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Install WireGuard on Debian VPS

Category: VPS Setup

Set up WireGuard—a modern VPN protocol—on a Debian VPS—install with

apt install wireguard

generate keys:

wg genkey | tee /etc/wireguard/privatekey | wg pubkey > /etc/wireguard/publickey

configure /etc/wireguard/wg0 conf:

[Interface]\nPrivateKey = \nAddress = 10.0.0.1/24\nListenPort = 51820

Start with

wg-quick up wg0

open port:

ufw allow 51820/udp

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