quick and dirty yt-dlp worker to use yt-dlp through a VPN to avoid getting your IP blocked. Note: the yt-dlp container is hardcoded to use an archive file and a batchfile...

gistfile1.txt

version: "3.8"
services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    container_name: gluetun
    # container_name: gluetun
    # line above must be uncommented to allow external containers to connect.
    # See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/connect-a-container-to-gluetun.md#external-container-to-gluetun
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
      - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
    ports:
      - 8888:8888/tcp # HTTP proxy
      - 8388:8388/tcp # Shadowsocks
      - 8388:8388/udp # Shadowsocks
    volumes:
      - ./gluetun:/gluetun
    environment:
      # See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/tree/main/setup#setup
      - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=myspecialvpn
      - VPN_TYPE=wireguard
      - SERVER_COUNTRIES=Sweden
      - FIREWALL_VPN_INPUT_PORTS=12345 # Not actually required here, but I like copy/paste
      # OpenVPN:
      #- OPENVPN_USER=
      #- OPENVPN_PASSWORD=
      # Wireguard:
      - WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY=0123456789abcdefghjklm+/123456789=
      - WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES=10.1.2.3/32 
      - WIREGUARD_PRESHARED_KEY=ILikemesomerandombase64+/=
      # Timezone for accurate log times
      - TZ=UTC
      # Server list updater
      # See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/servers.md#update-the-vpn-servers-list
      - UPDATER_PERIOD=24h
  yt-dlp:
    container_name: yt-dlp
    image: yt_dlp
    volumes:
      - /mnt/data/yt:/data 
      # /data is configured by default as the dl directory, the archive.log and the download.txt files location

gistfile2.txt

# Use Python 3.10 as the base image
FROM python:3.10

# Install FFmpeg
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y ffmpeg && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Install yt-dlp via pip
RUN pip install yt-dlp

# Create a new user 'appuser' to run the container as non-root
RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash appuser

# Switch to the new user
USER appuser

# Set the default working directory
WORKDIR /data

# Set default command to run yt-dlp with provided arguments
CMD ["yt-dlp", "--download-archive", "/data/archive.log", "--restrict-filenames", "-P", "/data", "--batch-file", "/data/download.txt", "--add-metadata", "--cache-dir", "/data/cache", "--embed-thumbnail", "--progress", "--sub-langs", "en", "--embed-subs", "--embed-chapters"]