I want firefox on my laptop to only go through a VPN and the easiest solution I came up with is forcing firefox SOCKS5 Proxy Docker Container which goes through a Mullvad gluetun docker container. I connect to my home server via tailscale

Browser < -tailscale- > SOCKS5 Docker < — > gluetun Docker < — > Internet

Is that a good idea? It seems a little overengineered, but simpler than running two VPNs on one machine?

Thanks

  • @[email protected]
    3•5 months ago

    I think I’m missing something…why bother with SOCKS5 if you’re using a gluetun container? I’ve never done what you’re trying to do, but I’d assume gluten by itself is the solution

    • @[email protected]OP
      1•5 months ago

      I want only the firefox browser to connect to my vpn. can firefox itself just connect to a vpn?

      • @[email protected]
        1•5 months ago

        I’d recommend something like a split tunnel then. And I’m only saying that because I’m not well-versed in networking like this, especially when containers are involved.

        But I do have containers routing their traffic through a VPN via gluetun, and it’s worked flawlessly.