Hi all, writing this short guide documenting the steps I took to install Express VPN on my proxmox container.
USE CASE: I have just installed qBittorrent LXC container to replace my Atlas Windows VM running ExpressVPN and qBittorrent applications, as containers use less CPU and RAM than VM's. I quickly discovered I can't use qBittorrent container when not connected to a VPN to download files.
Installation of qBittorrent Container
I use tteck's kind library for simply installing VMs/Containers.
https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/
Run through the setup wizard presented in the PVE shell
Once completed, continue to the next step with the CONTAINER TURNED OFF
Installing ExpressVPN
I use Express VPN mainly for its lightway protocol, however, it seems to only be accessible via the ExpressVPN application which I don't believe can be run on the same container as qBittorrent. Instead we're going to be using the OpenVPN protocol which is also supported for manual installs of ExpressVPN.
To install OpenVPN in the container, I followed this guide
MAKE SURE YOUR CONTAINER IS TURNED OFF FIRST
For
Unfortunately, I ran into an error
To fix this, I had to change
I then followed this guide by ExpressVPN themselves which seemed to work for me
USE CASE: I have just installed qBittorrent LXC container to replace my Atlas Windows VM running ExpressVPN and qBittorrent applications, as containers use less CPU and RAM than VM's. I quickly discovered I can't use qBittorrent container when not connected to a VPN to download files.
Installation of qBittorrent Container
I use tteck's kind library for simply installing VMs/Containers.
https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/
Run through the setup wizard presented in the PVE shell
Once completed, continue to the next step with the CONTAINER TURNED OFF
Installing ExpressVPN
I use Express VPN mainly for its lightway protocol, however, it seems to only be accessible via the ExpressVPN application which I don't believe can be run on the same container as qBittorrent. Instead we're going to be using the OpenVPN protocol which is also supported for manual installs of ExpressVPN.
To install OpenVPN in the container, I followed this guide
MAKE SURE YOUR CONTAINER IS TURNED OFF FIRST
For
apt install openvpn git this didn't work for me and instead I had to type apt-get install openvpn git.Unfortunately, I ran into an error
The system does not have the TUN device availableTo fix this, I had to change
lxc.cgroup.devices..... to lxc.cgroup2.devices in the container .conf file, once changed I started up the container and ran through the steps again in the guide, this worked for me and I was able to run through the setup wizard for OpenVPNI then followed this guide by ExpressVPN themselves which seemed to work for me
