Docker-transmission-openvpn: Seeding at 0kb/s

[zabernoki]

First off, amazing build. Almost everything is running perfectly and that's all thanks to the contributors here.

I've gotten Transmission running great with my VPN (OVPN). Download speeds are good and everything seems to work there. Unfortunately, my upload isn't working at all. I've port forwarded from OVPN and I passed that value to Transmission via "TRANSMISSION_PEER_PORT=" in my docker-compose file.

I'm not familiar with openVPN but it seems like maybe something there isn't allowing me to use the port for seeding. Is there a parameter or setting that I need to provide somewhere for that as well?

Here's my current docker-compose setup if that helps to call out any issues.

transmission:
image: haugene/transmission-openvpn
    ports:
      - "9091:9091"
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /home/messy/apps/transmission/data:/data
      - /media/external/downloads:/data/completed:rw
      - /media/external/downloads/_incomplete:/data/incomplete:rw
    devices:
      - "/dev/net/tun -d"
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    sysctls:
      - net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0
    environment:
      - uid=1000
      - gid=1000
      - "OPENVPN_PROVIDER=OVPN"
      - "OPENVPN_CONFIG=Sweden"
      - "OPENVPN_USERNAME=USERNAME"
      - "OPENVPN_PASSWORD=PASSWORD"
      - "LOCAL_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24"
      - "TRANSMISSION_PEER_PORT=62823"
    dns:
      - 8.8.8.8
      - 8.8.4.4
    restart: always
    privileged: true
    container_name: transmission

I know this was predominantly built for the PIA community, but hoping somebody can at least point me in the right direction. I've googled as much information as I could but I'm kind of at the end of my knowledge base so thank you in advance for any guidance!

[illegalprime]

I have the same issue with mine, I just get stuck at:

[zabernoki]

@illegalprime It looks like you aren't even able to initialize the download. I'm getting really good download speeds and completions, but I can't seed to anyone.

I don't have any great advice to solve your problem, but I will say that I moved to PIA instead of OVPN because it's better supported here. Didn't help with my upload but it has some nice features around randomizing ports automatically and things like that. If you're not using PIA I might give it a try to see if you can at least get your download going.

[illegalprime]

@zabernoki thanks for the help! I actually got it working and made a PR: #306

[zabernoki]

@illegalprime Oh awesome! Are you getting any seeding ratio as a bi-product or just able to download now?

[illegalprime]

@zabernoki My upload / download ratios are about even

[illegalprime]

@zabernoki you can use the illegalprime/transmission-openvpn image to test.

[zabernoki]

@illegalprime Oh wow, if this solves my issue I will be forever thankful. I'll give it a go tonight.

[illegalprime]

This is my docker-compose.yaml

version: "3"
services:
    transmission:
        image: illegalprime/transmission-openvpn
        ports:
          - "9091:9091"
        volumes:
          - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
          - /home/michael/Downloads/Transmission:/data
        devices:
          - "/dev/net/tun -d"
        cap_add:
          - NET_ADMIN
        environment:
          - uid=1000
          - gid=1000
          - "OPENVPN_PROVIDER=PIA"
          - "OPENVPN_CONFIG=Sweden"
          - "OPENVPN_USERNAME=<username>"
          - "OPENVPN_PASSWORD=<password>"
          - "TRANSMISSION_PEER_PORT=62823"
        dns:
          - 8.8.8.8
          - 8.8.4.4
        restart: always
        privileged: true
        container_name: transmission

[aphentik]

Hello guys, same problem here with TORGUARD. Is it a global problem ? I'm quite sure that is was working before as I have 40GB of upload on my transmission history.
Can you explain the problem and a fix without using your fork ?

[zabernoki]

@aphentik Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a solution on the new fork. So I'm still in the same boat as you.

[kevinkhill]

@illegalprime, I don't know why the maintainer's version didn't work for me... But I copied your compose file, swapped PIA for VPNTUNNEL and the username and password and it spun right up. Thank you!