WireGuard VPN Mesh Network

Summary

Building a peer-to-peer WireGuard mesh network for secure remote access to development infrastructure.

Commands

apt install wireguard

wg genkey | tee privatekey | wg pubkey > publickey

ip link add wg0 type wireguard

wg set wg0 private-key ./privatekey

ip address add 10.0.0.1/24 dev wg0

wg-quick up wg0

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Conclusion

WireGuard's simplicity is its greatest strength. Setup takes minutes compared to hours with OpenVPN. Headscale provides a self-hosted Tailscale alternative for team coordination.