https://homelab.nbkelley.com/tags/airvpn/ Recent content in Airvpn on homelab Hugo en Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://homelab.nbkelley.com/docs/services/gluetun-vpn/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://homelab.nbkelley.com/docs/services/gluetun-vpn/ <h1 id="gluetun-vpn-service">Gluetun VPN Service<a class="anchor" href="#gluetun-vpn-service">#</a></h1> <h2 id="what-was-established">What Was Established<a class="anchor" href="#what-was-established">#</a></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Gluetun</strong> is a lightweight Docker container acting as a dedicated VPN gateway for other containers.</li> <li>Implements the <strong>sidecar pattern</strong>: dependent containers (e.g., qBittorrent, nzbget, prowlarr) share Gluetun&rsquo;s network namespace via <code>network_mode: &quot;service:gluetun&quot;</code>.</li> <li>AirVPN selected as the provider over ProtonVPN/Mullvad due to superior port forwarding support required for P2P services.</li> <li>Container-level VPN on the servarr VM is architecturally separate from the network-level UniFi VPN on Helms Deep (VLAN 2).</li> </ul> <h2 id="deployment-context">Deployment Context<a class="anchor" href="#deployment-context">#</a></h2> <p>Gluetun runs on the <strong>servarr VM</strong> (<code>192.168.1.112</code>) as part of the Servarr Docker Compose stack at <code>/docker/servarr/</code>. It is configured via <code>.env</code> file in that directory.</p>