Full documentation about manual Wireguard installation and configuration process can be found here.

This script is created to ease manual process of Wireguard configuration and will help you to automatically generate all the required configuration files (client and server), PKI key pairs and preshared key.

Arch

pacman -S wireguard-tools gnupg qrencode
yay grepcidr

Ubuntu

apt-get install wireguard-tools gpg qrencode grepcidr

MacOS

brew install wireguard-tools gpg qrencode grepcidr

Make sure to append following line to wgcg.conf file only if using MacOS.
By doing this we will force script to use GNU instead of BSD command line utilities (e.g. grep) and prevent any possible incompatibility issues.

echo -e '\n# Make sure script is using GNU command line utilities on MacOS\nexport PATH="/usr/local/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:${PATH}"' >> wgcg.conf

Before running the script we'll have to update wgcg.conf configuration file.
For most use cases the only variable we'd have to modify is WGCG_SERVER_PUBLIC_IP.

# Server name (wireguard interface name e.g. wg0 || wg1 || wg2)
WGCG_SERVER_NAME="wg0"

# HostMin to HostMax range can be used to assign IP addresses to WireGuard clients
# e.g. ./wgcg.sh -c foo 10.0.0.2
#
# Network: 10.0.0.0/22
# HostMin: 10.0.0.1
# HostMax: 10.0.3.254
# HostIDs: 1022
#
# WireGuard server private IP address (with optional CIDR - default: 22)
WGCG_SERVER_WG_IP="10.0.0.1"

# Static server port
WGCG_SERVER_PORT="52001"

# Server's public IP or FQDN
WGCG_SERVER_PUBLIC_IP="wg.yourdomain.com"

# SSH server IP address (default: ${WGCG_SERVER_PUBLIC_IP}) (optional)
# Note: This option can be used in case SSH server is listening on different IP address,
#       if not specified, ${WGCG_SERVER_PUBLIC_IP} will be used instead
WGCG_SERVER_SSH_IP=""

# SSH server port (optional)
WGCG_SERVER_SSH_PORT="22"

# Space separated list of DNS IPs (default: 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1) (optional)
WGCG_CLIENT_DNS_IPS="1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1"

# Space separated list of subnets (with CIDR) required for split-tunneling (default: 0.0.0.0/0) (optional)
WGCG_CLIENT_ALLOWED_IPS="0.0.0.0/0"

# All configuration and key files will be stored in this directory
WGCG_WORKING_DIR="${HOME}/wireguard/${WGCG_SERVER_NAME}"

Copy wgcg.conf and wgfw.rules files to wgcg directory.

mkdir -p ${HOME}/wireguard/wgcg
cp wgcg.conf ${HOME}/wireguard/wgcg/
cp wgfw.rules ${HOME}/wireguard/wgcg/

Copy wgcg.sh script to /usr/local/bin directory.

cp wgcg.sh /usr/local/bin/

It is also possible to specify custom configuration file by passing WGCG_CONFIG_FILE environment variable.

WGCG_CONFIG_FILE="${HOME}/wireguard/wgcg/wgcg.conf" wgcg.sh

Print help and current default options.

wgcg.sh -h

Output:

Usage:
  wgcg.sh options

Options:
  -P|--sysprep filename.sh                                  Install WireGuard kernel module, required tools and scripts (will establish SSH connection with server)
  -s|--add-server-config                                    Generate server configuration
  -c|--add-client-config client_name client_wg_ip           Generate client configuration
  -B|--add-clients-batch filename.csv[:rewrite|:norewrite]  Generate configuration for multiple clients in batch mode
                                                            Supported action modes are 'rewrite' or 'norewrite' (default)
                                                            'rewrite' action mean regenerate ALL, 'norewrite' mean generate only configs and keys for new clients
  -e|--encrypt-config client_name [passphrase]              Encrypt configuration file by using symmetric encryption (if passphrase not specified it will be generated - RECOMMENDED)
  -d|--decrypt-config client_name                           Decrypt configuration file and print it out on stdout
  -r|--rm-client-config client_name                         Remove client configuration
  -q|--gen-qr-code client_name [-]                          Generate QR code (PNG format) from client configuration file, if - is used, QR code will be printed out on stdout instead
  -l|--list-used-ips                                        List all clients IPs that are currently in use
  -S|--sync                                                 Synchronize server configuration (will establish SSH connection with server)
  -h|--help                                                 Show this help

Current default options:
  WGCG_SERVER_NAME="wg0"
  WGCG_SERVER_WG_IP="10.0.0.1"
  WGCG_SERVER_PORT="52001"
  WGCG_SERVER_PUBLIC_IP="wg.yourdomain.com"
  WGCG_SERVER_SSH_PORT="22"
  WGCG_CLIENT_DNS_IPS="1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1"
  WGCG_CLIENT_ALLOWED_IPS="0.0.0.0/0"
  WGCG_WORKING_DIR="/home/username/wireguard/wg0"

wgcg-install-wireguard.sh module will do all required system preparations on the WireGuard server (running the module is idempotent operation):

• Install wireguard kernel module and tools
• Load the module
• Generate wgfw.sh script
• Enable IP forwarding (routing)

Note: You have to run it only once!

wgcg.sh --sysprep modules/wgcg-install-wireguard.sh

Generate server keys and config.

wgcg.sh -s

Generate client config, PKI key pairs and update server config (add new Peer block)

wgcg.sh -c foo 10.0.0.2

or to generate multiple client configs at once, create client-configs.csv file

cat > client-configs.csv <<'EOF'
foo,10.0.0.2
bar,10.0.0.3
EOF

and run.

wgcg.sh -B client-configs.csv

By default -B will only generate client config and key files for newly added clients, if you plan to regenerate config and key files for ALL clients that are specified in the csv file, you'll have to use rewrite action mode, globally or per client line, in case both are specified last one has precedence.

Global rewrite action mode

wgcg.sh -B client-configs.csv:rewrite

or per client line.

Note: It is also possible to protect individual client from regenerating config and key files by specifying norewrite action.

cat > client-configs.csv <<'EOF'
foo,10.0.0.2,rewrite
bar,10.0.0.3,norewrite
EOF

Remove client config, PKI key pairs and update server config (remove Peer block).

wgcg.sh -r foo

Synchronize local server configuration file with server (live update).

wgcg.sh --sync

In order to send client configuration file to a person safely, you can use GPG symmetric encryption to encrypt data before sending it, then you can send configuration file to a person via one channel (webwormhole) and passphrase via different channel (ots).

Encrypt configuration file.

wgcg.sh -e foo

To test passphrase just run decrypt command, if everything is OK client configuration will be printed out on the standard output.

wgcg.sh -d foo

It is also possible to manage multiple clusters with single script.
Create configuration file and command alias for every cluster.

Note: Append following lines to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc file.

alias wgcg-office1.sh="WGCG_CONFIG_FILE=${HOME}/wireguard/wgcg/office1.conf wgcg.sh"
alias wgcg-office2.sh="WGCG_CONFIG_FILE=${HOME}/wireguard/wgcg/office2.conf wgcg.sh"

source ~/.zshrc
# or
source ~/.bashrc

wgcg-office1.sh -h

Custom firewall rules, in iptables compatible format, can be added using wgfw.rules file. All rules from this file are going to be applied in idempotent manner on the server side at server startup time or each time wgcg.sh --sync command is executed.

It is also possible to run the script inside of Docker container with already preinstalled dependecies.

Build docker image.

docker build --no-cache --force-rm --build-arg USER=${USER} --build-arg UID=${UID} -t wgcg .

Run the script.

./wgcg-docker.sh -h

or if you are not using default configuration filename (wgcg.conf).

WGCG_CONFIG_FILE="${HOME}/wireguard/wgcg/wg0.conf" ./wgcg-docker.sh -h

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