Setting Up Gluetun: VPN Container for All Your Docker Services

Setting Up Gluetun: VPN Container for All Your Docker Services You’ve got a media stack running — maybe Sonarr, Radarr, qBittorrent. Or you’re running a web scraper, a Tor relay, or just a browser that needs to look like it’s in another country. You want VPN protection, but you don’t want to tunnel your entire server through a VPN and lose access to everything else. Gluetun solves this elegantly. It’s a lightweight Docker container that runs a VPN client (WireGuard or OpenVPN), and any other container can use it as its network gateway. Only the containers you choose get routed through the VPN. Everything else stays on your normal network. ...

March 18, 2026 · 8 min · Self Host Setup

Self-Hosted VPN Showdown: WireGuard vs OpenVPN vs Tailscale

Remote access to your self-hosted services is essential. Whether you’re checking on your media server from a coffee shop or managing your homelab while traveling, a VPN creates a secure tunnel back to your network. But which VPN should you run? The three dominant options — WireGuard, OpenVPN, and Tailscale — take very different approaches. This guide compares all three so you can make the right choice for your setup. ...

February 17, 2026 · 8 min · Self Host Setup