Not working, Not sure why

[m-delc]

In docker compose, I've tried leaving the config blank and also tried putting "US" in it, but honestly I'm not sure what do to either way. I'm also not positive that I'm doing env variables correctly (for USERNAME and PASSWORD) but it doesn't seem that the logs are complaining about my credentials, so I suppose it's alright.

Logs tell me to "remember not to specify an .ovpn" but I'm not specifying one.

Logs:

Starting container with revision: 901c0d2def15fcbd2e2cde2bddd1799678e85a31
WARNING: initial DNS resolution test failed
Creating TUN device /dev/net/tun
Using OpenVPN provider: NORDVPN
Running with VPN_CONFIG_SOURCE auto
Provider NORDVPN has a bundled setup script. Defaulting to internal config
Executing setup script for NORDVPN
Downloading user specified config. NORDVPN_PROTOCOL is set to: UDP
2022-08-18 00:08:36 Checking curl installation
2022-08-18 00:08:36 Removing existing configs
2022-08-18 00:08:36 Selecting the best server...
2022-08-18 00:08:36 Searching for technology: openvpn_udp
2022-08-18 00:08:36 Unable to find a server with the specified parameters, using any recommended server
2022-08-18 00:08:36 Best server : 
2022-08-18 00:08:36 Downloading config: default.ovpn
2022-08-18 00:08:36 Downloading from: https://downloads.nordcdn.com/configs/files/ovpn_udp/servers/.udp.ovpn
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: downloads.nordcdn.com
Supplied config US.ovpn could not be found.
Your options for this provider are:
NB: Remember to not specify .ovpn as part of the config name.
Starting container with revision: 901c0d2def15fcbd2e2cde2bddd1799678e85a31
WARNING: initial DNS resolution test failed
Creating TUN device /dev/net/tun
Using OpenVPN provider: NORDVPN
Running with VPN_CONFIG_SOURCE auto
Provider NORDVPN has a bundled setup script. Defaulting to internal config
Executing setup script for NORDVPN
Downloading user specified config. NORDVPN_PROTOCOL is set to: UDP
2022-08-18 00:09:42 Checking curl installation
2022-08-18 00:09:42 Removing existing configs
2022-08-18 00:09:42 Selecting the best server...
2022-08-18 00:09:42 Searching for technology: openvpn_udp
2022-08-18 00:09:42 Unable to find a server with the specified parameters, using any recommended server
2022-08-18 00:09:42 Best server : 
2022-08-18 00:09:42 Downloading config: default.ovpn
2022-08-18 00:09:42 Downloading from: https://downloads.nordcdn.com/configs/files/ovpn_udp/servers/.udp.ovpn
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: downloads.nordcdn.com
Supplied config US.ovpn could not be found.
Your options for this provider are:
NB: Remember to not specify .ovpn as part of the config name.

docker compose:

version: '3.3'
services:
    transmission-openvpn:
        container_name: transmission-openvpn
        cap_add:
            - NET_ADMIN
        volumes:
            - '/media/debiandude/12TB/Torrents:/data'
        environment:
            - OPENVPN_PROVIDER=NORDVPN
            - OPENVPN_CONFIG=US
            - OPENVPN_USERNAME=${USERNAME}
            - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=${PASSWORD}
            - LOCAL_NETWORK=192.168.0.0/16
        logging:
            driver: json-file
            options:
                max-size: 10m
        ports:
            - '9091:9091'
        image: haugene/transmission-openvpn

[m-delc]

I have tried running it with the config blank, as Starting OpenVPN seems to suggest is ok to do for NordVPN, but I'm not able to connect. I have hard-coded the username/password into the docker-compose.yml, still I cannot get this to start.

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.3'
services:
    transmission-openvpn:
        container_name: transmission-openvpn
        cap_add:
            - NET_ADMIN
        volumes:
            - '/media/debiandude/12TB/Torrents:/data'
        environment:
            - OPENVPN_PROVIDER=NORDVPN
            - OPENVPN_CONFIG=
            - OPENVPN_USERNAME=un
            - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=psw
            - LOCAL_NETWORK=192.168.0.0/16
        logging:
            driver: json-file
            options:
                max-size: 10m
        ports:
            - '9091:9091'
        image: haugene/transmission-openvpn

Logs:

Starting container with revision: 901c0d2def15fcbd2e2cde2bddd1799678e85a31
WARNING: initial DNS resolution test failed
Creating TUN device /dev/net/tun
Using OpenVPN provider: NORDVPN
Running with VPN_CONFIG_SOURCE auto
Provider NORDVPN has a bundled setup script. Defaulting to internal config
Executing setup script for NORDVPN
2022-08-18 02:09:41 Checking curl installation
2022-08-18 02:09:41 Removing existing configs
2022-08-18 02:09:41 Selecting the best server...
2022-08-18 02:09:41 Searching for technology: openvpn_udp
2022-08-18 02:09:41 Unable to find a server with the specified parameters, using any recommended server
2022-08-18 02:09:41 Best server : 
2022-08-18 02:09:41 Downloading config: default.ovpn
2022-08-18 02:09:41 Downloading from: https://downloads.nordcdn.com/configs/files/ovpn_udp/servers/.udp.ovpn
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: downloads.nordcdn.com
No VPN configuration provided. Using default.
Modifying /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn for best behaviour in this container
Modification: Point auth-user-pass option to the username/password file
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
Modification: Change ca certificate path
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
Modification: Change ping options
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
Modification: Update/set resolv-retry to 15 seconds
Modification: Change tls-crypt keyfile path
Modification: Set output verbosity to 3
Modification: Remap SIGUSR1 signal to SIGTERM, avoid OpenVPN restart loop
Setting OpenVPN credentials...
adding route to local network 192.168.0.0/16 via 172.23.0.1 dev eth0
Thu Aug 18 02:10:21 2022 disabling NCP mode (--ncp-disable) because not in P2MP client or server mode
Options error: You must define TUN/TAP device (--dev)
Use --help for more information.
Starting container with revision: 901c0d2def15fcbd2e2cde2bddd1799678e85a31
WARNING: initial DNS resolution test failed
Creating TUN device /dev/net/tun
Using OpenVPN provider: NORDVPN
Running with VPN_CONFIG_SOURCE auto
Provider NORDVPN has a bundled setup script. Defaulting to internal config
Executing setup script for NORDVPN
2022-08-18 02:20:32 Checking curl installation
2022-08-18 02:20:32 Removing existing configs
2022-08-18 02:20:32 Selecting the best server...
2022-08-18 02:20:32 Searching for technology: openvpn_udp
2022-08-18 02:20:32 Unable to find a server with the specified parameters, using any recommended server
2022-08-18 02:20:32 Best server : 
2022-08-18 02:20:32 Downloading config: default.ovpn
2022-08-18 02:20:32 Downloading from: https://downloads.nordcdn.com/configs/files/ovpn_udp/servers/.udp.ovpn
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: downloads.nordcdn.com
No VPN configuration provided. Using default.
Modifying /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn for best behaviour in this container
Modification: Point auth-user-pass option to the username/password file
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
Modification: Change ca certificate path
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
Modification: Change ping options
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /etc/openvpn/nordvpn/default.ovpn: No such file or directory
Modification: Update/set resolv-retry to 15 seconds
Modification: Change tls-crypt keyfile path
Modification: Set output verbosity to 3
Modification: Remap SIGUSR1 signal to SIGTERM, avoid OpenVPN restart loop
Setting OpenVPN credentials...
adding route to local network 192.168.0.0/16 via 172.23.0.1 dev eth0
Thu Aug 18 02:21:12 2022 disabling NCP mode (--ncp-disable) because not in P2MP client or server mode
Options error: You must define TUN/TAP device (--dev)
Use --help for more information.

[edgd1er]

hi

your problem is a dns problem ( WARNING: initial DNS resolution test failed). you could try to set the dns in the compose file,

[pkishino]

https://haugene.github.io/docker-transmission-openvpn/run-container/#3_you_might_not_be_able_to_access_the_web_ui_on_the_first_try

[m-delc]

My local network is standard 192.168.1.xxx

[m-delc]

my docker compose has 192.168.0.0/16 but I thought it would work fine for my network. I changed it in the docker compose to 192.168.1.0/16 just to be sure, but it hangs at the same spot.

Is this docker container supposed to launch the actual transmission client?

[m-delc]

Ok. So, I was able to piece together from the documentation that there is a Web UI available for this Transmission instance. I guess I'm meant to only be using the web ui and not a local client. I uploaded a torrent file into the web ui, tested for IP, and it is the vpn's ip. Thanks for your help.

[pkishino]

Yes, only a web client