It's not recommended to run the Starr apps through a VPN, what can happen is that the Starr apps doesn't update the posters or metadata or you can't add new movies/tv shows, it doesn't need to happen right away. but sooner or later it can and probably will happen.
It's not recommended to run any of the Starr apps through a VPN. In some cases, it can cause connectivity issues such as the Starr apps not being able to update the posters and metadata, and sometimes the inability to add new movies/TV shows at all. It won't always happen immediately, but sooner or later it can and probably will happen.
!!! danger "To be clear it is not a matter if VPNs will cause issues with the Starr Apps, but when: image providers will block you and cloudflare is in front of most of Starr servers (updates, metadata, etc.) and liable to block you too"
!!! danger "To be clear it is not a matter if VPNs will cause issues with the Starr Apps, but when: image providers will block you and cloudflare is in front of most of Starr servers (updates, metadata, etc.) and liable to block you too"
@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ Just run VPN on the apps that actually need it, like your torrent client, and pe
This isn't the same as the tracker, the API/Website scraping happens on the actual site and some indexers don't allow VPN usage on their site.
This isn't the same as the tracker, the API/Website scraping happens on the actual site and some indexers don't allow VPN usage on their site.
In this guide i will try to explain how to setup Prowlarr to use your VPN from your torrent client.
In this guide, we will try to explain how to setup Prowlarr to use your VPN from your torrent client.
## Enable privoxy
## Enable privoxy
If you use docker you need to enable enable privoxy in you torrent client so you can use it to passthrough traffic.
If you use docker, you need to enable privoxy in your torrent client so you can use it to passthrough traffic.
Please check your used docker image how to enable privoxy.
Please check your docker image's documentation on how to enable privoxy.
## Add privoxy to Prowlarr
## Add privoxy to Prowlarr
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Select the indexer that you want to use with Privoxy
![Select Indexer](images/select-indexer.png)
![Select Indexer](images/select-indexer.png)
Scroll down to the bottom and add the tag you've set up earlier at step 2.
Scroll down to the bottom and add the tag you set up earlier during step 2.
![Add tag to indexer](images/add-tag-to-indexer-privoxy.png)
![Add tag to indexer](images/add-tag-to-indexer-privoxy.png)