You have found the easiest way to install & manage WireGuard on any Linux host!
- All-in-one: WireGuard + Web UI.
- Easy installation, simple to use.
- List, create, edit, delete, enable & disable clients.
- Show a client's QR code.
- Download a client's configuration file.
- Statistics for which clients are connected.
- Tx/Rx charts for each connected client.
- Gravatar support.
- Automatic Light / Dark Mode
- Multilanguage Support
- UI_TRAFFIC_STATS (default off)
- WG_ENABLE_ONE_TIME_LINKS (default off)
- WG_ENABLE_EXPIRES_TIME (default off)
- A host with a kernel that supports WireGuard (all modern kernels).
- A host with Docker installed.
We provide more then 1 docker image to get, this will help you decide which one is best for you.
For stable versions instead of nightly or development please read README from the production branch!
tag | Branch | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
latest |
production | ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy:latest or ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy |
stable as possbile get bug fixes quickly when needed, deployed against production . |
13 |
production | ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy:13 |
same as latest, stick to a version tag. |
nightly |
master | ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy:nightly |
mostly unstable gets frequent package and code updates, deployed against master . |
development |
pull requests | ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy:development |
used for development, testing code from PRs before landing into master . |
If you haven't installed Docker yet, install it by running:
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh
sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami)
exit
And log in again.
To automatically install & run wg-easy, simply run:
docker run -d \
--name=wg-easy \
-e LANG=de \
-e WG_HOST=<🚨YOUR_SERVER_IP> \
-e PASSWORD_HASH=<🚨YOUR_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH> \
-e PORT=51821 \
-e WG_PORT=51820 \
-v ~/.wg-easy:/etc/wireguard \
-p 51820:51820/udp \
-p 51821:51821/tcp \
--cap-add=NET_ADMIN \
--cap-add=SYS_MODULE \
--sysctl="net.ipv4.conf.all.src_valid_mark=1" \
--sysctl="net.ipv4.ip_forward=1" \
--restart unless-stopped \
ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy
💡 Replace
YOUR_SERVER_IP
with your WAN IP, or a Dynamic DNS hostname.💡 Replace
YOUR_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH
with a bcrypt password hash to log in on the Web UI. See How_to_generate_an_bcrypt_hash.md for know how generate the hash.
The Web UI will now be available on http://0.0.0.0:51821
.
💡 Your configuration files will be saved in
~/.wg-easy
WireGuard Easy can be launched with Docker Compose as well - just download
docker-compose.yml
, make necessary adjustments and
execute docker compose up --detach
.
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These options can be configured by setting environment variables using -e KEY="VALUE"
in the docker run
command.
Env | Default | Example | Description |
---|---|---|---|
PORT |
51821 |
6789 |
TCP port for Web UI. |
WEBUI_HOST |
0.0.0.0 |
localhost |
IP address web UI binds to. |
PASSWORD_HASH |
- | $2y$05$Ci... |
When set, requires a password when logging in to the Web UI. See How to generate an bcrypt hash.md for know how generate the hash. |
WG_HOST |
- | vpn.myserver.com |
The public hostname of your VPN server. |
WG_DEVICE |
eth0 |
ens6f0 |
Ethernet device the wireguard traffic should be forwarded through. |
WG_PORT |
51820 |
12345 |
The public UDP port of your VPN server. WireGuard will listen on that (othwise default) inside the Docker container. |
WG_CONFIG_PORT |
51820 |
12345 |
The UDP port used on Home Assistant Plugin |
WG_MTU |
null |
1420 |
The MTU the clients will use. Server uses default WG MTU. |
WG_PERSISTENT_KEEPALIVE |
0 |
25 |
Value in seconds to keep the "connection" open. If this value is 0, then connections won't be kept alive. |
WG_DEFAULT_ADDRESS |
10.8.0.x |
10.6.0.x |
Clients IP address range. |
WG_DEFAULT_DNS |
1.1.1.1 |
8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 |
DNS server clients will use. If set to blank value, clients will not use any DNS. |
WG_ALLOWED_IPS |
0.0.0.0/0, ::/0 |
192.168.15.0/24, 10.0.1.0/24 |
Allowed IPs clients will use. |
WG_PRE_UP |
... |
- | See config.js for the default value. |
WG_POST_UP |
... |
iptables ... |
See config.js for the default value. |
WG_PRE_DOWN |
... |
- | See config.js for the default value. |
WG_POST_DOWN |
... |
iptables ... |
See config.js for the default value. |
WG_ENABLE_EXPIRES_TIME |
false |
true |
Enable expire time for clients |
LANG |
en |
de |
Web UI language (Supports: en, ua, ru, tr, no, pl, fr, de, ca, es, ko, vi, nl, is, pt, chs, cht, it, th, hi). |
UI_TRAFFIC_STATS |
false |
true |
Enable detailed RX / TX client stats in Web UI |
UI_CHART_TYPE |
0 |
1 |
UI_CHART_TYPE=0 # Charts disabled, UI_CHART_TYPE=1 # Line chart, UI_CHART_TYPE=2 # Area chart, UI_CHART_TYPE=3 # Bar chart |
WG_ENABLE_ONE_TIME_LINKS |
false |
true |
Enable display and generation of short one time download links (expire after 5 minutes) |
MAX_AGE |
0 |
1440 |
The maximum age of Web UI sessions in minutes. 0 means that the session will exist until the browser is closed. |
UI_ENABLE_SORT_CLIENTS |
false |
true |
Enable UI sort clients by name |
If you change
WG_PORT
, make sure to also change the exposed port.
To update to the latest version, simply run:
docker stop wg-easy
docker rm wg-easy
docker pull ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy
And then run the docker run -d \ ...
command above again.
With Docker Compose WireGuard Easy can be updated with a single command:
docker compose up --detach --pull always
(if an image tag is specified in the
Compose file and it is not latest
, make sure that it is changed to the desired
one; by default it is omitted and
defaults to latest
).
The WireGuared Easy container will be automatically recreated if a newer image
was pulled.
For less common or specific edge-case scenarios, please refer to the detailed information provided in the Wiki.