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! :
Currently using qBittorrent with Gluetun and Airvpn all in docker on my home server.
I read a bit about gluetun, why did you pick it?
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.
Very good to know as i wanted a killswitch too when i go off vpn somehow! I saved that comment :)
Here is the guide I used to understand and setup Gluetun. Enjoy!
Thanks a bunch!! :)
Was the best option that I found :)
qBittorrent and Proton VPN has worked well for me
What do you use in terms of hardware?
an old LGA2011 xeon workstation. It is wild overkill (and not very power efficient) but it isn’t only a seedbox and it has as much PCIe expansion as I could ever want.
For a VPN I picked privateinternetaccess (PIA) because it has port forwarding and I got a deal on a 5 year subscription for a one-time payment of $75.
Same here, I like it so far. Also has an option to sign up without using your email if you want full privacy. Also has a working Linux GUI client for your desktop
There is no need fire up a dedicated machine to do this. Use your router/ap running openwrt and connect a hdd via usb. The machine needs at least 128 Mb RAM (256 mb would be better). Install the transmission package, set it up, add a gig of swap space on the hdd and you are good to go. The AP runs 24/7 anyways so there will be very few extra power consumption. Vpns often don’t allow port forwarding (mullvad has stopped support recently if I remember correctly). You can just be a passive node and not often ports, that should work good enough. Consider seeding parts of sci-hub. it’s a project worth supporting imho.
You can just download once of the parts below with less than 12 seeds and set it to host without ratio:
That makes sense too. And maybe is the most logical answer. When i get my desired router i will set this up.
I moved from mullvad to airvpn for that reason and its lovely with my *arr stack. Next level torrenting
Love airvpn, it unfortunately trips captchas a lot, and some sites outright block you. If you’re seeing this up on a router, make a wifi network that’s unprotected just for the sake of convenience.
But torrenting and everything critical, rocksteady.
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I am by no means an expert, but my current solution is a spare raspberry pi running a docker container with qBitTorrent+VPN that sits plugged into my router. I like to think of it as my first step towards getting my shit together to building a full ARR stack
I have PIA VPN + Transmission in docker and added my nas to the container via nfs. PIA is great because of port forwarding, however you cannot choose the port, so I made a little docker container which gets the port in PIA and sets it in transmission. It also stops the container if it disconnects, but that happens rarely. Also, all traffic from transmission goes through the PIA container. If you need more info you can dm me.
Thanks :) why pia over say airvpn? Almost everyone here recommended Air so i am curious about your choice.
TBH i don’t know anything about airvpn, but a got a good deal on pia vpn for a few years and it has port forwarding which is good for torrenting. Their servers locations are also close to me so i get good latency and speed. And that’s pretty much it.
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Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point NAS Network-Attached Storage PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PIA Private Internet Access brand of VPN Plex Brand of media server package VPN Virtual Private Network
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So… and this is probably debatable, the point of a dedicated seed box is that there are a metric-shitton of other seed boxes on the local network (at the datacenter).
I’d argue the point of self hosting is to be able to set it up however you please. It sounds like you know what to do to be safe.
I use Mulvad for general VPN duty, though I can’t personally speak to its torrent support/speed I do see many recommend it in combination with a wireguard supporting container image. Spin a few up and let us know which ones you like and why.
