Rotate VPN IP Address every 24 hours

[yTallBalls]

I was wanting to do something along the lines of switching my VPN IP address every 24 hours.

For example, I use Mullvad for my VPN (connecting via wireguard) and have the multiple cities defined via SERVER_CITIES variable. Would like to rotate to different locations every 24 hours thus changing my VPN address. Is this possible or could it be added as a feature?

[dedworks]

+1

I am using a bash script and a cron job to force a new server and IP.

No matter how many values I provide for SERVER_CITIES and SERVER_HOSTNAMES, it always chooses the same (first?) one and Mullvad assigns me the same IP unless I disconnect for a long while.

My script changes the SERVER_HOSTNAMES value to a single random server matching one of the SERVER_CITIES, and restarts the container.

Would love to hear another way to reliably get a new IP with gluetun and Mullvad. (Or get suggestions to improve the script.)

I'm using openvpn, not wireguard, but the script should work for both.

https://gist.github.com/dedworks/2c3def2ffde3dafd8494860b78b8b70b

[paluigi]

+1
That would be a really nice option if could be available directly in gluetun!