vpngate-resolver-proxy

A Docker container with OpenVPN automatically establishes a working VPNGate connection and opens a local proxy.

Prerequisites

To run this project, you need the following installed on your system:

• Docker: Install Docker
• Docker Compose: Install Docker Compose

Compatibility

This project has been tested and is confirmed to work on Linux. It may not be compatible with other operating systems.

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ruocogito/vpngate-resolver-proxy.git

2. Copy .env.example to .env Add your local subnet (the subnet of your working PC and Docker host machine) with the mask to the SUBNET variable. Copy urltest.txt.example to urltest.txt and add urls that shoult work through VPN

3. Start the container:

   docker compose up 

4. Wait while the script finds a useful VPNGate VPN. You will see "connection is consistent" at the end of data/out.txt.

Configurations

• vpn-resolver.conf Configuration file for the auto-setup script.
• dante.conf Configuration file for the Dante proxy server.
• urltest.txt File containing URLs that must be accessed through the VPN and substrings that must be present in the page code.

Logs

• /data/log.txt Log file for the auto-setup script. You can see messages about updating the VPN list and checking VPN URLs.
• /data/openvpn.log Log file for OpenVPN.
• /data/danted.log Log file for the Dante proxy server.
• /data/python3.log Log file for the Python3 auto-setup script.
• /data/*.csv Files containing the VPN list downloaded from the VPNGate server. Do not delete these files manually!
• /data/*.ovpn Files containing OpenVPN connection configurations. These are dynamically created when the VPN connection is reestablished.

What it does?

1. Retrieves a list of public VPNGate VPNs from backup_vpnlist.csv or downloads a new list to output.csv.
2. Builds a list of VPN entities ordered by [Speed/NumVpnSessions] in descending order, excluding VPNs with zero NumVpnSessions.
3. If no VPN is connected (no tun0 interface), it connects to the VPN at the top of the list.
4. If the VPN speed is lower than the configured threshold or the URLs from urltest.txt are inaccessible, it shuts down the VPN and tries the next VPN in the list.

Note: The VPN list in backup_vpnlist.csv may become outdated. If the VPNGate page is blocked by your provider, the app cannot update it automatically.

You can manually update backup_vpnlist.csv by:

1. Opening the VPN list page.
2. Copying the text information and saving it to backup_vpnlist.csv.

THANKS

• https://github.com/adnan360 for VPNGate Auto Setup Script for OpenVPN on Linux =======

VPNGate Auto Setup Script for OpenVPN on Linux

VPNGate is a an excellent VPN for beginners. But one of the problems is that older ovpn connections stop connecting after a few days. I can easily add them manually, but downloading the ovpn files and adding them every week is a mess! This script easily adds up to date 6 connections from VPNGate records.

--- You are welcome to improve it! ---

Have fun!