Torrent-Samba-server-with-VPN

A guide for setting up a Torrent Samba server with VPN on a Ubuntu server image. This is meant as a guide for my self for future use.

Install Ubuntu

with username torrent

Install Samba

sudo apt update \
&& sudo apt install -y samba

edit the config file

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

and add these lines to the bottom of the file

[sambashare]
    comment = Samba on Ubuntu
    path = /home/torrent
    read only = no
    browsable = yes

restart samba and add to firewall

sudo service smbd restart \
&& sudo ufw allow samba

setup password for username on samba

sudo smbpasswd -a torrent

Install Docker

from the Docker documentation. Add Docker's official GPG key:

sudo apt-get update \
&& sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl \
&& sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings \
&& sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc \
&& sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

Add the repository to Apt sources:

echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null \
&& sudo apt-get update

Install Docker and required extensions

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Install the Transmission container with VPN

from the Github repo docker-transmission-openvpn

in the home/torrent folder, run

mkdir vpnconfig

Export username and password of NordVPN as environment variables retrieve from here

export NORDVPNUSER=<username>
export NORDVPNPASS=<password>

Using NordVPN

$ sudo docker run --cap-add=NET_ADMIN -d \
-v /home/torrent/:/data \
-v /home/torrent/vpnconfig/:/config \
-e OPENVPN_PROVIDER=NORDVPN \
-e NORDVPN_COUNTRY=NL \
-e OPENVPN_USERNAME=$NORDVPNUSER \
-e OPENVPN_PASSWORD=$NORDVPNPASS \
-e LOCAL_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24 \
--log-driver json-file \
--log-opt max-size=10m \
-p 9091:9091 \
-d --restart unless-stopped \
-d --name torrentserver \
haugene/transmission-openvpn

Test your Torrent server behind a VPN connection