April 2, 20251 yr I'm setting up torrenting on my Unraid server and wanted to sanity check my approach. I just want to protect my torrenting traffic — nothing more, nothing less. Background: I have Unraid box with CloudflareDNS and Nginx Proxy Manager already running. I'd say i have decent technical skill — I can run Docker containers, follow guides, and troubleshoot light issues. I was about to set up hotio/qbittorrent-vpn and subscribe to PIA (found a deal: 3 years for ~$2/mo) But then I noticed VPN Manager under the Unraid Network Settings, read https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/manual/security/vpn/ and have a couple of questions: Questions: Is VPN Manager sufficient for isolating and protecting torrent traffic, or is a VPN-based Docker container (like hotio/qbittorrent-vpn) still the better route? If VPN Manager isn't enough on its own, is there any reason not to go with hotio/qbittorrent-vpn + PIA? Is this VPN Manager a relatively new feature? It feels like it could potentially eliminate the need for VPN-wrapped containers, but I'm not sure where it shines vs. where it's limited. Bonus: I noticed WireGuard is available as a free option. Does that offer similar protection if configured right?
April 2, 20251 yr Community Expert IMO I, like many others, use the GluetunVPN docker to act as a VPN gateway for other dockers instead of the VPN manager. I supposed you can use the VPN manager if you prefer other than it doesn't have all the bells and whistles the other solution has. VPN manager is just the wireguard plugin with a new name. which either can be used to either self-hose a VPN or connect to a commercial VPN service. Edited April 2, 20251 yr by MowMdown
April 2, 20251 yr Author 18 minutes ago, MowMdown said: IMO I, like many others, use the GluetunVPN docker to act as a VPN gateway for other dockers instead of the VPN manager. I supposed you can use the VPN manager if you prefer other than it doesn't have all the bells and whistles the other solution has. VPN manager is just the wireguard plugin with a new name. which either can be used to either self-hose a VPN or connect to a commercial VPN service. Thanks for the advice. I will look into GluetunVPN docker - but just to make sure, are you saying i should run that and hotio's qbittorrent-vpn in conjuction or just GluetunVPN is sufficient? And will this require me to do any modifications to nginx? Edited April 2, 20251 yr by helpermonkey
April 3, 20251 yr Community Expert Solution If you use GluetunVPN docker you do not need the qbittorrent-vpn. You would just use the standard qbittorrent docker. You essentially are going to route qbit through gluetun
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