Homarr•9mo ago

VPN Status

Hi, is there a way to show what is my current VPN status in homarr? I would like to see what is the current external IP and country I'm connected to if possible. I'm using OpenVPN in my host machine.

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I was able to change the colors to match homarr's color theme using this specific src: https://geo.myip.ms/?colorBG=25262B&colorBorder=25262B&colorText=999999&colorLink=EEEEEE&width=452 you can change the colors and width to match your system (the infos shown here are through a vpn and it matches my vpn's address)...

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Tag•9mo ago

You could integrate an iframe to a website with an ip checker

Enric•9mo ago

Hi Tag, I've tried that but it reports the external IP of the machine I'm using to browse Homarr, not the host running the container. I added an iframe pointing to http://ifconfig.me Maybe I should clarify my setup. I have a mini pc running multiple docker containers: homarr, jellyfin, qbittorrent, ... this mini pc uses OpenVPN. I connect to this mini pc from my desktop in another room through the browser and SSH. I can see that the VPN is running if I SSH and run curl ifconfig.me, but I'm looking for something more convenient so I don't have to SSH every time.

FatBiscuits•9mo ago

Make script to run the commands and output to a web page. Add page to homarr.

Tag•9mo ago

That's interesting, normally iframes should connect to your browser directly, not through the server. I'll try it on my end and get back to you :)

Enric•9mo ago

Do you have some link/tutorial that explains how to do that sort of setup?

explosive parrot•9mo ago

SomeCommand > SomeFile.txt
Make a cronjob to repeat the command. Option 1 : put text file into website. Option 2 : print txt file into image with imagemagick

Tag•9mo ago

Hi, I've checked and I can confirm that the IP you see is the ip from your browser and not the server. I suggest you use the following iframe: https://geo.myip.ms/?icon=small It is very nice, shows even the city you are in.

Tag•9mo ago

You may find different stlyes here : https://myip.ms/info/freebox/Free_GEO_Information_Box_for_Your_Site.html including a dark mode iframe which is nice

Geo IP Adress Information Box for Your Site - User Location, Countr...

Add free ip address box on your website - show details on user ip address, geo ip, country, city, browser, os. Display it on interactive map. Absolutely Free

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Tag•9mo ago

Enric•9mo ago

Thanks a lot for the help! I managed to get it working 🙂

wein3967•9mo ago

@Enric Did you manage to get this to show the VPN IP/country vs. the IP of the local machine you were accessing Homarr on? I am trying to do the same thing one widget showing my actual IP and one showing the VPN IP. I can't figure out how to have the iFrame show the VPN container IP (docker on a Synology).

Enric•8mo ago

Hi! I used both advices. In one hand I used Tag's trick to see my PC's location with geo.myip.ms. And FatBiscuits tip to get the VPN IP by running a script into a web page. This one is quite a bit more involved if you are not used to that sort of set up (like me). ChatGPT gave me some tips on how to set it up, this link was also useful: https://medium.com/swlh/mini-project-deploying-python-application-with-nginx-30f9b25b195 I set up Nginx that serves a web page that executes a script to check the IP. I'm sure there must be a simpler way, but I'm a newbie 😅

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FatBiscuits•8mo ago

That's awesome. You could also alert on that page being unavailable with some other tool, if that is a thing you care about.

pattagobi•8mo ago

For me this just shows "page couldn't be reached, try again"

Tag•8mo ago

Then it means that the page is blocked somehow. From what I see, the page is up and running and it's not part of any blocklist for dns-holes so I'm not sure why it would be.

pattagobi•8mo ago

Geo.myip.ms But i can surf the site normally Although i will double check with pihole

Tag•8mo ago

That's even weirder, can you access the link directly? Not in the iframe

pattagobi•8mo ago

Yes i can Before that i tried with ipify.org, but couldn't manage to make it work. It just shows a blank white panel.

Tag•8mo ago

That's weird, but I don't really know how to help you there.

pattagobi•8mo ago

i restarted the container and it worked https://ipv4.wtfismyip.com/text -- this works

Tag•8mo ago

Yeah, The point of the one I linked is that it displays a bit more info like the country and a bit more nicely presented. If that works for you then it's great

pattagobi•8mo ago

https://geo.myip.ms/?colorBG=25262B&colorBorder=25262B&colorText=999999&colorLink=EEEEEE&width=452 ---- this works too now, but it doesnt show ipv6 properly

Tag•8mo ago

Well, yeah, IPv6 isn't forced onto everyone yet so it's kinda hard to get it for now

ykg•7mo ago

Do you mind showing what the end result looks like? Obviously obfuscating any personal info I too am looking for a VPN status indicator, but I only need tile for it that will constantly ping. The problem I'm running into is the VPN server is just an IP address, so while it is pingable, it's not an actual hosted URL so there's no URL to input into a tile for it to ping. I tried iFraming DNSChecker.org as a clunky workaround, but that site won't load via iFrame @Tag Is what I'm attempting possible?

Enric•7mo ago

Sure, here is a screenshot. The top iFrame points to the server I set up. In there I use ipgeolocation.io to have more info on the IP the VPN is connected to. The Flask script I'm using is something like this:

from flask import Flask, request
from datetime import datetime
import requests

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def main():
  # API key for ipgeolocation redacted
  geo = requests.get('https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=00000000000000').json()
  current_time = datetime.now()
  formatted_time = current_time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')
  return "<body style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color: #25262B; color: rgb(193, 194, 197); font-size: 18px;'>    "<b>" + geo["ip"] + "</b> (" + geo["country_code2"] + " - " + geo["city"] + ") " + formatted_time + \
    "</body>"

if __name__ == "__main__":
  app.run(debug=True, host="0.0.0.0")

from flask import Flask, request
from datetime import datetime
import requests

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def main():
  # API key for ipgeolocation redacted
  geo = requests.get('https://api.ipgeolocation.io/ipgeo?apiKey=00000000000000').json()
  current_time = datetime.now()
  formatted_time = current_time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')
  return "<body style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color: #25262B; color: rgb(193, 194, 197); font-size: 18px;'>    "<b>" + geo["ip"] + "</b> (" + geo["country_code2"] + " - " + geo["city"] + ") " + formatted_time + \
    "</body>"

if __name__ == "__main__":
  app.run(debug=True, host="0.0.0.0")

The other iFrame points to Myip.ms

ykg•7mo ago

Great! Thanks for the info

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