AirVPN / Wireguard / NetworkManager / Linux

[Dorn64 0]

For anyone interested in how to setup AirVPN in Linux with NetworkManager on the command line.
 

Create connection

• Get WireGuard Config File from AirVPN website:

  https://airvpn.org/generator

• Name Config File to wg0.conf
• Import Config File:

  sudo nmcli connection import type wireguard file wg0.conf

• View connections:

  nmcli connection show

• Rename connection:

  nmcli connection modify wg0 connection.id "MyConnection"

Manage connection

• Start VPN Connection:

  nmcli connection up "MyConnection"

• Stop VPN Connection:

  nmcli connection down "MyConnection"

• Check IP visit https://ipleak.net/
• Check VPN connection:

  nmcli connection show --active | grep "MyConnection"

 

Interesting commands

• Check IP interface:

  ip a show wg0

• nmcli manual page:

  man nmcli

 

Notes

• tested on ArchLinux 6.0.9-arch1-1
• i tried OpenVPN with NetworkManager first, IPv4 worked but IPv6 didn't, apparently due to a missing feature in networkmanager-openvpn

Have a nice day 

 

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

Can confirm it working – if imported using the command line, that is. If you use the GUI to import that, it won't work.

[salvialight 0]

is this doable on pi OS? i'm totally  novice with this stuff. not sure when to input these commands. i have the airVPN wireguard conf file. i don't understand how/when to use the nmcli commands. i'm only doing this because the eddie GUI client just freezes upon launch no matter what i do (even on a fresh install of pi os)

[Staff 9972]

8 hours ago, salvialight said:

is this doable on pi OS? i'm totally  novice with this stuff. not sure when to input these commands. i have the airVPN wireguard conf file. i don't understand how/when to use the nmcli commands. i'm only doing this because the eddie GUI client just freezes upon launch no matter what i do (even on a fresh install of pi os)

Hello!

In this case you had better go directly with wg-quick and not nmcli.  https://airvpn.org/linux/wireguard/terminal/

Kind regards