Hey guys, i want to ask you all how you seed your torrents. I’m considering either using proxmox to create a seedbox or to build a dedicated machine with a vpn that will seedbox.

What VPN do you also use to seed? I have mullvad, for personal use but for seeding it doesn’t have port forwarding.

Thanks! :

  • @sailingbythelee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3•10 months ago

    I also use Gluetun. I consider it more or less mandatory for container–based torrent client setups. The idea is that you run your torrent client in a docker container and you run your VPN in a Gluetun docker container. Instead of opening up your torrent client ports directly for internet access, you make it a “service” of the Gluetun container. When your VPN drops connection, the Gluetun container loses connection, which means that your torrent client is also blocked. So, this setup provides a “fool proof” kill switch that prevents your torrent client from accessing the internet except through your VPN. This is as opposed to the kill switch built in to your VPN client, which tends not to be fool proof, particularly when using containers. I found this out the hard way.