ANSWERED Unraid qBittorrent config

[The_Lurch 0]

I'm in the process of moving from an Asustor NAS running Transmission with OpenVPN to Unraid with qBittorrentVPN.

I've done the config and it seems to be working.
When I run the docker: 
- I can see a session to AirVPN in the Client Area
- If I check the logs in qBittorrent I can see the IP listed on the session(AirVPN Client Area) as "Your VPN IPv4"

What is confusing me is that none of the websites that check for IP leaks(https://ipleak.net/, https://www.whatismyip.net/tools/torrent-ip-checker) show any data coming via the magnet link.
I tested downloading an Ubuntu torrent file and that downloaded as expected.

Any thoughts as to why the IP leak sites do not work? I'm wary to use the setup if I am not sure that my traffic is protected behind the VPN.

[Tech Jedi Alex 1489]

1 hour ago, The_Lurch said:

What is confusing me is that none of the websites that check for IP leaks(https://ipleak.net/, https://www.whatismyip.net/tools/torrent-ip-checker) show any data coming via the magnet link.
I tested downloading an Ubuntu torrent file and that downloaded as expected.

I can see one difference: Ubuntu comes as torrent files, but magnets rely on DHT. What does your client tell you about the DHT status?
Can you try adding the Arch ISO magnet, does that work?

[flat4 87]

qbittorrentVPN, is a binhex container, hence qbit is the only app in the tunnel. Unless you have created a network where all traffic is running thru that container including a web browser it will fail and you will leak.

[The_Lurch 0]

 

17 hours ago, Tech Jedi Alex said:

I can see one difference: Ubuntu comes as torrent files, but magnets rely on DHT. What does your client tell you about the DHT status?
Can you try adding the Arch ISO magnet, does that work?

Thanks for this suggestion, I'll only be able to test further over the weekend.
 

29 minutes ago, flat4 said:

qbittorrentVPN, is a binhex container, hence qbit is the only app in the tunnel. Unless you have created a network where all traffic is running thru that container including a web browser it will fail and you will leak.

I'm aware that the VPN will only apply to the qbit client. I was checking for IP leaks from my desktop.
On the point of your comment though, I tried running another container(prowlarr) through the qbittorrentvpn container as explained in this video so that it uses the VPN. When running curl ifconfig.io, I could see the VPN's IP address.

I was then not able to open the prowlarr webui. I followed the video and added the port for the prowlarr webui to the qbittorrentvpn config but when opening it using the IP:port it never resolved.
Any thoughts on that or recent recommended guides to set that up?

I've had a look at multiple videos and guides but have not figured it out just yet.

[flat4 87]

did you disable DHT in the client?

That video is older and unraid has made jumps in networking. with that being said its good that you tried it. Going to muddy the water but recently this user release a new container with similar name to this one. In the new container he was incorporated gluetun so that changes the how it connects to the vpn service. I used the older container but  I do not use the vpn or proxy part of it because in case the vpn fail  I don't believe the container had a way to stop leaks.  I believe once you add another container to use this as it outbound networking you have to map prowlars ports to be exposed so you can get to the webui.  I dont know what version of unraid you are on but this video from spaceinvader explains the new networking implementation. 
Unraid Container network


Sorry to derail your post. 
 

[The_Lurch 0]

I don't believe I disabled DHT, is that recommended?

I've been piecing the system together using videos from Spaceinvader One and AlienTech42 (most of his are more recent).
I installed Unraid recently, still on the trial. I think the version is 7.1.4.

[flat4 87]

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I don't believe I disabled DHT, is that recommended?

it is for private trackers
 

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I've been piecing the system together using videos from Spaceinvader One and AlienTech42 (most of his are more recent).
I installed Unraid recently, still on the trial. I think the version is 7.1.4.

AlienTech42 is a good series, however be advise that spaceinvader goes more into the weeds.
then watch the video i linked it geared more towards what you want to do.

[The_Lurch 0]

EDIT: I managed to setup Gluetun and everything seems to be working.

Thank you for the assistance.
 

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