Pass specific apps through second NIC possible?

Apps and Virtualization
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Not a HUGE deal not to if its not possible, BUT:

Is it possible to have specific Apps use specific network interface? (ie: I have a dell r740 with the 1G and 10G network connections. Id like the majority of my apps to exist just like everything else on ther network, BUT put torrent downloaders behind a VPN. VPN, VLAN, all that stuff is already set up, and works perfectly fine with TrueNAS. I just cant figure out how to define the network interface a specific app should use…

(This isnt too bis a deal as I believe i can ultimately accomplish the same thing in a VM and assigning it to use the VPN assigned NIC to put it behind the VPN… i dont know how to make all the apps able to communicate then, but, i cant imagine its an insurmountable hurdle… :slight_smile: )

Anyway, thanks for any info/ help

(TrueNAS 25.05.2.6)

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I don’t really use apps in TrueNAS but from what I can recall, you should be able to set the IP of the app. If this IP is set to a specific interface, I’d guess it would use that interface. But I’m sure there are others who know more about that.

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You can assign a specific interface/address to apps from the UI but that only affects ingress, i.e. how systems “outside” connect to your apps.

Egress, i.e. how your apps access the Internet or anything else local, will always go through the interface with the default route.