Does anyone know how to run qbittorrent and protonvpn in a VM? When I try to run the qbittorrent setup app I get this message (image below) and I don't see anything mentioning a VM in the qbittorrent [dot] org forum.
I am new to torrenting, so I don't really know what to do. I figured/assumed that torrenting/seeding in a VM might be safer as it is another layer deep, and that it may help keep traffic separate (inside the VM: I'd be using a vpn and torrenting, and outside the VM: I'd not be using a vpn and just regular internet surfing). Is this possible?
Thank you.
Regardless of where you decide to run your VPN (normal system, VM, or container), just don't forget to turn killswitch on in the VPN settings. ProtonVPN is very good at this. They have killswitch built-in in all their client apps. And it's quite a tricky thing to configure manually.
I just tie qbittorrent to the VPN virtual adapter, so even if Proton disconnects the traffic stops rather than moving over to my WAN IP.
Got an explanation for how to do this?
Preferences -> Advanced -> Network Interface
Then select the VPN connection. That's what I do for qbittorrent. Not sure about other programs.
My VPN connection appears to change whenever I connect, because it's connecting to the quickest server, so I am not able to use the same settings in qbittorrent. How do you manage server shifts like that?
The interface name changes each time? Mine looks like "TUN0" regardless of what VPN server i connect.to. you could try using a wireguard configuration set to a specific server if yours is changing each time.