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I have Plex, Radarr, Prowlarr, and Qbittorrent all installed on the same dedicated server. I'm using a SOCKS5 proxy instead of a VPN, it works great because I set up Qbittorrent to use the proxy and I just leave it running 24/7. I also have Tailscale installed for remote access, setup for that is dead simple.
Here's my workflow if I'm away from home:
That's it. If I'm already at home, step 1 is not necessary.
Prowlarr and Radarr find the movie on my registered indexers, at the desired quality, and send the torrent to Qbittorrent. Then when the download is finished they automatically rename the files and move them to my Plex library (and they could do the same with Jellyfin). Roughly 10 minutes after I finish step 3 (more or less depending on seeds), the movie magically appears in my Plex library. I don't have to turn a VPN on or off.
You guys turned piracy into an automated factory game (Factorio). Well done.
It gets even more automated/complex when you add in something like overseerr which pairs up with sonarr and radarr to read your library and allows your users to search for a title and request it if it's not in your library. With the click of an approve button the automation will have their desired title on plex in a matter of minutes.
It's definitely not necessary, but damn it's convenient and easy now that it's set up. And my setup is relatively simple. Sonarr is for TV, Bazaar automates subtitles, there's Lidarr for music, and Readarr for books.... The list of 'arrs is long.
Can you elaborate on using a socks proxy? I assumed you would get an isp letter if you used one because people always recommended vpns.
Edit: also I don’t want to use tailscale or plex because proprietary. I’m not sure if it’s with mentioning because it looks like plex and plain router port forwarding will work for me.
Headscale is a self hosted version of tailscale, if you'd like to keep it as an option
I remember that there is a FOSS option, I just don’t see the need for it. My main issues are not being able to run my clear web torrents all the time and having duplicate files. I think I just need to spend a five hours typing simple but slightly too complicated to automate commands in the terminal to fix this.
Everyones process is a little different but that sounds unnecessarily complicated. See my other comment about the arrs through docker. You could probably do it all in a single compose file.
Tailscale isn't necessary, it's just what I use for remote access. And you can use Jellyfin/Emby/Kodi with Radarr too, it's not specific to Plex.
SOCKS5 proxy keeps the letters away (I live in NYC). I've read that it's because ISP's don't bother actually monitoring torrent traffic. They only act when a copyright holder reports your IP for piracy. So if you hide your IP then they can't see you.
A proxy is not encrypted, to be clear. But it turns out encryption isn't actually necessary if you just want your ISP to stop bugging you. If laws change and torrenting becomes more dangerous, I'll probably switch to a proper VPN. But a proxy is faster and easier.
Not OP, but this is good info. I’m going to be doing something like this over the course of the next few days, and these are good details. Thank you.
NP. I used this guide: https://youtu.be/LD8-Qr3B2-o?si=xneR6WNoEb5ND6xm
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https://youtu.be/LD8-Qr3B2-o?si=xneR6WNoEb5ND6xm
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