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WireGuard-docs: Setup, usage, configuration, and a full example (2019)
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wireguard-docs
📖 Unofficial WireGuard Documentation: Setup, Usage, Configuration, and full example setups for VPNs supporting both servers & roaming clients.
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📖 Unofficial WireGuard Documentation: Setup, Usage, Configuration, and full example setups for VPNs supporting both servers & roaming clients.
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| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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19 sourcesAn even simpler way of routing a certain container through wireguard, without needing to create a docker network and bind it to wg manually:
https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs#example-client-cont...
In Simple WireGuard Docker network setupYou should add it to the lists in https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs
In Show HN: Dsnet, a simple command to manage a centralised WireGuard VPNThere are a bunch listed here:
https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs#wireguard-setup-too...
In WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6Yeah, the documentation on the webpage isn't great - there isn't actually an example that you can follow step by step to get a usable tunnel. That's unfortunate, because it isn't actually that hard.
Much better documentation is here: https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs
In WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs
There are a bunch linked from the links section at the bottom.
In WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6In case anyone wants some user-facing Wireguard docs with examples and further reading, I've compiled some here:
https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs
In WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPNHere's some docs: https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs
In WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPNThe "Unofficial Wireguard Documentation" was good when I went through it: https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20036194
In How to Make a Raspberry Pi VPN ServerIf anyone wants some more docs and examples for Wireguard usage, I made some here: https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs
- how it works internally
- how the routing works in different topologies
- a few complex and simple example setups
- performance expectations
- security model, key & config distribution
- setting up wireguard for, or inside of docker
- GUI tools and other wireguard-related software
- links to other tutorials, references, guides
In WireGuard is in net-nextI added a section with some more resources on containerization:
https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs#containerization
In Wireguard-docs: Setup, usage, configuration, and a full exampleThanks for this tool, I just added it to the docs:
https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs/commit/faaf447868a5...
In Wireguard-docs: Setup, usage, configuration, and a full exampleI've added more details about competing implementations here:
https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs#Other-WireGuard-Imp...
In Wireguard-docs: Setup, usage, configuration, and a full exampleI added a section on Dynamic IPs to the docs here:
https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs#Dynamic-IP-Allocati...
In Wireguard-docs: Setup, usage, configuration, and a full exampleI just added a section to clarify this common confusion under the CIDR entry in the glossary:
https://github.com/pirate/wireguard-docs#CIDR-Notation
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