tienquanutc/expressvpn-proxy-adapter

Creates http proxy servers from expressvpn (.ovpn) files, each running in a docker container. Automated for batch creation.

Description

Creates proxy servers from .ovpn files, which can be downloaded from expressvpn.com under manual. Each ovpn file runs in a seperate docker container. The ovpn to proxy conversion is provided by haugene/docker-transmission-openvpn.

Features

• Deletes transmission-ovpn containers which have status=created and are non functional
• Iterates over ports until a free one is found to bind a proxy container to
• Configurable docker run --restart behaviour

Setup

• Copy spawn.sh from this repo to destination machine (linux)
• If many proxies need to be created at once, also copy ovpn_list
  • Delete unneeded lines (proxies), remaining lines will be created
• Keep username and password handy expressvpn.com
• Install docker if not done already

Usage

The .ovpn file to use is not provided as file, only as name. The Transmission-service then fetches the corresponding file and handles the rest. A full list is provided in the ovpn_list file. Last modified date is last updated date. ovpn_list file needs to be in the same directory as this script for batch.

• Script parameters

  • vpn_location: the desired line chosen from the ovpn_list
  • port: the port on which the proxy should serve
  • starting_port: first port on which proxy creation should be tried on. If occupied, iterates until free port found
  • vpn_username: the expressvpn username which you kept handy (see setup above)
  • vpn_password: the corresponding password
  • container_restart: docker argument, quick usage in documentation

• Single proxy creation

sudo ./spawn.sh <vpn_location> <vpn_provider> <port> <vpn_username> <vpn_password> <container_restart>

Example:

sudo ./spawn.sh my_expressvpn_hong_kong_-_2_udp EXPRESSVPN 8900 abc123 def456 always

would create a proxy server, which connects to "Hong Kong - 2" and be available on port 8900.

• Multi proxy creation (batch)

sudo ./spawn.sh list vpn_provider port vpn_username vpn_password container_restart

Example:
If ovpn_list file contained

  my_expressvpn_japan_-_tokyo_udp
  my_expressvpn_ukraine_udp
  my_expressvpn_usa_-_new_york_-_2_udp

Then the command

sudo ./spawn.sh list EXPRESSVPN 8900 abc123 def456 always

would create 3 proxy servers, one for each location. First (Japan) would listen on port 8900, Second (Ukraine) on port 8901, etc.