Custom OpenVPN with config file not working

[sriyan-a]

I want to ask if I'm doing something wrong here? Or if this feature is not supported?

I am using VPN provider (Hotspot Shield) which is not one of the readily supported providers. But I followed the instructions in this wiki to set up gluetun with a openvpn config file+username+password.

I see from the logs that glueton is not able to find any region and/or country for VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=custom as asked for in the wiki. I checked this file and I don't see a custom key in the json but I see all the other providers, which this could possibly be the issue?

Share your logs (at least 10 lines)

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gluetun  | 2025-01-10T21:43:36-08:00 INFO [routing] default route found: interface eth0, gateway 172.28.10.1, assigned IP 172.28.10.2 and family v4
gluetun  | 2025-01-10T21:43:36-08:00 INFO [routing] local ethernet link found: eth0
gluetun  | 2025-01-10T21:43:36-08:00 INFO [routing] local ipnet found: 172.28.10.0/24
gluetun  | 2025-01-10T21:43:36-08:00 INFO [firewall] enabling...
gluetun  | 2025-01-10T21:43:36-08:00 INFO [firewall] enabled successfully
gluetun  | 2025-01-10T21:43:38-08:00 INFO [storage] merging by most recent 20776 hardcoded servers and 20776 servers read from /gluetun/servers.json
gluetun  | 2025-01-10T21:43:38-08:00 ERROR VPN settings: provider settings: server selection: for VPN service provider custom: the region specified is not valid: one or more values is set but there is no possible value available
gluetun  | 2025-01-10T21:43:38-08:00 INFO Shutdown successful

Share your configuration

networks:
  mediastack:
    name: mediastack
    driver: bridge
    ipam:
      driver: default
      config:
      - subnet: ${DOCKER_SUBNET:?err}
        gateway: ${DOCKER_GATEWAY:?err}

services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun:latest
    container_name: gluetun
    restart: always
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
      - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
    ports:
      - "8888:8888/tcp"                         # Gluetun Local Network HTTP proxy
      - "8388:8388/tcp"                         # Gluetun Local Network Shadowsocks
      - "8388:8388/udp"                         # Gluetun Local Network Shadowsocks
      - ${GLUETUN_CONTROL_PORT:?err}:${GLUETUN_CONTROL_PORT:?err} # Gluetun Status Port
      - "${WEBUI_PORT_FIREFOX:?err}:3003"      # WebUI Portal: Firefox

    volumes:
      - ${FOLDER_FOR_DATA:?err}/gluetun:/gluetun
    environment:
      - PUID=${PUID:?err}
      - PGID=${PGID:?err}
      - UMASK=${UMASK:?err}
      - TZ=${TIMEZONE:?err}
      - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=${VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER:?err}
      - OPENVPN_USER=${VPN_USERNAME:?err}
      - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=${VPN_PASSWORD:?err}
      - SERVER_REGIONS=${SERVER_REGIONS}
      - OPENVPN_CUSTOM_CONFIG=${OPENVPN_CUSTOM_CONFIG}
      - VPN_TYPE=${VPN_TYPE}
      - HTTPPROXY=on
      - SHADOWSOCKS=on
    networks:
      - mediastack

  firefox:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/firefox:latest
    container_name: firefox
    security_opt:
      - seccomp:unconfined #optional
    environment:
      - PUID=${PUID:?err}
      - PGID=${PGID:?err}
      - TZ=${TIMEZONE:?err}
      - HTTP_PROXY=http://localhost:8888 # Set the HTTP proxy to Gluetun
      - HTTPS_PROXY=http://localhost:8888 # Set the HTTPS proxy to Gluetun
    network_mode: "service:gluetun"
    volumes:
      - ${FOLDER_FOR_DATA:?err}/firefox/configs:/config:rw
      - ${FOLDER_FOR_DATA:?err}/firefox/downloads:/downloads:rw
    shm_size: "1gb"
    restart: unless-stopped

Env variables

DOCKER_SUBNET=172.28.10.0/24
DOCKER_GATEWAY=172.28.10.1

GLUETUN_CONTROL_PORT=8320
WEBUI_PORT_FIREFOX=3003

PUID=1002
PGID=1002
UMASK=0002
TIMEZONE=America/Los_Angeles

VPN_TYPE=openvpn
VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=custom
VPN_USERNAME=****
VPN_PASSWORD=****
OPENVPN_CUSTOM_CONFIG=/path/to/openvpn/config/hotspotshield_config.ovpn

SERVER_REGIONS=United States

FOLDER_FOR_DATA=/path/to/configs

Host OS

Debian | OpenMediaVault

CPU arch

x86_64

VPN service provider

Custom

What are you using to run the container

docker-compose

What is the version of Gluetun

Running version latest built on 2024-12-27T20:18:46.989Z (commit 61b053f)

Original issue: #2656

[IcePlains]

You probably already figured it out, but i had this problem, so writing for others:
Set VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER to the one you use, like VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=cyberghost, not custom
Then define country by SERVER_COUNTRIES=United States