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Basic Installation

Requirements

  1. You need to have a host that you can manage
  2. You need to have a domain name or a public IP address
  3. You need a supported architecture (x86_64, arm64)
  4. You need curl installed on your host

Install Docker

Follow the Docs here: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ and install Docker on your host.

Install wg-easy

  1. Create a directory for the configuration files (you can choose any directory you like):
sudo mkdir -p /etc/docker/containers/wg-easy
  1. Download docker compose file
sudo curl -o /etc/docker/containers/wg-easy/docker-compose.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wg-easy/wg-easy/master/docker-compose.yml
  1. Start wg-easy
 cd /etc/docker/containers/wg-easy
 sudo docker-compose up -d

Setup Firewall

If you are using a firewall, you need to open the following ports:

  • UDP 51820 (WireGuard)

These ports can be changed, so if you change them you have to update your firewall rules accordingly.

Setup Reverse Proxy

  • To setup traefik follow the instructions here: Traefik
  • To setup caddy follow the instructions here: Caddy

Update wg-easy

To update wg-easy to the latest version, run:

cd /etc/docker/containers/wg-easy
sudo docker-compose pull
sudo docker-compose up -d

Auto Update

If you want to enable auto-updates, follow the instructions here: Auto Updates