWORD: $PIA_PASSWORD
      SERVER_REGIONS: "CA Vancouver"
      PRIVATE_INTERNET_ACCESS_VPN_PORT_FORWARDING: "on"
      PRIVATE_INTERNET_ACCESS_VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_STATUS_FILE: "/gluetun/forwarded_port"
      FIREWALL_VPN_INPUT_PORTS: "8085"

  qbittorrent-port:
    image: charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file:latest
    container_name: gluetun-qbittorrent-portfw
    environment:

      QBT_USERNAME: $QBT_RPC_USERNAME
      QBT_PASSWORD: $QBT_RPC_PASSWORD
      QBT_ADDR: http://$SERVER_IP:8085
      PORT_FILE: "/gluetun/forwarded_port"
    volumes:
      - $DOCKERDIR/appdata/gluetun:/gluetun:ro
    restart: unless-stopped

I see the port being written

gluetun                     | 2023-07-04T12:55:02-07:00 INFO [port forwarding] Port forwarded data expires in 62 days
gluetun                     | 2023-07-04T12:55:03-07:00 INFO [port forwarding] port forwarded is 44798
gluetun                     | 2023-07-04T12:55:03-07:00 INFO [firewall] setting allowed input port 44798 through interface tun0...
gluetun                     | 2023-07-04T12:55:03-07:00 DEBUG [firewall] iptables --append INPUT -i tun0 -p tcp --dport 44798 -j ACCEPT
gluetun                     | 2023-07-04T12:55:03-07:00 DEBUG [firewall] ip6tables-nft --append INPUT -i tun0 -p tcp --dport 44798 -j ACCEPT
gluetun                     | 2023-07-04T12:55:03-07:00 DEBUG [firewall] iptables --append INPUT -i tun0 -p udp --dport 44798 -j ACCEPT
gluetun                     | 2023-07-04T12:55:03-07:00 DEBUG [firewall] ip6tables-nft --append INPUT -i tun0 -p udp --dport 44798 -j ACCEPT
gluetun                     | 2023-07-04T12:55:03-07:00 INFO [port forwarding] writing port file /gluetun/forwarded_port

I keep getting this error:
gluetun-qbittorrent-portfw | Port file /gluetun/forwarded_port does not exist

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jay-kub Jul 4, 2023
Author

It sounds like the $DOCKERDIR location for your qbittorrent volume doesn't match the $DOCKERDIR location for the gluetun-qbittorrent-portfw. I'd double check those and make sure they match verbatim.

It could also be that whatever user is running the docker for gluetun-qbittorrent-portfw doesn't have read access to that folder location. You may want to give that user read access to your entire $DOCKERDIR just to be sure.

GotRambutan Jul 4, 2023

Thanks

$DockerDIR = /home/user/docker/

I have given Docker group and the user full rights to the file and folder but still gives the same error.

qdm12 · 2023-07-06T12:07:06Z

qdm12
Jul 6, 2023
Maintainer

If any of you wants to PR your solution to https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki feel free to have a go 😉

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tomdh76 · 2023-07-27T11:03:44Z

tomdh76
Jul 27, 2023

I have an issue using the docker: I keep getting error:

curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404

Looks like somehow the script cannot access qbittorrent?

qbittorrent-port:
image: charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file
container_name: qbittorrent-port
environment:
- QBT_USERNAME=${QBT_USERNAME}
- QBT_PASSWORD=${QBT_PASSWORD}
- QBT_ADDR=http://192.168.30.11:8090/
- PORT_FILE=/config/forwarded_port
volumes:
- ${DOCKERDIR}/gluetun/:/config:ro
restart: unless-stopped

If I change the qbt_address: it errors that it cannot find website so its making a connection. Username and password are correct when I login in the webbrowser of qbittorrent.

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jay-kub Jul 27, 2023
Author

This sounds like an issue with your firewall rules. Try turning the firewall off and see if it works. If it still doesn't work then please share you're entire docker-compose.

tomdh76 Jul 27, 2023

What firewall do I need to turn off? I cannot find a setting for the qbitorrent docker? I have a OPNSENSE firewall but this should not block local networks I think?

This is my docker compose:

services:
qbittorrent:
image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest
container_name: qbittorrent
network_mode: "service:gluetun"
environment:
PUID: $PUID
PGID: $PGID
TZ: $TZ
WEBUI_PORT: "8090"
volumes:
- $DOCKERDIR/qbittorent/config:/config
- /media/downloads/qbittorent:/downloads
depends_on:
- gluetun
restart: unless-stopped
qbittorrent-port:
image: charlocharlie/qbittorrent-port-forward-file
container_name: qbittorrent-port
environment:
- QBT_USERNAME=${QBT_USERNAME}
- QBT_PASSWORD=${QBT_PASSWORD}
- QBT_ADDR=http://192.168.30.11:8090/
- PORT_FILE=/config/forwarded_port
volumes:
- ${DOCKERDIR}/gluetun/:/config:ro
#restart: no
gluetun:
image: qmcgaw/gluetun
container_name: gluetun
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN
devices:
- /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
ports:
- 8888:8888/tcp # HTTP proxy
- 8090:8090 # qbittorrent
- 6881:6881
- 6881:6881/udp
volumes:
- ${DOCKERDIR}/gluetun:/gluetun:rw
environment:
- VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=private internet access
- TZ=${TZ}
- OPENVPN_USER=xxxxxx
- OPENVPN_PASSWORD=xxxxxx
- SERVER_REGION=Netherlands
- SERVER_HOSTNAMES=nl-amsterdam.privacy.network
- VPN_PORT_FORWARDING=on
- VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_STATUS_FILE=/gluetun/forwarded_port
- FIREWALL_VPN_INPUT_PORTS=8090
- FIREWALL_OUTBOUND_SUBNETS=192.168.2.0/24,192.168.30.0/24
- HTTPPROXY=on
- HTTPPROXY_LOG=off
- DOT=on
- DOT_PROVIDERS=quad9,cloudflare
- DNS_ADDRESS=1.1.1.1
- DOT_CACHING=off
- PUID=${PUID}
- PGID=${PGID}
restart: always

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