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wg — Manage the configuration of WireGuard interfaces. More information: <https://www.wireguard.com/quick

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Problem

How to use the wg command: Manage the configuration of WireGuard interfaces. More information: <https://www.wireguard.com/quickstart/>.

Solution

wg — Manage the configuration of WireGuard interfaces. More information: <https://www.wireguard.com/quickstart/>.

Check status of currently active interfaces:

sudo wg

Generate a new private key:

wg genkey

Generate a public key from a private key:

wg < {{path/to/private_key}} pubkey > {{path/to/public_key}}

Generate a public and private key:

wg genkey | tee {{path/to/private_key}} | wg pubkey > {{path/to/public_key}}

Show the current configuration of a wireguard interface:

sudo wg showconf {{wg0}}

Code Snippets

Check status of currently active interfaces

sudo wg

Generate a new private key

wg genkey

Generate a public key from a private key

wg < {{path/to/private_key}} pubkey > {{path/to/public_key}}

Generate a public and private key

wg genkey | tee {{path/to/private_key}} | wg pubkey > {{path/to/public_key}}

Show the current configuration of a wireguard interface

sudo wg showconf {{wg0}}

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