I’m running a media server using Docker with qBittorrent and Gluetun. I’ve set up qBittorrent to use the VPN connection (via Gluetun), but I’m still experiencing slow upload speeds (100-200 KiB/s), even with 313 active torrents.
When I disable the VPN, the speeds improve dramatically (9GB uploaded in 10 minutes). So, the issue seems to be related to the VPN (AirVPN in this case). I’ve selected a server in my city using the configuration generated by the AirVPN config generator.
Below is my docker-compose.yml configuration for reference:
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services:
gluetun:
image: qmcgaw/gluetun
container_name: gluetun
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN # Allows VPN container to manage network interfaces
environment:
- TZ=Europe/Stockholm # Set the timezone
- VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=airvpn # AirVPN as the provider
- VPN_TYPE=wireguard # Using WireGuard VPN protocol
- WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY=########### # Replace with your private key
- WIREGUARD_PRESHARED_KEY=######### # Replace with your preshared key
- WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES=#######/32 # VPN address
- WIREGUARD_ENDPOINT_IP=########## # VPN server IP
- WIREGUARD_ENDPOINT_PORT=1637 # VPN endpoint port
- SERVER_COUNTRIES=Sweden # Choose a country (Sweden here)
- FIREWALL_VPN_INPUT_PORTS=38746 # Ensure your torrent port is open
- DNS=10.128.0.1 # DNS server for VPN traffic
volumes:
- /home/user/docker/gluetun:/gluetun # Mount config folder
ports:
- 8080:8080 # qBittorrent Web UI port
- 38746:38746 # Torrenting port (TCP)
- 38746:38746/udp # Torrenting port (UDP)
- 1637:1637/udp # WireGuard port for VPN
restart: unless-stopped
qbittorrent:
image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest
container_name: qbittorrent
network_mode: "service:gluetun" # Use Gluetun VPN network
environment:
- PUID=${PUID} # User ID for correct file permissions
- PGID=${GUID} # Group ID for correct file permissions
- TZ=${TZ} # Timezone
- WEBUI_PORT=8080 # Web UI port
- TORRENTING_PORT=38746 # Set your torrent port
volumes:
- ${BASE_PATH}/qbittorrent/config:/config # qBittorrent config folder
- ${MEDIA_SHARE}:/share # Mount your media share
- /home/user:/temp:/temp # Temporary folder for torrents
restart: unless-stopped
Any suggestions or similar experiences? I’m thinking AirVPN might just not be ideal for torrenting, but I’d love some input from others.