https://github.com/firecat53/pia_transmission_monitor

Update Transmission-daemon forwarded port and bound IP address when using privateinternetaccess.com via OpenVPN
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Update Transmission-daemon forwarded port and bound IP address when using privateinternetaccess.com via OpenVPN

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/firecat53/pia_transmission_monitor
• Owner: firecat53
• License: mit
• Archived: true
• Created: 2014-01-10T03:33:26.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-03-12T01:31:22.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-25T23:38:06.530Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 10
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.rst
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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README

        
PROJECT IS ARCHIVED. NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL WITH NEW PIA API

Port Forwarding Monitor for Transmission-daemon with PrivateInternetAccess VPN

==============================================================================

This is a script that monitors assigned privateinternetaccess.com port

forwarding ports and the bind address, and adjusts the values in

Transmission-daemon's settings.json to ensure continuous operation and no

information leakage outside the VPN.

Requirements

------------

.. warning::

   The OpenVPN setup I use routes *all* internet traffic through the VPN, so if

   you are expecting to retain SSH access to a remote server, don't use this

   without modification! I haven't tried to setup a separate network for

   torrent traffic...but I have locked myself out by starting up OpenVPN on a

   remote server!

1. Linux Server, VPS or LXC container

   - Should work with any distro using 'service' or 'systemctl' to start/stop daemons

2. PrivateInternetAccess.com account

   - You need your User and Password `from here`_ 

   - Good info on `port forwarding setup`_ and on generating a client_id

   - client_id

3. Working OpenVPN setup with privateinternetaccess_

   - Make sure you use one of the gateways listed there that support port forwarding.

4. Working transmission-daemon

5. Python (python 2.7+ or python 3+)

Installation

------------

1. Copy script to location of your choice (/usr/local/bin, ~/.local/bin/, etc.)

   OR

1. ``# python setup.py install`` OR ``$ python setup.py install --user``

2. Generate client_id and store in a file (e.g. ~/.pia_client_id)

3. Copy config.ini.sample to /etc/pia_transmission_monitor/config.ini or

   ~/.config/pia_transmission_monitor/config.ini

4. Edit config.ini as necessary. It should be self-explanatory

5. Make sure that the client_id file and the pia_cred file have appropriate

   permissions to be read by the user running this script.

Usage

-----

1. Use whatever startup mechanism you desire to have port_check.py start at

   boot time. For example, here is /etc/rc.local on a Debian system::

    su -l -c "/home//.local/bin/port_check.py"  &

2. The script will start and stop openvpn and transmission-daemon as required

   if the forwarded port changes.

TODO

----

1. Experiment with supervisord to manage the port_check.py script. This may

   make configuration manager (ansible, et. al.) deployment easier

.. _from here: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-control-panel

.. _port forwarding setup:

   https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/180/port-forwarding-without-the-application-advanced-users

.. _openvpn.zip: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip

.. _privateinternetaccess:

   https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/client-support/