

Set Up WireGuard VPN on Ubuntu by Editing wg0.confĮdit or update the /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf file as }$ sudo nano /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf

# Please note down the private key }# cat publickey To view keys created use the cat command and ls }# ls -l privatekey }# cat privatekey # Make a new wireguard dir if not found using mkdir command }# mkdir -m 0700 }# cd /etc/wireguard/Įxecute the following }# umask 077 wg genkey | tee privatekey | wg pubkey > publickey Let us cd into /etc/wireguard using the cd command }$ sudo -i }$ sudo apt install wireguardįirst we need to create a private and public key pair for the WireGuard server. It is time for setting up a WireGuard VPN server on Ubuntu 20.04 server. Now we got our server updates with the latest security patches. Run the apt command to install Ubuntu 20.04 security }$ sudo apt }$ sudo apt upgrade Step 2 – Installing a WireGuard VPN server on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ↑ In other words, you need to copy and paste command after my shell prompt. Please note that }$ OR }$ is my shell prompt and is not part of actual commands. The steps are as follows for installing and configuring WireGuard on Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS as a VPN server. Our sample setup includes a simple peer connection between a cloud server running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server, and a Ubuntu/Ubuntu/RHEL/SUSE/OpenSUSECentOS Linux desktop client: Procedure: Ubuntu 20.04 set up WireGuard VPN server ↑
