PIA VPN port forward transmission

[marian78]

hi,

i use openvpn to connect transmission plugin over PIA VPN. But on some trackers i need set portforward over VPN, because annnounce not working.

I wrote small script, that i run in jail. For now i test it. Maybe someone better than i can tune it (im not programer, script guru).

how script work:
1. check if some working file exists
2. install curl package
3. create inique random client id
4. get forwarded port from pia and wrote to work file "vpn_port_opened"
5. set new port in transmission
6. restart transmission

in script you must set:
XXXXXXX - user from PIA
YYYYYYYY - password from PIA
ZZZZ - user for transmission WEB UI
VVVV - password to transmission WEB UI

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# created with help PIA, 27.2.2016

#if exist file with port number, delete it
if [ -e "/tmp/vpn_port_opened" ]; then
       rm /tmp/vpn_port_opened
fi

#install curl if not installed
pkg install curl

#create client_id - generate random id. Only do this once to generate a clientid
if [ ! -e "/root/.pia_client_id" ]; then
    head -n 100 /dev/urandom | md5 > ~/.pia_client_id
fi

curl --insecure --data "user=XXXXXXX&pass=YYYYYYYY&client_id=$(cat /root/.pia_client_id)&local_ip=$(ifconfig tun0 | grep "inet " |cut -d" " -f2 | awk '{print $1}')" https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/vpninfo/port_forward_assignment | grep --only-matching  --extended-regexp '([0-9]{4,5})' | tee /tmp/vpn_port_opened
/usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/bin/transmission-remote localhost:9091 --auth ZZZZ:VVVV --port $(cat /tmp/vpn_port_opened)

service transmission restart

 

[dlavigne]

Did you modify this script or leave it as-is?

 

[marian78]

for now no, but find on this forum another script in bash.

 

[iDenny]

Almost 2 years later, I've faced same problem. My Transmission refuses to fetch port number from PIA servers. I've tested the script listed above, however without any success. Any of you guys managed to get it to work? Very strange problem because VPN gateway is placed in Sweden (I'm pretty sure that it worked before).