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Documentation for this is incomplete. Contributions are happily considered! See this for potential alternatives.

Installation

Note: In Kicksecure 13 and above (Debian trixie based), likely iptables will be no longer required.

Install package(s) wireguard wireguard-tools iptables resolvconf following these instructions:

1 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: In Template.

2 Update the package lists and upgrade the system.

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

3 Install the wireguard wireguard-tools iptables resolvconf package(s).

Using apt command line --no-install-recommends option is in most cases optional.

sudo apt install --no-install-recommends wireguard wireguard-tools iptables resolvconf

4 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template Modification.

5 Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) wireguard wireguard-tools iptables resolvconf is complete.

Configuration

Open file /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf in an editor with administrative ("root") rights.

1 Select your platform.

Kicksecure

2 Notes.

• Sudoedit guidance: See Open File with Root Rights for details on why using sudoedit improves security and how to use it.
• Editor requirement: Close Featherpad (or the chosen text editor) before running the sudoedit command.

3 Open the file with root rights.

sudoedit /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf

Kicksecure-Qubes

2 Notes.

• Sudoedit guidance: See Open File with Root Rights for details on why using sudoedit improves security and how to use it.
• Editor requirement: Close Featherpad (or the chosen text editor) before running the sudoedit command.
• Template requirement: When using Kicksecure-Qubes, this must be done inside the Template.

3 Open the file with root rights.

sudoedit /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf

4 Notes.

• Shut down Template: After applying this change, shut down the Template.
• Restart App Qubes: All App Qubes based on the Template need to be restarted if they were already running.
• Qubes persistence: See also Qubes Persistence
• General procedure: This is a general procedure required for Qubes and is unspecific to Kicksecure-Qubes.

Others and Alternatives

2 Notes.

• Example only: This is just an example. Other tools could achieve the same goal.
• Troubleshooting and alternatives: If this example does not work for you, or if you are not using Kicksecure, please refer to Open File with Root Rights.

3 Open the file with root rights.

sudoedit /etc/wireguard/wg0.conf

Paste.

Note: Adjust.

[Interface] PrivateKey = Address = DNS = DNS = [Peer] PublicKey = PresharedKey = AllowedIPs = Endpoint = PersistentKeepalive = 25

Start

open vpn

sudo wg-quick up wg0

Stop

close vpn

sudo wg-quick down wg0

Autostart

sudo systemctl enable wg-quick@wg0

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