As I'd moved from TrueNAS to Ubuntu, I was moving most everything to a Docker container, and Transmission (using OpenVPN) was no different.

Under TrueNAS, I'd used a jail (https://www.nodinrogers.com/posts/2020-11-07-freenas-transmission-jail-with-openvpn/), but jails don't exist in Ubuntu, so Docker is the way to go. …

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I was running Transmission on a virtual machine, but that VM decided to stop working, so I decided it was time to move to something a little more isolated, and easier to rebuild if/when the time comes.

Doing some research, aka, poking around the internet using The Google, I found a decent guide, which I modified a bit, …

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I wanted to use a VPN on a Linux server (Ubuntu), using Private Internet Access, but without using the PIA client.

Steps

1. Install OpenVPN (I also install curl and net-tools, as I frequently use both):

   sudo apt-get install openvpn curl net-tools
   

2. Get necessary OpenVPN files from Private Internet Access, and copy local …

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