PIA Next-Gen Servers and Port Forwarding Automation

[UPforum]

Well, after many failed attempts, i got this thing to work.

Utilizing Post #5 from here, i download the   pia-portforward.sh.txt script.

I may not have grabbed an updated script, so maybe that is the reason : It wasn't passing the argument of the port # like it said it does.
I made the following modification :

I added the $pf_port at the end of the line.

Code:

   # Run another script if requested
   [ -n "$post_script" ] && echo "$(date): Running $post_script" && eval "$post_script $pf_port"

I turned it into a service as described, but also made modifications to that file :
My VPN service name is openvpn@Netherlands, of course yours would be different.
I also modified the After= to include additional services i wished to wait for.

Code:

[Unit]
Description=PIA Port Forwarding Daemon
After=network-online.target openvpn@Netherlands deluged.service

[Service]
SyslogIdentifier=pia-pf
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn
ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 10
ExecStart=/etc/openvpn/pia.sh -f tun0 -p /etc/openvpn/port.dat -s /etc/openvpn/setport.sh
TimeoutStopSec=30

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

As per post #5, i also modified the portforward.sh further to grab the port from the argument passed, and simplified it for my particular needs.

Code:

#request new port

PORT=$1

if [ -z "$1" ]
 then
   echo "No argument supplied - grabbing port from PORT.DAT file"
   PORT=$(cat /etc/openvpn/port.dat)
fi

echo ==========================
echo DELUGE SET PORT TO : $PORT
echo ==========================

#change deluge port on the fly
result="$PORT,$PORT"
deluge-console "connect 192.168.1.51 admin password; config -s listen_ports ($result)"

The result : After 6 months of no port forwarding,  Its working again!!!!!  I have verified after multiple reboots of DELUGE and the service is starting and fetching a port, and then updating DELUGE. I have verified via the Deluge Preferences / Network Tab [Test Active Port] button and wala!  I have people downloading from me again and my torrents have improved GREATLY.

I posted this just in case this might help someone.   Thank for for all the work that was done on this Forum Thread.  

[rinzler40oz]

Is there a cronjob script that we can use to refresh the active PIA port?

[DocDrydenn]

(Mar 16, 2021, 04:16 AM)rinzler40oz Wrote: Is there a cronjob script that we can use to refresh the active PIA port?

Not exactly sure what you are asking...

If you followed my setup, then, with the service running, it will (fetch a new valid port number when it first starts) keep the port number open (alive) for up to about 2 months.

If the service stops running (for whatever reason) or you reach the 2 month mark, then the already established port number will be closed after about 15 minutes. (this is done by PIA for security reasons).

You just need to start (or restart) the service [if setup properly, then a reboot would also work] and the process starts all over again. This could be done via a cron job if you wanted.