Show pagesourceOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top × Table of Contents WireGuard server Introduction Goals Command-line instructions 1. Preparation 2. Key management 3. Firewall 4. Network Testing Troubleshooting WireGuard server This article relies on the following: Accessing OpenWrt CLI Managing configurations Managing packages Managing services Introduction This how-to describes the method for setting up WireGuard server on OpenWrt. Follow WireGuard client for client setup and WireGuard extras for additional tuning. Goals Encrypt your internet connection to enforce security and privacy. Prevent data leak and traffic spoofing on the client side. Bypass regional restrictions using commercial providers. Escape client side content filters and internet censorship. Access your LAN services remotely without port forwarding. Command-line instructions 1. Preparation Install the required packages. Specify the VPN server configuration parameters. # Install packages opkg update opkg install wireguard-tools # Configuration parameters WG_IF="vpn" WG_PORT="51820" WG_ADDR="192.168.9.1/24" WG_ADDR6="fdf1:e8a1:8d3f:9::1/64" 2. Key management Generate and exchange keys between server and client. # Generate keys umask go= wg genkey | tee wgserver.key | wg pubkey > wgserver.pub wg genkey | tee wgclient.key | wg pubkey > wgclient.pub wg genpsk > wgclient.psk # Server private key WG_KEY="$(cat wgserver.key)" # Pre-shared key WG_PSK="$(cat wgclient.psk)" # Client public key WG_PUB="$(cat wgclient.pub)" 3. Firewall Consider VPN network as private. Assign VPN interface to LAN zone to minimize firewall setup. Allow access to VPN server from WAN zone. # Configure firewall uci rename firewall.@zone[0]="lan" uci rename firewall.@zone[1]="wan" uci del_list firewall.lan.network="${WG_IF}" uci add_list firewall.lan.network="${WG_IF}" uci -q delete firewall.wg uci set firewall.wg="rule" uci set firewall.wg.name="Allow-WireGuard" uci set firewall.wg.src="wan" uci set firewall.wg.dest_port="${WG_PORT}" uci set firewall.wg.proto="udp" uci set firewall.wg.target="ACCEPT" uci commit firewall /etc/init.d/firewall restart 4. Network Configure VPN interface and peers. # Configure network uci -q delete network.${WG_IF} uci set network.${WG_IF}="interface" uci set network.${WG_IF}.proto="wireguard" uci set network.${WG_IF}.private_key="${WG_KEY}" uci set network.${WG_IF}.listen_port="${WG_PORT}" uci add_list network.${WG_IF}.addresses="${WG_ADDR}" uci add_list network.${WG_IF}.addresses="${WG_ADDR6}" # Add VPN peers uci -q delete network.wgclient uci set network.wgclient="wireguard_${WG_IF}" uci set network.wgclient.public_key="${WG_PUB}" uci set network.wgclient.preshared_key="${WG_PSK}" uci add_list network.wgclient.allowed_ips="${WG_ADDR%.*}.2/32" uci add_list network.wgclient.allowed_ips="${WG_ADDR6%:*}:2/128" uci commit network /etc/init.d/network restart Testing Establish the VPN connection. Use traceroute and traceroute6 to verify your client traffic is routed via the VPN gateway. traceroute openwrt.org traceroute6 openwrt.org Check your client public IP addresses. https://ipleak.net/ Make sure there is no DNS leak on the client side. https://dnsleaktest.com/ Delegate a public IPv6 prefix to the VPN network to use IPv6 by default. Troubleshooting Collect and analyze the following information. # Restart services /etc/init.d/log restart; /etc/init.d/network restart; sleep 10 # Log and status logread -e vpn; netstat -l -n -p | grep -e "^udp\s.*\s-$" # Runtime configuration pgrep -f -a wg; wg show; wg showconf vpn ip address show; ip route show table all ip rule show; iptables-save -c ip -6 rule show; ip6tables-save -c # Persistent configuration uci show network; uci show firewall; crontab -l This website uses cookies. By using the website, you agree with storing cookies on your computer. Also you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree leave the website.OKMore information about cookies Last modified: 2021/09/27 00:55by vgaetera