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guides:wireguard_multilan_tunnels [2024/12/12 21:25] – [Connecting Multiple LANs with a Central Wireguard Server and Exposing Services Publicly] techiem2 | guides:wireguard_multilan_tunnels [2024/12/17 08:20] (current) – [Route Services using NPM] techiem2 | ||
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==== Test the Setup ==== | ==== Test the Setup ==== | ||
Make sure you've restarted the firewall services if necessary, then start Wireguard: | Make sure you've restarted the firewall services if necessary, then start Wireguard: | ||
- | wg-quick up wg0\\ | + | < |
You should see it bring up the interface and add routes and whatnot.\\ | You should see it bring up the interface and add routes and whatnot.\\ | ||
To view the status run:\\ | To view the status run:\\ | ||
- | wg show\\ | + | < |
On clients this should show the connection information and stats.\\ | On clients this should show the connection information and stats.\\ | ||
On the server it should have a section for each client. | On the server it should have a section for each client. | ||
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Make sure you can ping the Wireguard IPs back and forth from clients to server and clients to other clients.\\ | Make sure you can ping the Wireguard IPs back and forth from clients to server and clients to other clients.\\ | ||
Once you have verified, you can configure the system to automatically start the connection on boot" | Once you have verified, you can configure the system to automatically start the connection on boot" | ||
- | systemctl enable wg-quick@wg0\\ | + | < |
==== Enable Cross LAN Routing ==== | ==== Enable Cross LAN Routing ==== | ||
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Side Note: If all you want to expose are http/https services, you may want to explore Cloudflare Tunnels. | Side Note: If all you want to expose are http/https services, you may want to explore Cloudflare Tunnels. | ||
==== Install NPM, but with a twist ==== | ==== Install NPM, but with a twist ==== | ||
- | Pull up the [[Official Instructions|https:// | + | Pull up the [[https:// |
- Remove the ports: section.\\ | - Remove the ports: section.\\ | ||
- In it's place add: network_mode: | - In it's place add: network_mode: | ||
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2. Web services (Proxy Hosts) need a hostname and ideally an SSL Certificate.\\ | 2. Web services (Proxy Hosts) need a hostname and ideally an SSL Certificate.\\ | ||
In my case I have a specific domain that I use for external access services, but you could just use subdomains of any domain you control.\\ | In my case I have a specific domain that I use for external access services, but you could just use subdomains of any domain you control.\\ | ||
- | The general process is to point a subdomain to the IP of the VPS, create the forwarding host in NPM, and have NPM use LetsEncrypt to generate | + | The general process is to point a subdomain to the IP of the VPS, create the forwarding host in NPM, and have NPM use LetsEncrypt to generate |
The LetsEncrypt client supports a number of verification methods, including DNS based verification. | The LetsEncrypt client supports a number of verification methods, including DNS based verification. | ||
Since I use a dedicated domain for my public access hosts, I moved the DNS management of that domain to Cloudflare and had NPM use DNS verification with LetsEncrypt via the Cloudflare API plugin to generate a wildcard cert for my domain so I don't have to generate a new cert for each subdomain - I just add the DNS entry for the new subdomain then configure the host in NPM using the existing certificate.\\ | Since I use a dedicated domain for my public access hosts, I moved the DNS management of that domain to Cloudflare and had NPM use DNS verification with LetsEncrypt via the Cloudflare API plugin to generate a wildcard cert for my domain so I don't have to generate a new cert for each subdomain - I just add the DNS entry for the new subdomain then configure the host in NPM using the existing certificate.\\ |