Networking

Server and client setup Install Wireguard on both server and client sudo apt install wireguard Create the public and private key on both server and client. Store the private keys in a secure place. wg genkey | tee privatekey | wg pubkey > publickey Server configuration Create and open the file /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf. Insert the following block and view the examples on the table below. Variable Exmaple <server-ip> 10.0.1.1 <subnet> 24 <interface> eth0 <server-private-key> kj202323j23mwnew0= <server-port> 51820 [Interface] Address = <server-ip>/<subnet> SaveConfig = true PostUp = iptables -A FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT; iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o <interface> -j MASQUERADE; ip6tables -A FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT; ip6tables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o <interface> -j MASQUERADE PostDown = iptables -D FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT; iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -o <interface> -j MASQUERADE; ip6tables -D FORWARD -i wg0 -j ACCEPT; ip6tables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -o <interface> -j MASQUERADE ListenPort = `<server-port>` PrivateKey = <server-private-key> Bring up Wireguard on the client Read more...

Grabbing just an IP address from a network interface can be useful for scripting. In the example below the assumed interface is eth0. ip a show eth0 | grep "inet " | cut -d' ' -f6 | cut -d/ -f1 You can then save this into a variable and use it in other commands. local_ip=$(ip a show eth0 | grep "inet " | cut -d' ' -f6 | cut -d/ -f1) python3 -m http. Read more...