Sample Docker-compose file which shows how to set up Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, Lidarr, QBittorrent and a VPN container so that all all traffic from the containers is routed through the VPN. Also includes Plex and get_iplayer containers, which are not routed through the VPN.

docker-compose.yml

# Docker compose to set up containers for all services you need:
# VPN
#   Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Qbittorrent
# Non-VPN
#   Plex, get_iplayer
# Before running docker-compose, you should pre-create all of the following folders.
# Folders for Docker State:
#  /volume1/dockerdata.             - root where this docker-compose.yml should live
#  /volume1/dockerdata/plex         - Plex config and DB
#  /volume1/dockerdata/sonarr       - Sonarr config and DB
#  /volume1/dockerdata/radarr       - Radarr config and DB
#  /volume1/dockerdata/lidarr       - Lidarr config and DB
#  /volume1/dockerdata/qbt          - QBitorrent config and DB
#  /volume1/dockerdata/prowlarr     - Prowlarr config and DB
#  /volume1/dockerdata/get_iplayer  - Get_iPlayer config and DB
# Folders for Media etc:
#  /volume1/photo                   - Root storage for photo files
#  /volume1/music                   - Root storage for music files
#  /volume1/video                   - Root storage for video files
#  /volume1/video/TV                - folder for Sonarr/Plex TV shows
#  /volume1/video/Films             - folder for Radarr/Plex Movies
#  /volume1/video/Downloads         - QBT folder for TV downloads (that Sonarr will process)
#  /volume1/video/FilmDownloads     - QBT folder for Movie downloads (that Radarr will process)
#  /volume1/video/MusicDownloads    - QBT folder for Music downloads (that Lidarr will process)
#  /volume1/video/Downloads/iPlayer - Destination folder for get_iplayer. See https://github.com/Webreaper/SonarrAutoImport
# 
# Note that Sonarr and Radarr don't necessarily need the VPN if you're using Prowlarr for the indexers. 
# But Prowlarr should be behind the VPN to avoid ISPs that block indexers.

version: "2"
services:
    expressvpn:
        image: polkaned/expressvpn
        container_name: expressvpn
        environment:
            - ACTIVATION_CODE=YOUR_CODE_HERE
        cap_add:
            - NET_ADMIN
        devices:
            - "/dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun"
        privileged: true
        tty: true
        ports:
            # QBT UI Port
            - 8090:8090
            # Bittorrent port
            - 6881:6881
            - 6881:6881/udp
            # Web port
            - 8080:8080
            - 9117:9117
            # Sonarr port
            - 8989:8989
            # Radarr port
            - 7878:7878
            # Lidarr port
            - 8686:8686
            # Prowlarr port
            - 9696:9696
        command: /bin/bash
        restart: unless-stopped

    qbittorrent:
        image: linuxserver/qbittorrent
        container_name: qbittorrent
        environment:
            - PUID=1024
            - PGID=101
            - TZ=Europe/London
            - UMASK_SET=022
            - WEBUI_PORT=8090
        volumes:
            - /volume1/dockerdata/qbt/config:/config
            - /volume1/video/Seeding:/downloads
            - /volume1/video/Downloads:/tvdownloads 
            - /volume1/video/FilmDownloads:/filmdownloads 
            - /volume1/video/MusicDownloads:/musicdownloads
        network_mode: service:expressvpn
        restart: unless-stopped

    prowlarr:
        image: linuxserver/prowlarr:develop
        container_name: prowlarr
        environment:
            - PUID=1024
            - PGID=101
            - TZ=GB
        volumes:
            - /volume1/dockerdata/prowlarr:/config
        restart: unless-stopped
        network_mode: service:expressvpn
        depends_on:
            - expressvpn
            - qbittorrent
            
    sonarr:
        image: linuxserver/sonarr:latest
        container_name: sonarr_v3
        environment:
            - PUID=1024
            - PGID=101
            - TZ=GB
        volumes:
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - /volume1/dockerdata/sonarr/config:/config
            - /volume1/video/TV:/tv
            - /volume1/video/Downloads:/downloads
        restart: unless-stopped
        network_mode: service:expressvpn
        depends_on:
            - prowlarr
            - qbittorrent

    radarr:
        image: linuxserver/radarr:latest
        container_name: radarr_v3
        environment:
            - PUID=1024
            - PGID=101
            - TZ=GB
        volumes:
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - /volume1/dockerdata/radarr3/config:/config
            - /volume1/video/Films:/movies
            - /volume1/video/FilmDownloads:/downloads
        restart: unless-stopped
        network_mode: service:expressvpn
        depends_on:
            - prowlarr
            - qbittorrent

    lidarr:
        image: linuxserver/lidarr
        container_name: lidarr
        environment:
            - PUID=1024
            - PGID=101
            - TZ=GB
        volumes:
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - /volume1/dockerdata/lidarr/config:/config
            - /volume1/music:/music
            - /volume1/video/MusicDownloads:/downloads
        restart: unless-stopped
        network_mode: service:expressvpn
        depends_on:
            - prowlarr
            - qbittorrent
    plex:
        container_name: plex
        image: linuxserver/plex
        devices:
            - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
        privileged: true
        environment:
            PGID: '101'
            PUID: '1024'
            VERSION: docker
        network_mode: host
        restart: unless-stopped
        volumes:
            - /volume1/dockerdata/plex:/config:rw
            - /volume1/video/TV:/tv:rw
            - /volume1/video/Films:/movies:rw
            - /volume1/music:/music:rw
    get_player:
        container_name: get_iplayer
        image: kolonuk/get_iplayer
        environment:
            PGID: '101'
            PUID: '1024'
        ports:
            - 8181:8181/tcp
        restart: unless-stopped
        volumes:
            - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
            - /volume1/dockerdata/get_iplayer:/root/.get_iplayer:rw
            - /volume1/video/Downloads/iPlayer:/root/output:rw           

@Webreaper, no worries, I'll keep at it! If I restart EXPRESS VPN will every other container need restarting in order?

You should add overseerr to your stack as well and Tdarr.

@bryceprutsos do you have any sample of adding 2 services

Hi does anyone know how to setup the same docker-composer file with NordVPN? I tried a lot of things but nothing worked for me. The problem is when i go to connect the VPN all the containers ip addresses are changing. But Cedrik12 that's a good news you would say? Yes but the problem is that i can't go on the Web UI of my containers trough the localhost:. because every traffic is redirecting trough the vpn I can't access the containers web page to change configuration. There's my docker container file if you want to take a look.

version: "2"

services:
nordvpn:
image: ubuntu
container_name: nordvpn_test
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN
devices:
- "/dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun"
privileged: true
tty: true
ports:
# QBT UI Port
- 8080:8080
# Bittorrent port
- 6881:6881
- 6881:6881/udp
# Sonarr port
- 8989:8989
# Radarr port
- 7878:7878
# Jackett port
- 9117:9117
restart: unless-stopped

qbittorrent:
image: linuxserver/qbittorrent
container_name: qbittorrent_test
environment:
- PUID=1003
- PGID=1004
- TZ=America/New_York
- UMASK_SET=022
- WEBUI_PORT=8080
volumes:
- /media/dockerdata/qbt/config:/config
- /media/jellyfin/downloads
- /media/jellyfin/movies
- /media/jellyfin/shows
network_mode: service:nordvpn
restart: unless-stopped

jackett:
image: linuxserver/jackett
container_name: jackett_test
environment:
- TZ=America/New_York
volumes:
- /media/dockerdata/prowlarr:/config
restart: unless-stopped
network_mode: service:nordvpn
depends_on:
- nordvpn
- qbittorrent

sonarr:
image: linuxserver/sonarr:latest
container_name: sonarr_test
environment:
- PUID=1002
- PGID=1004
- TZ=America/New_York
volumes:
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
- /media/dockerdata/sonarr/config:/config

I did contact NordVPN and they said : NordVPN currently does not offer a port forwarding feature due to security reasons, although we are actively discussing whether this could be added to our server configuration in the future.

I'm lost. Anyway thanks for your help

Try Gluetun.

Thanks for this EZ setup.. It's been working for me for months now.. Today qbt stopped working.. Firewalled.. So I stopped my container and restarted. Now qbt cant find tun0 in the advanced setting....expressvpn is running from the look in my log files.. I am running this in Synology 1552+.
Any tips on getting this back up and running behind my VPN?

I've run this script. I removed Plex since I already had it working. My question is:

In Prowlarr >Add Download Client > qBittorrent

what do I put in the "Host" field

tried:
qbittorrent
localhost
192.168.1.24 (internal IP, works for accessing the webUI)

when i run:
docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' qbittorrent

i get no output.

Can anyone help?

Thanks for this EZ setup.. It's been working for me for months now.. Today qbt stopped working.. Firewalled.. So I stopped my container and restarted. Now qbt cant find tun0 in the advanced setting....expressvpn is running from the look in my log files.. I am running this in Synology 1552+. Any tips on getting this back up and running behind my VPN?

I got it working. I just removed polkaned/expressvpn code and replaced it with misioslav/expressvpn.. Now qbt see my tun0 in advance settings.

@vnl this should work just fine for nordVPN

  vpn:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun
    container_name: vpn
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    ports:
      - 8888:8888/tcp # HTTP proxy
      - 8388:8388/tcp # Shadowsocks
      - 8388:8388/udp # Shadowsocks
      - 8090:8090 # qbittorrent Web UI
      - 6881:6881 # qbittorrent
      - 6881:6881/udp # qbittorrent
      - 8389:8389/udp # Gluetun-Shadowsocks?
      - 8389:8389/tcp # Gluetun-Shadowsocks?
      - 8889:8889/tcp # Gluetun
      - 9696:9696 # prowlarr
      - 9117:9117
      - 8080:8080
      - 8989:8989 # sonarr
      - 7878:7878 # radarr
      - 8686:8686 # lidarr
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/gluetun:/gluetun
    environment:
      - VPNSP=nordvpn
      - OPENVPN_USER=abc
      - OPENVPN_PASSWORD=abc
      - REGION=Netherlands
      # Timezone for accurate log times
      - TZ=Europe/London
    restart: unless-stopped

Is anyone having problems with their vpn not connecting to servers? All i did was update my expressvpn... It starts, but says cant connect to smart location.

There's a few issues with https://github.com/Misioslav/expressvpn/issues?q=is%3Aissue+ so you might need to switch to another container.

My VPN connects fine, I am able to see my external IP on the expressvpn container, which geolocates where I would expect.

root@:/# curl ifconfig.io
xxx.xxx.36.46

However, my connected containers (qBitorrent, Radarr, etc) are not able to resolve DNS, although they are able to ping IP directly.

root@:/# curl ifconfig.io
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: ifconfig.io
root@:/# ping google.com
ping: bad address 'google.com'
root@:/# ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=0 ttl=55 time=105.545 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=55 time=42.904 ms

A portion of my docker-compose.yml

# ExpressVPN - VPN Manager
  expressvpn:
    image: polkaned/expressvpn
    container_name: expressvpn
    environment:
      - ACTIVATION_CODE=<code>
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
     - "/dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun"
    privileged: true
    tty: true
    ports:
      - 8090:8090 #qbittorrent WebUI
      - 6881:6881 #qbittorrent Torrent
      - 6881:6881/udp
      - 8091:8080 #WebUI
      - 9117:9117
      - 8989:8989 #Sonarr
      - 7878:7878 #Radarr
      - 8787:8787 #Readarr 
      - 9696:9696 #Prowlarr
    command: /bin/bash
    restart: unless-stopped
# qbittorrent - Torrent Manager
  qbittorrent:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest
    container_name: qbittorrent
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=US/Central
      - WEBUI_PORT=8090
      - TORRENTING_PORT=6881
    volumes:
      - ~/qbittorrent/data:/config
      - /downloads:/downloads
    network_mode: service:expressvpn
    restart: unless-stopped

Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot?