WireGuard is now available

[girish]

This is solid proof that Santa is real

We have updated the existing OpenVPN app to support WireGuard. This is a major update and thus many major changes:

• It's the same app that supports OpenVPN and WireGuard. You create a client, you can connect using whichever protocol you want. Currently, the OpenVPN and WireGuard networks are different but we will make an effort at some point to bridge the networks.

• The name of the app has changed to just "VPN" . There is a new logo

  

• The first user to login to the app is automatically made admin. Previously, this feature was too hard to find.

• You can QR code scan WireGuard clients or choose one of the other formats.

  

• When connected, you can see the details and the type of connection.

  

• Like the OpenVPN version, WireGuard supports IPv4 and IPv6. You can set a custom DNS server as well.

Internally, there is now a unified database for both WireGuard and OpenVPN . We expect some migration glitches to the new version but we have tested this the best we can.

For those upgrading, you have to enable WireGuard in the Location section of the app after the upgrade.

Please report any bugs to the VPN category - https://forum.cloudron.io/category/20/vpn

Happy holidays!

[robi]

Amazing!

Thank You!

[timconsidine]

Whoa!
Awesome @girish
Thank you !

[andreasdueren]

Hallelujer!

As a sidenote, in the notes in the installed package, the links to the docs is incorrect https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/openvpn/#admin-settings instead of https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/vpn/#admin-settings

[humptydumpty]

@andreasdueren said in WireGuard is now available:

Hallelujer!

Madea!

[murgero]

Nice!!!! Good work!

[girish]

Since we got a couple of reports already that it's not working after upgrade...you have to enable WireGuard in the Location section of the app . This only applies to upgrades . When installing, it's selectable at install time. I have put a new release out which says this in the changelog.

[p44]

@girish thanks a lot for this amazing release!

I upgraded and enable WireGuard in Location section but is not working... I also tried to enable/disable custom DNS server... but nothing

[nebulon]

do you get any error from your client trying to connect to it?

[jdaviescoates]

Loads of people have been waiting for this for ages.

But what are the everyday practical uses it offers me?

My server is in Finland, so I guess I could use it try to accesss Finland only streaming services.

But I'm guessing that's not what people have been waiting all this time for?

What am I missing? What are the use cases?

[p44]

@nebulon No any error, connection is ok but no any data data exchange... Did you got other feedback like this?

[robi]

@p44 does it need a restart?

does a new test app work?

[sponch]

@p44 have you added the ports to your VPS firewall?

[sponch]

Great! Thanks for that cool chrsitmas gift
Got it running using custom dns pointing to my cloudron adguard

[p44]

@sponch Yes... I had not opened the 51820 UDP on the VPS firewall. Now I have opened it and it works perfectly.

Great advice Thanks

[p44]

@robi It was the VPS firewall port not opened. Now everything is fine. thanks a lot

[scooke]

@jdaviescoates Spin up a cheap VPS anywhere else in the world, install Cloudron, and then Wireguard on the free tier, and voila, you now have an IP in that country. I personally use Racknerd (4 US locations, 1 in Dublin), Wishosting (US, Canada, UK, France, Germany) and Hosthatch (see pic below) for these use cases.

[jdaviescoates]

@scooke said in WireGuard is now available:

Germany

I once tried to use the OpenVPN app on a German server to access German Netflix, but it didn't work

I can't remember what the film I wanted to watch was now (but I think it was something to do with a couple doing a permaculture farm or something), otherwise I'd ask you if you're able to watch that from Thailand using your German VPN...

[humptydumpty]

@jdaviescoates what went wrong? Did Netflix detect your VPN or install/set up issues?

[jdaviescoates]

@humptydumpty said in WireGuard is now available:

Did Netflix detect your VPN

I'm guessing so. I wasn't clear why it didn't work, but it didn't. Was a long time ago now so can't remember the details.