🐳 OpenVPN Proxy Setup Guide (Docker + ProtonVPN + Tinyproxy)

0. Prerequisites

• Install Docker on your machine.

1. Download ProtonVPN OpenVPN Configs

1. Visit: ProtonVPN OpenVPN Downloads
2. Log in to your ProtonVPN account.
3. Choose a protocol (UDP/TCP) and download the .ovpn configuration files.
4. Place all .ovpn files into the ovpn_configs directory.

⚠️ The jp-free-1.protonvpn.udp.ovpn file included is a sample placeholder and will not work for actual connections. Replace it with a real .ovpn file from your ProtonVPN account.

5. Inside the ovpn_configs directory, open the existing proton_openvpn_userpass.txt file and add your ProtonVPN login credentials, You can obtain your username and password from ProtonVPN's account page:

Username
Password

2. Deploy to VPS

1. Move the project folder to your VPS.
2. SSH into your VPS and cd into the project folder.
3. Run the following command to generate and start 1 proxy container:

chmod +x generate-compose.sh && ./generate-compose.sh 1 && sudo docker compose up -d --build

📝 Note: If you want multiple proxies (e.g., 3), change 1 to 3. Proxies will start on ports 6101, 6102, 6103, etc.

⚠️ ProtonVPN's Free plan allows only 1 connection.

4. Check the OpenVPN connection and proxy status by viewing container logs:

docker compose logs -f vpn_proxy_1

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✅ Test Your Proxy

🔹 With curl (requires jq):

📝 Make sure the jq is installed.

sudo apt install jq -y

curl -s --proxy http://127.0.0.1:6101 https://ipinfo.io/json | jq -r '"IP: \(.ip) 🔸 City: \(.city) 🔸 Region: \(.region) 🔸 Country: \(.country) 🔸 TimeZone: \(.timezone)"'

🔹 With Python:

python3 -c "import requests; info = requests.get('https://ipinfo.io/json', proxies={'http':'http://127.0.0.1:6101','https':'http://127.0.0.1:6101'}).json(); print(f\"IP: {info['ip']} 🔸 City: {info['city']} 🔸 Region: {info['region']} 🔸 Country: {info['country']} 🔸 TimeZone: {info['timezone']}\")"