Docker Wireguard Install

Create a digital ocean server

Generate a droplet

• ubuntu 22.04 LTS x64; SFO3; 0.04/month
• adduser tiffany
• sudo usermod -aG sudo tiffany

create a non-root user with sudo permissions

• adduser tiffany
• usermod -aG sudo tiffany
• sudo su tiffany

install docker

Install docker

• sudo apt install docker-compose

• mkdir -p ~/wireguard/config/

• nano ~/wireguard/docker-compose.yml

• copy and paste this into the .yml file
• change serverlurl to your DO server ip
• edit the peers as needed

starting wireguard

• cd ~/wireguard/
• sudo docker-compose up -d
• sudo docker-compose logs -f wireguard
  • this will output all the qr codes for the peers you created.

Locate the config file

• sftp -P 41235 tiffany@161.35.114.202:wireguard/config/peer_tiffanypc1/peer_tiffanypc1.conf ~/

Install config file

• sudo install -o root -g root -m 600 .conf [file location]
  • i used peer_tiffanypc1.conf in the previous command

Wireguard on pc

Download wireguard and setup

• add tunnel and find the .conf file previously downloaded

add tunnel to wireguard

• sftp the .conf file to client machine
• locate the file on wireguard tunnel