How to host a docker based proxy for selected containers
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-elmuz- · 2023-11-02 21:53

I am still trying to figure out what I am looking for, so please
forgive me in case of non-senses.

Basically, I would like that few of my containers to use a proxy
whenever they need to access the external world (e.g. Sonarr and its
friends). At the moment, for Deluge I am using [binhex docker
image](https://github.com/binhex/arch-delugevpn), an all in one
solution for torrent, vpn and so on. Just to add an extra security
layer, I would like to obfuscate from my ISP all the calls that the
*Arr friends are doing to the usual search engines.

One option I could find is
[Gluetun](https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun), which looks very popular
and actively maintained. In this case we have one single point of
contact with VPN provider. The other containers should be run with
`network_mode: service:gluetun`. If I understand correctly, those
container will use VPN for every network operation, even for inter-
container communication. Would they be visible for the containers not
attached to gluetun (e.g. the SWAG reverse proxy)?

I also have found this
[MullvadProxy](https://github.com/bernardko/mullvad-proxy/tree/main)
which sounds more what I am looking for, but it looks a bit more
complex and I don't fully get the role of all the components in the
docker-compose example. Moreover it doesn't seem to be maintained
anymore.

Can you point me to the right direction?

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clintkev251 · 2023-11-02 22:17

Why not just enable privoxy on your existing deluge container and use
that?

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-elmuz- · 2023-11-02 22:41

I believe I had never understood what privoxy was. I have the feeling
that the solution was just under my nose and I didn't notice. Thank
you for the hint, I will investigate and test asap :-)