Help in creating a (Docker Compose) Gluetun container stack - please share any working examples ?

[nodecentral]

Hi all

I’m still finding my feet with all of this, but I’ve manage to pull together a Docker Compose yml for a PureVPN stack of linked containers. (Sorry if I’m not using the correct terminology) - to do this, I’ve leveraged examples associated with this repository, plus I’ve found other examples online e.g https://gist.github.com/Webreaper/81ecda3ecc45fa61a16dfc90cfc4550d , https://nathanlabadie.com/htpc-docker-and-private-internet-access/)

Please could you have a look and let me know what you think, am I missing anything, as it’s not working fully yet, the main thing is that Deluge is not downloading anything, i can add things, but it times out and/or reports connection errors (FYI - I’ve updated the download location /download, and all containers now share the same download section ?)

Feel free to share yours too ? What other apps should I have in my gluetun stack ?

version: "2"
services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun:v3.16.0
    container_name: gluetun
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    network_mode: bridge
    ports:
      - 8888:8888/tcp # HTTP proxy
      - 8000:8000/tcp # Built-in HTTP Control Server
      - 8112:8112/tcp # Deluge Admin interface
      - 89:80/tcp # whoami health api
      - 7878:7878/tcp # radarr access 
      - 9117:9117/tcp # jackett
      - 8989:8989/tcp # sonarr
      - 8686:8686/tcp # lindarr
      - 3000:3000/tcp # firefox
    # command:
    volumes:
      - /share/Container/Gluetun:/gluetun
    environment:
      # More variables are available, see the readme table
      - VPNSP=purevpn
      - REGION=North Holland
      - COUNTRY=Netherlands
      - SERVER_HOSTNAME=nl2-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com
      - OPENVPN_USER=purevpnname
      - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=mypassword
      - OPENVPN_VERBOSITY=3
      # Timezone for accurate logs times
      - TZ=Europe/London
    restart: always

  deluge:
    container_name: deluge
    image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/deluge
    network_mode: "service:gluetun"
    environment:
      - PUID=1005
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /share/Container/delugeLS/config:/config
      - /share/Container/Gluetun/downloads:/downloads
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
        - gluetun

  whoami: 
    container_name: whoami
    image: containous/whoami # A container that exposes an API to show its IP address
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: "service:gluetun"
    depends_on:
        - gluetun

  jackett:
        image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/jackett:latest
        container_name: jackett
        environment:
            - PUID=1005
            - PGID=1000
            - TZ=Europe/London
        volumes: # mkdir -p /share/Container/jackett/{config,downloads}
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - /share/Container/jackett/config:/config
            - /share/Container/Gluetun/downloads:/downloads
        restart: unless-stopped
        network_mode: service:gluetun
        depends_on:
            - gluetun
            - deluge

  sonarr:
        image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest
        container_name: sonarr
        environment:
            - PUID=1005
            - PGID=1000
            - TZ=Europe/London
        volumes: # mkdir -p /share/Container/sonarr/{config,tv,downloads}
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - /share/Container/sonarr/config:/config
            - /share/Container/Gluetun/downloads/tv:/tv
            - /share/Container/Gluetun/downloads:/downloads
        restart: unless-stopped
        network_mode: service:gluetun
        depends_on:
            - gluetun
            - deluge
            - jackett

  radarr:
        image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/radarr:latest
        container_name: radarr
        environment:
            - PUID=1005
            - PGID=1000
            - TZ=Europe/London
        volumes: # mkdir -p /share/Container/radarr/{config,movies,downloads}
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - /share/Container/radarr3/config:/config
            - /share/Container/Gluetun/downloads/movies:/movies
            - /share/Container/Gluetun/downloads:/downloads
        restart: unless-stopped
        network_mode: service:gluetun
        depends_on:
            - gluetun
            - deluge
            - jackett

  lidarr:
        image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/lidarr:latest
        container_name: lidarr
        environment:
            - PUID=1005
            - PGID=1000
            - TZ=Europe/London
        volumes: # mkdir -p /share/Container/lidarr/{config,music,downloads}
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - /share/Container/lidarr/config:/config
            - /share/Container/Gluetun/downloads/music:/music
            - /share/Container/Gluetun/downloads:/downloads
        restart: unless-stopped
        network_mode: service:gluetun
        depends_on:
            - gluetun
            - deluge
            - jackett

  firefox:
    image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/firefox:latest
    container_name: firefox
    environment:
      - PUID=1005
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /share/Container/firefox:/config
    network_mode: service:gluetun
    shm_size: "1gb"
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
        - gluetun

[qdm12]

You don't need

depends_on:
        - gluetun

Because you're defining the dependency in the network section already. Although you may need it for other services.

I don't think you need the whoami container as gluetun already takes care of fetching the public IP on connection and periodically together with the geo information.

Maybe you would want to enable the http proxy built-in gluetun to connect to it using your browser instead of running an entire Firefox, which is quite resource intensive? Or you could use Shadowsocks if you want to tunnel udp AND tcp together (and/or your entire OS traffic).

But apart from that, I personally just use gluetun with shadowsocks to connect other computers to it, so not necessarily the right guy to ask 😄

Edit: you could also add a caddy container (like qmcgaw/caddy) to proxy http requests so that you can port map a single port for all your http servers. I believe Caddy can also proxy tcp and udp. But that's a bit of a tough setup to achieve so good luck!

[nodecentral]

Thanks so much @qdm12

But apart from that, I personally just use gluetun with shadowsocks to connect other computers to it, so not necessarily the right guy to ask 😄

I’m ultimately just trying to get a workable solution via Gluetun, I’ll happily work with any set up as long as it’s secure and allows me to use all the sonarr/radar type apps/via Docker containers. 🥺

I’ve now tried various configuration and downloaders incl. transmission, deluge and qbittorrent none of which work, so it must be something to do with my gluetun set up, although what’s weird is that when I use sonarr or radar etc. they seem to work fine, I can search for content, trigger downloads, but when I go and look at the download client, it just does not move, nothing is pulled down. 🤔🤯

[qdm12]

I can't really tell. I used deluge as a connected container without problem though, but I was manually managing torrents.

Don't forget that all your services are running on the same network host (gluetun) so if you want them to reference each other use 127.0.0.1

[ab3lson]

Can you expand on that last point a little bit? When I try to reference localhost I get connection refused errors on Radarr.

[qdm12]

Please create another discussion with your configuration, it might just be a network configuration issue. There is no firewall rules for local interface communication, so it's unlikely a gluetun issue.