Wireguard Peer Config on Windows
Prerequisite
You come from here and have a .conf
file ready.
Step 1: Install Wireguard Client
From here, choose and install the Windows Installer.
Step 2: Create a Tunnel
"Import Tunnel(s) from File..."
"Activate"
At this point, it should show "Status: Active"
Step 3: Validating and Testing
You can try pinging to/from a connected peer.
If that does not work you can also try to set up a barebones http server and hit it from the connected peer (or vice versa).
An example barebones server in python:
import socket
SERVER_HOST = "0.0.0.0"
SERVER_PORT = 8000
server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
server_socket.bind((SERVER_HOST, SERVER_PORT))
server_socket.listen(1)
while True:
client_connection, client_address = server_socket.accept()
request = client_connection.recv(1024).decode()
response = 'HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n\nIt works!'
client_connection.sendall(response.encode())
client_connection.close()
Run the server in one peer (python3 server.py
- assuming you saved the above example in a file named server.py
) and reach it with a client / browser from the other peer:
$ curl --location 'http://172.27.0.4:8000/'
It works!
Next Steps
Wireguard Gateway (WGW) Guide outlines many use cases that may be valuable to you.