Feature request: update PrivateVPN servers using website instead of zip file

[Silversurfer79]

EDIT by qdm12:

• Currently updater uses the Privatevpn openvpn Zip file which has 79 servers (10 not resolving to anything)
• It would be nicer to fetch and parse their website at https://privatevpn.com/why-privatevpn/server-locations to extract the 82 servers
• Some servers in the zip file are not present in the website tables

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[qdm12]

PrivateVPN is already supported, although it's using the openvpn zip file. I changed your issue to change the servers updating mechanism to use the website (82 servers) instead of the zip file (79 servers). This is obviously low priority since the zip file approach still works fine.

[Silversurfer79]

PrivateVPN is already supported, although it's using the openvpn zip file. I changed your issue to change the servers updating mechanism to use the website (82 servers) instead of the zip file (79 servers). This is obviously low priority since the zip file approach still works fine.

First off, I appreciate your time here. I know it’s your personal time. So, a big thanks!

Yes, it does work, but it doesn’t support port forwarding. Is there no way to allow this in a generic form? Issue: It checks the VPN Provider and if it isn’t one of the two support providers it fails to load the container.

pls see: https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun/discussions/2393

PrivateVPN support port forwarding, see here: https://privatevpn.com/blog/guides/195/the-best-vpn-configuration-for-torrenting-fast-(and-safely)

In the zip file above, there are 5 locations that support it, happy specify the location in the yaml if this makes it easier for the dev prospective:

See below loactions supporting PF los-angeles-usa-allportfwd.ovpn
los-angeles-usa.ovpn
new-york-usa-allportfwd.ovpn
stockholm-sweden-allportfwd.ovpn
stockholm-sweden.ovpn

[qdm12]

Yes, it does work, but it doesn’t support port forwarding. Is there no way to allow this in a generic form?

Ha! Lucky you (and me), I need someone to confirm this works: #2285 ! Please report on existing issue #1859

In the zip file above, there are 5 locations that support it

Where did you get that list of 5 servers supporting port forwarding? I need this ideally to automate it instead of hardcoding server hostnames compatible with port forwarding. In the meantime, you can set the correct hostname supporting port forwarding for example -e SERVER_HOSTNAMES=se-sto.pvdata.host to test the image on #2285

Marking this and the last few comments about port forwarding as off topic, and let's continue on #1859 about this.