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Install & autostart Wireguard config on Ubuntu or Debian

We will assume that you already have a wireguard config file, e.g. MyVPN.conf

  1. Copy MyVPN.conf to /etc/wireguard/MyVPN.conf:
sudo cp MyVPN.conf /etc/wireguard/MyVPN.conf
  1. Start & enable (i.e. autostart) service:
sudo systemctl enable --now wg-quick@MyVPN
  1. Check if it works using
sudo wg show

Example wg-show output

interface: MyVPN
  public key: xJ+A//t9RbOU4ISIr61tsZwc8SPLbLONXhknnU1QvBQ=
  private key: (hidden)
  listening port: 12073

peer: xgmml6wPoe9auL5oGhqScQXLByfrI/1xq3sOJzYaNhE=
  endpoint: 77.55.81.22:23711
  allowed ips: 10.178.212.1/32, 10.39.24.0/24
  latest handshake: 37 seconds ago
  transfer: 948 B received, 1.40 KiB sent
  persistent keepalive: every 30 seconds