• Gluetun and NZB

    Published: November 14, 2025 | Updated: November 15, 2025

    Concept

    flowchart LR

subgraph AA [Docker Containers]
A[gluetun];
B[nzbhydra2];
C[Node.js client];
end

E[Internet];
Z{gluetun VPN Proxy Network};
A --> Z;
B --> Z;
C --> Z;
Z --> E;

    compose.yml file

    
services:
  gluetun:
    image: qmcgaw/gluetun:latest
    container_name: gluetun
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    devices:
      - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
    environment:
      VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER: ${VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER}
      VPN_TYPE: ${VPN_TYPE}
      WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY: ${WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY}
      WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES: ${WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES}
      SERVER_COUNTRIES: ${SERVER_COUNTRIES}
    volumes:
      - ./gluetun:/gluetun
    ports:
      - 8089:8080
      - 5076:5076
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- https://ipinfo.io/ip || exit 1"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5
  nzbhydra2:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/nzbhydra2:latest
    container_name: nzbhydra2
    network_mode: "service:gluetun"
    depends_on:
      gluetun:
        condition: service_healthy
    environment:
      PUID: ${PUID}
      PGID: ${PGID}
      TZ: ${TZ}
    volumes:
      - ./nzbhydra:/config
      - ./downloads:/downloads
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl https://ipinfo.io/ip || exit 1"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5
  sabnzbd:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest
    container_name: sabnzbd
    user: "1000:1000"
    network_mode: "service:gluetun"
    depends_on:
      gluetun:
        condition: service_healthy
    environment:
      PUID: ${PUID}
      PGID: ${PGID}
      TZ: ${TZ}
    volumes:
      - ./sabnzbd:/config
      - /storage/storagefs/downloads/complete:/downloads
      - /storage/storagefs/downloads/incomplete:/incomplete-downloads
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- https://ipinfo.io/ip || exit 1"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 5

    .env file

    
PUID=1000

PGID=1000

TZ=Europe/Berlin

VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=yourprovider

VPN_TYPE=wireguard

WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY=yourprivatekey

WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES=providersnetwork

SERVER_COUNTRIES=yourcountries

    Prompts

    test from host:

    docker run --rm --network=container:gluetun alpine:3.20 sh -c "apk add wget && wget -qO- https://ipinfo.io"

    test from guest:

    
wget -qO- https://ipinfo.io/ip

    Sources

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