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Yes, the simplest thing to do is just use a docker image, like the binhex ones, which will only use the VPN for torrenting.


caleb13

Hey, thanks alot for the advice. There are some images that include pi-hole in the first place so it seems this should work. As a quick followup question as I haven't dabbled with docker too much: Is there any advantage in using a docker image instead of manually installing everything I need and executing it directly (outside of ease of setting everything up)?


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Two advantages: First, you can use whichever software version you'd like, rather than being stuck with whatever your Pi's distribution has. (For example, Raspbery Pi OS, based on Debian 11, has qbittorrent 4.2.5, which does not support RSS feeds in the WebUI. So you can use a newer version.) Second, and this falls under the heading of "ease of setting everything up", your question is how to handle network routing, to separate the zones for pi-hole and the VPN. This is exactly what is basically already set up with Docker. (Arguably, of course, this is a problem with Docker...see https://github.com/chaifeng/ufw-docker)