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)
- 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.
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. |
PASSWORD (deprecated) |
- | foobar123 |
When set, requires a password when logging in to the Web UI. (Not used if PASSWORD_HASH is set) |
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. |
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 |
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.