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Hypnosis4U2NV

Updating GlueTun standard practice

Question

Looking for opinions, maybe some answers, on updating GlueTun.

I like to keep my dockers updated using Watchtower and WhatsUpDocker, especially containers that have ever changes.

The problem I'm finding is that when GlueTun updates, it usually disconnects the other containers that rely on it, usually forcing me to restart the container by pointing back at the GlueTun network.

I've dabbled at stacks, thinking that if I keep all the containers that rely on GlueTun together, they would all be restarted when GlueTun gets updated. Problem is that doesn't happen and I keep finding that a container (my download client) doesn't exist. So I have to kill the stack and restart it pulling images.

So I'm thinking of just ignoring GlueTun altogether and maybe just manually updating it every so often rather than relying on auto-updates that break the other containers.

Are you guys keeping it auto updated or manually updated? Do you have any issues updating it and keeping the other containers happy?

Posted Dec 29, 2025, 7:47 PM UTC

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