WireGuard installer

This project is a bash script that aims to setup a WireGuard VPN on a Linux server, as easily as possible!

WireGuard is a point-to-point VPN that can be used in different ways. Here, we mean a VPN as in: the client will forward all its traffic trough an encrypted tunnel to the server. The server will apply NAT to the client's traffic so it will appear as if the client is browsing the web with the server's IP.

The script supports both IPv4 and IPv6. Please check the issues for ongoing development, bugs and planned features!

WireGuard does not fit your environment? Check out openvpn-install.

Requirements

Supported distributions:

Ubuntu >= 16.04
Debian 10
Fedora
CentOS
Arch Linux

Usage

Download and execute the script. Answer the questions asked by the script and it will take care of the rest.

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/angristan/wireguard-install/master/wireguard-install.sh
chmod +x wireguard-install.sh
./wireguard-install.sh

It will install WireGuard (kernel module and tools) on the server, configure it, create a systemd service and a client configuration file.

Run the script again to add or remove clients!

Headless install

It's also possible to run the script headless, e.g. without waiting for user input, in an automated manner.

Example usage:

AUTO_INSTALL=y ./wireguard-install.sh

# or

export AUTO_INSTALL=y
./wireguard-install.sh

A default set of variables will then be set, by passing the need for user input.

If you want to customise your installation, you can export them or specify them on the same line, as shown above.

APPROVE_INSTALL=y
APPROVE_IP=y
APPROVE_NIC=y
SERVER_WG_NIC=wg0
SERVER_WG_IPV4=10.66.66.1
SERVER_WG_IPV6=fd42:42:42::1
SERVER_PORT=51820
CLIENT_DNS_1=176.103.130.130
CLIENT_DNS_2=176.103.130.131
CLIENT_NAME=client
CLIENT_DOT=2

If the server is behind NAT, you can specify its endpoint with the SERVER_PUB_IP variable. If the endpoint is the public IP address which it is behind, you can use SERVER_PUB_IP=$(curl https://ifconfig.co) (the script will default to this). The endpoint can be an IP or a domain.

Other variables can be set depending on your choice (SERVER_NIC). You can search for them in the installQuestions() function of the script.

Headless User Addition

It's also possible to automate the addition of a new user. Here, the key is to provide the (string) value of the MENU_OPTION variable along with the remaining mandatory variables before invoking the script.

The following Bash script adds a new user foo to an existing WireGuard configuration. The wireguard-install script will automatically assign a free IP to the client. You can assign a specific one by setting its Host ID to the variable CLIENT_DOT.

#!/bin/bash
export MENU_OPTION="1"
export CLIENT_NAME="foo"
./wireguard-install.sh

Headless User Revokation

It's also possible to automate the revokation of an existing user. Here, the key is to provide the (string) value of the MENU_OPTION variable along with the remaining mandatory variables before invoking the script.

The following Bash script revokes an user foo from an existing WireGuard configuration

#!/bin/bash
export MENU_OPTION="2"
export CLIENT_NAME="foo"
./wireguard-install.sh

Providers

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