Limit deluge internet access to specific network interface

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Limit deluge internet access to specific network interface

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Hey, I am running deluged and deluge-web on my Linux Mint seedbox.
I am using a VPN, and restricting deluged to only use the network device the VPN creates.
For this to work, in my experience, I also have to provide the IP address this network device has to deluge.

Problem is, everytime the vpn provider changes this IP address, deluge stops working, and I have to manually update the IP address in the deluge webinterface.

For my use case, restricting deluge to a network interface would suffice for it to never leak traffic into the clearnet, no matter the specific IP address.
Is this possible? How would I do that? And if not: Does anyone know how to update the IP address automatically in order for deluge to never stop working?

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Re: Limit deluge internet access to specific network interface

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There are scripts built into certain Deluge Docker containers, such as binhex's, that handle this, which you can then use the thin-client to connect to (as Docker does not natively provide the GUI), or you can write your own script to do so if you have coding experience.

"listen_interface": "", value in core.conf would be the relevant setting.

Since Deluge does not natively support third party VPN's then, you could also use something that supports split-tunneling that automatically captures the traffic and wouldn't require configuring Deluge.
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