seedbits/docked-vpn repository overview

⁠docked-vpn

A docker proxy with VPN support

⁠How to Use

⁠Starting Docked-VPN

You can start Docked-VPN with the following command:

docker run -v $(pwd)/<path-to-config-dir>:/vpn --privileged seedbits/docked-vpn:latest

Breaking down the above command:

• docker run: The command to run docker container.

• -v $(pwd)/<path-to-config-dir>:/vpn: This option makes your config directory accessible to the Docked-VPN container. The path to this directory inside the container will be /vpn. Your config directory is expected to contain a bash file run.sh and any configuration files required by run.sh. Docked-VPN will execute run.sh to start OpenVPN with the configuration of your choice. Typically, run.sh contains the following single command:

  openvpn --config my-config.conf --auth-user-pass my-creds.txt"
  

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where my-config.conf is the OpenVPN configuration of your VPN provider and my-creds.txt contains the username and password for your VPN.

• --privileged: Flag that grants docker the privilege to create tun interface.
• seedbits/docked-vpn: The docker image name.

⁠Connecting to Docked-VPN

Once the container starts up, you can use port 3128 of the container to connect to the proxy. Configure your browser/software to use this proxy to route your traffic through the VPN.

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