yeah, but a simple web interface to manage it, on of etc, and then the torrent interface. That would be a nice tool. On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 1:48 PM Michael Butash wrote: > I've begun looking into dockerizing it a few times, others have done them > separately, always the scripting and networking seem problematic as needing > to spawn openvpn inside of it, and allow multiple inbound socket > translations to the local servers. > > I've cloned my instance a few times to make portable or change to drop to > different drives automatically, and configs are fairly portable, but > scripting it cleanly to deploy in docker is beyond my abilities and current > desire to want to learn. My reaper VM is small enough it doesn't bother me > to have it (or a few) running, and was portable to reconfig to work in kvm > from vbox recently. > > -mb > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 1:29 PM Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> This would be a fascinating docker container idea. >> >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 1:00 PM Michael Butash >> wrote: >> >>> The VM is pretty lightweight, I give it 2 cores and 2gb of ram, though >>> looking it's only using 102m of ram with everything running, but my current >>> pc is loaded with ram, so I don't much split harirs these days. >>> >>> -mb >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:49 AM Jim wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the advice. I'll have to do some more reading to understand >>>> all that well enough to try it myself, and get some cash together before I >>>> buy a computer that will support all that. >>>> >>>> I have a Dell 32 bit dinosaur (wallace kubuntu 14) and this computer >>>> (ladmo kubuntu 18 64 bit). I have apache2 on wallace so I can share the >>>> occasional file with friends. Instead of taking a short sound clip and >>>> making a video out of it so I can share it with friends on facebook, I just >>>> put it on wallace and give them the url. I also keep copies of my pictures >>>> and music collection on wallace. So I have /var/www/html on wallace and >>>> the user account on wallace mounted on ladmo via nfs. I also have an ssh >>>> server on wallace so I can access it from ladmo and so I can transfer files >>>> between my phone and wallace via sftp. I had wallace connected to the >>>> router via the 100 mbit nic built into it until Saturday when I found a >>>> gigabit nic in the cabinet where I keep boxes of parts. >>>> >>>> Good luck with your setup Michael. I would suspect nobody knows what >>>> you're doing online except the CIA. :-) >>>> >>>> On 09/19/2018 10:34 PM, Michael Butash wrote: >>>> >>>> I use transmission-daemon as a server on the vm with the vpn, and >>>> connect to the server on port 9091 with a transmission-remote client on >>>> your local lan workstation. The vpn should override your default routing, >>>> and make sure to kill ipv6 as a sysctl too. I setup a dns for the local >>>> server ip running the transmission server, and make it available on a >>>> bridged interface to the rest of my lan. I use stickshift on my phone to >>>> manage/view them then. I usually run squid socks proxy on it too, using a >>>> proxy switcher on chrome as an extension to flip between on and off use out >>>> that connection as well. >>>> >>>> For extra credit, I setup unbound to do encrypted dns to cloudflare on >>>> it via some google tutorials, and I use zerotier as a link all my servers >>>> and clients into a local-ish lan vpn that I can access on cell, work, >>>> public wifi, wherever really. Check them out at zerotier.com. >>>> >>>> -mb >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 3:56 PM Jim wrote: >>>> >>>>> I finally got the vpn working, but I'm having trouble with >>>>> bittorrent. So far I've tried Deluge. The next time I have time to mess >>>>> with it, I can try another bittorrent client. Michael, which one do you >>>>> use? >>>>> >>>>> On 09/18/2018 11:35 AM, Michael Butash wrote: >>>>> >>>>> How are you configuring the openvpn connection? Using PIA vpn, they >>>>> give you an openvpn file to connect with, or at least did last I set it up, >>>>> and otherwise should just need the package dependencies installed with >>>>> openvpn. >>>>> >>>>> I'd say launch openvpn via the cli in debug to see what errors it's >>>>> giving with the ovpn file. >>>>> >>>>> Bridge or nat should be irrelevant, I've run mine both ways. You >>>>> should only need ports 1194 out to your VPN provider, you don't need to >>>>> port forward one back, and actually recommend you do NOT unless you're >>>>> wanting an openvpn server yourself to connect back to. Mine works fine out >>>>> via NAT. >>>>> >>>>> -mb >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:57 PM Jim wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I decided to try a virtual machine for bittorrent. The host machine >>>>>> runs kubuntu 14.04 with 4GB RAM. I've installed virtualbox 5.2.18. >>>>>> The >>>>>> virtual machine is running lubuntu 18 and has 1GB RAM. The problem >>>>>> is >>>>>> with the vpn. I can't get openvpn or pptp to work. I configured >>>>>> them >>>>>> using the same instructions I did on the host machine. When I try to >>>>>> start a VPN connction(openvpn or pptp) on the guest machine, the >>>>>> icon >>>>>> appears to show it's trying to connect, then it just stops without >>>>>> offering any error message. In Virtualbox's settings for the guest >>>>>> machine under network, I chose attached to NAT. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any ideas what I should do different? >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 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