feat(cryptostorm): add WireGuard and OpenVPN provider support by mpatton125 · Pull Request #3164 · qdm12/gluetun

mpatton125 · 2026-02-26T23:10:57Z

Description

Add cryptostorm.is as a new VPN provider with both WireGuard and OpenVPN support
Both protocols use port 443 (TCP/UDP), server data fetched from cryptostorm JSON API
Includes port forwarding support via cryptostorm's internal forwarding server

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Add cryptostorm.is as a new VPN provider supporting both WireGuard and OpenVPN protocols with port forwarding. OpenVPN uses the ECC cipher suite (AES-256-GCM, tls-crypt, ECDSA CA) with per-server x509 name verification. Both protocols use port 443 for TCP/UDP. Server data is fetched from the cryptostorm JSON API, producing dual WireGuard + OpenVPN entries per node. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Remove the hardcoded linux/amd64 default from the BUILDPLATFORM ARG so Docker BuildKit can set it automatically during multi-platform builds. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Add the ListeningPort field that Cryptostorm's port forwarding implementation requires to request a specific port from the provider. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Populate cryptostorm entry with all 39 servers (78 entries total: WireGuard + OpenVPN per server) resolved from the cryptostorm.is WireGuard page. Covers 22 countries including Australia, US, UK, Germany, Canada, Japan, Singapore, and more. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

qdm12

Big hallucination on the updating servers code. this needs to be fixed somehow, or this PR won't be accepted
Port forwarding: I need a human to check the information returned from the port forwarding endpoint when connected
When above is done, I need a human to verify openvpn tcp, udp, wireguard and port forwarding all work fine.

qdm12 · 2026-03-06T16:25:21Z

internal/provider/cryptostorm/updater/api.go

+// their publicly available node list. If the upstream format changes,
+// update the nodeData struct and parsing logic accordingly.
+func fetchAPI(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client) (data []nodeData, err error) {
+	const url = "https://cryptostorm.is/wireguard/nodes.json"


there is no json API, this url is the same as https://cryptostorm.is/wireguard. This returns html, not json and this will fail

Now scraping endpoint data from https://cryptostorm.is/wireguard.

qdm12 · 2026-03-06T16:26:56Z

internal/provider/cryptostorm/connection.go

+func (p *Provider) GetConnection(selection settings.ServerSelection, ipv6Supported bool) (
+	connection models.Connection, err error,
+) {
+	defaults := utils.NewConnectionDefaults(443, 443, 443) //nolint:mnd


please double check openvpn udp tcp and wireguard all work with those 443 ports.

Definitely both work with 443 - provider says they accept OpenVPN and Wireguard connections on any port (1-65535).

internal/provider/cryptostorm/openvpnconf.go

qdm12 · 2026-03-06T16:30:46Z

internal/storage/servers.json

+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "cryptostorm": {


that was not obtained from the code in the updater, so it most likely pure hallucination; fix the updater and revert these changes.

Dockerfile

qdm12 · 2026-03-06T16:35:18Z

internal/provider/cryptostorm/portforward.go

+// If the port is already forwarded (e.g. from a previous session) it will appear in
+// the list regardless of whether the POST succeeded, so we treat that as success.
+// Valid port range is 30000–65535.
+// See: https://cryptostorm.is/port_forwarding


404 not found, possible hallucination? please fix

it's https://cryptostorm.is/portfwd

qdm12 · 2026-03-06T16:36:29Z

internal/provider/cryptostorm/portforward.go

+		postBody = "port=" + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(objects.ListeningPort), 10)
+	}
+
+	pfURL := "http://" + cryptostormPFServer + "/fwd"


add a comment for IPv6 it's http://[2001:db8::7]/fwd - that will be used later.

qdm12 · 2026-03-06T16:38:23Z

internal/provider/cryptostorm/portforward.go

+		postBody = "port=" + strconv.FormatUint(uint64(objects.ListeningPort), 10)
+	}
+
+	pfURL := "http://" + cryptostormPFServer + "/fwd"


@mpatton125 can you check what http://10.31.33.7/fwd returns when you are connected to the VPN? To confirm what the AI wrote is correct

qdm12 · 2026-03-06T16:38:50Z

internal/provider/cryptostorm/portforward.go

+
+	const base, bitSize = 10, 16
+	for _, match := range matches {
+		portUint64, err := strconv.ParseUint(match[1], base, bitSize)


can there be multiple ports? 🤔

Yes this provider allows multiple port forwards, per endpoint.

Is there a maximum limit of ports forwarded??

Let's wait for #3208 to be merged, then this can use the new setting field PortsCount

qdm12 · 2026-03-06T16:46:04Z

internal/provider/utils/portforward.go

+	// ListeningPort is the port to request from the provider, used by Cryptostorm.
+	// A value of 0 means let the provider assign a port.
+	ListeningPort uint16


@mpatton125 please confirm if http://10.31.33.7/fwd tells you you can specify a port field, and if that port field can be set to 0 to let cryptostorm assign you a random port.

If this is the case:

use the VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_LISTENING_PORT value to set this. If this one is not set, try to read it from /gluetun/portforward/cryptostorm.json. If this file does not exist, leave the ListeningPort field to 0 to let cryptostorm decide.

in all cases, persist the resulting port(s) to /gluetun/portforward/cryptostorm.json

And also:

add a comment in internal/provider/privateinternetaccess/provider.go next to const jsonPortForwardPath = "/gluetun/piaportforward.json" saying TODO v4: move to /gluetun/portforward/privateinternetaccess.json

update the comment for the settings field VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_LISTENING_PORT and make sure it runs a no-op in case the forwarded port is already the value specified in VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_LISTENING_PORT

Yes you can specify a port at that URL, from 30000-65535. No, it can't be 0 for a random port - user must specify.

Got it, let's wait for #3208

note for future:

we'll then use VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_LISTENING_PORTS=8000,8001 to specify ports you want. We should then change func (p *PortForwarding) setDefaults() to func (p *PortForwarding) setDefaults(vpnProvider string) and set, if the vpnProvider is cryptostorm only, p.PortsCount = gosettings.DefaultComparable(p.PortsCount, len(p.ListeningPorts))

- Revert Dockerfile BUILDPLATFORM change (needed for older Docker) - Revert hallucinated servers.json data - Remove OpenVPN 2.5 tls-version-min line (2.5 being dropped) - Rewrite updater to parse HTML from cryptostorm.is/wireguard instead of non-existent JSON API, with DNS resolution for IPs - Fix portforward.go: use local const, fix 404 URL to /portfwd, add IPv6 comment, tighten port regex to 30000-65535 range - Add TODO v4 comment in PIA provider for JSON path migration Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

… wiring - Response from http://10.31.33.7/fwd is plain text, not HTML. Format: "37.120.234.253:55555 -> 10.10.123.139:55555" Update regex to match actual response format. - Pass ListeningPort into PortForwardObjects so VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_LISTENING_PORT actually reaches the provider's PortForward method. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

The storage layer requires every registered provider to have an entry in the hardcoded servers.json, even if empty. The updater will populate server data at runtime via HTML parsing and DNS resolution. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Instead of pre-resolving server IPs, populate servers.json with metadata only (country, city, hostname, wgpubkey) from cryptostorm.is/wireguard and resolve hostnames via DNS at connection time in a custom GetConnection. This adds all 40 servers as both WireGuard and OpenVPN entries (80 total). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

The port forward endpoint returns HTML to Go's HTTP client but plain text to curl. Parse the forwarded ports from the HTML hidden input fields (name="delfwd" value="PORT") as a fallback when the plain text regex doesn't match. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Cryptostorm requires a port in the 30000-65535 range to be specified. When VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_LISTENING_PORT is not set (0), generate a random port instead of sending an empty POST body. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Cryptostorm requires the user to specify a port (30000-65535) unlike other providers where the port is server-assigned. Return a clear error message instead of silently picking a random port. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Persist forwarded ports to /gluetun/portforward/cryptostorm.json so they survive container restarts. Read persisted port when VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_LISTENING_PORT is not set. Skip firewall redirect when the forwarded port already matches the listening port. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Michael Patton and others added 5 commits February 27, 2026 09:51

fix(docker): remove BUILDPLATFORM default for multi-platform builds

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Remove the hardcoded linux/amd64 default from the BUILDPLATFORM ARG so Docker BuildKit can set it automatically during multi-platform builds. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

fix(cryptostorm): add ListeningPort field to PortForwardObjects

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Add the ListeningPort field that Cryptostorm's port forwarding implementation requires to request a specific port from the provider. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Merge branch 'master' into claude/crazy-brahmagupta

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qdm12 mentioned this pull request Mar 9, 2026

Feature request: cryptostorm.is VPN #3112

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Michael Patton and others added 11 commits March 10, 2026 09:45

debug(cryptostorm): log port forward response body

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

fix(cryptostorm): create parent directory for port forward data file

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

fix(cryptostorm): restrict port forward regex to 30000-65535 range

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

qdm12 force-pushed the master branch 2 times, most recently from 2c06921 to 9a5995f Compare March 16, 2026 13:48

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