Prowlarr VPN documentation

content/advanced/prowlarr-behind-vpn.md

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+title: "Running Prowlarr behind the VPN"
+date: 2024-09-27T16:44:00-03:00
+draft: false
+weight: 3
+summary: How to put Prowlarr behind the VPN just like qBitTorrent
+---
+
+While not usually illegal, downloading .torrent files can be a grey area in a lot of places. Because of this, some ISPs will attempt to block indexers.
+An obvious way around this is by putting Prowlarr itself behind the VPN. Here's the steps to do that
+
+
+## Modifying Prowlarr
+- Open your `docker-compose.yaml` file in your text editor of choice
+- Scroll down to the `prowlarr` service and remove the `ports` section
+- Add a new line: `network_mode: "service:gluetun"` (if you've renamed your Gluetun service, be sure to match the service names here)
+- Under the existing `environment` section, add this line `- WEBUI_PORT=9696`
+- Once finished, your Prowlarr service should look something like this
+  ```yaml
+  prowlarr:
+      image: lscr.io/linuxserver/prowlarr
+      container_name: prowlarr
+      network_mode: "service:gluetun"
+      environment:
+        - PUID=${PUID}
+        - PGID=${PGID}
+        - WEBUI_PORT=9696
+      volumes:
+        - ${INSTALL_DIRECTORY}/config/prowlarr:/config
+      restart: unless-stopped
+  ```
+
+## Modifying Gluetun
+- Scroll down to the `gluetun` section
+- Under the `ports` section, add this line `- 9696:9696/tcp`
+- Under the `environment` section, add this line: `- FIREWALL_OUTBOUND_SUBNETS=192.168.1.0/24` (NOTE: You'll want the subnet to match the subnet for your containers)
+  - If you're unsure what subnets your containers are running under, open up Portainer, click on `Containers`, and look in the `IP Address` column
+  - You really only need to care about the first two sections of the IP address. So if your containers are running under `172.18.X.X` then your entry would look like: `- FIREWALL_OUTBOUND_SUBNETS=172.18.1.0/24`
+- Once finished, your Gluetun service should look something like this:
+  ```yaml
+  gluetun:
+      image: qmcgaw/gluetun:v3
+      container_name: gluetun
+      cap_add:
+        - NET_ADMIN
+      devices:
+        - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
+      ports:
+        - 8888:8888/tcp # HTTP proxy
+        - 8388:8388/tcp # Shadowsocks
+        - 8388:8388/udp # Shadowsocks
+        - 8080:8080/tcp # gluetun
+        - 9696:9696/tcp
+      volumes:
+        - ${INSTALL_DIRECTORY}/config/gluetun:/config
+      environment:
+        - FIREWALL_OUTBOUND_SUBNETS=192.168.1.0/24 # NOTE: May look different on your system. Double check the subnets in Portainer
+      restart: unless-stopped`
+  ```
+
+Once all of your changes have been made, save and close the file
+
+In your terminal, run `yams restart` to bounce the stack and apply your changes