Troubleshoot wireguard

From	Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux
Subject	Troubleshoot wireguard
Date	2022-09-06 08:52 -0700
Message-ID	<jnp8leFc1v6U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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I tho't I had done this successfully in the past.

Goal: use ProtonVPN wireguard.conf

What works: I have setup ProtonVPN openvpn successfully in the past and 
present; I have setup openvpn in the present.
What doesn't work: Attempt to connect to vpn server via wireguard fails: 
returns invalid configuration

Method for wireguard:
https://protonvpn.com/support/wireguard-configurations/  WireGuard 
configuration files are available

Note: I don't think the above link is available at protonvpn or its 
configurations subdir; I found it by search engine exploration because I 
had seen it before by accident.

The requirements for getting the wireguard enhancement of the network 
manager for protonvpn require some compilation.

> How to use WireGuard with NetworkManager on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

> 1. Open Terminal from your Home directory and install WireGuard using the following command:
> 
> sudo apt install wireguard git dh-autoreconf libglib2.0-dev intltool build-essential libgtk-3-dev libnma-dev libsecret-1-dev network-manager-dev resolvconf
> 
> 2. Clone the NetworkManager plugin from GitHub, compile, and install it using the following commands (hit <enter> after each line):
> 
> git clone https://github.com/max-moser/network-manager-wireguard
> cd network-manager-wireguard
> ./autogen.sh --without-libnm-glib
> ./configure --without-libnm-glib --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --libexecdir=/usr/lib/NetworkManager --localstatedir=/var
> make   
> sudo make install
> 
> 3. Open NetworkManager → VPN → +.

> 5. Locate the .conf configuration file you downloaded from Proton VPN using your file manager and click Add.

I have a protonvpn account.  I have successfully created the wireguard 
.conf file (as I did the openvpn .conf) and I have successfully compiled 
and installed the above NM plugin which has the improved wireguard 
options compared to the default.

<I just realized that my recent experiments have been w/ Mint 21 based 
on Ub 22.04; I'll redo using Mint 20 on Ub 20.04.>

My question is; how to see some kind of log or wireshark type info that 
shows the NM trying to engage the VPN server.

-- 
Mike Easter

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Troubleshoot wireguard Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-09-06 08:52 -0700
  Re: Troubleshoot wireguard Killadebug <killadebug@mouse-potato.com> - 2022-09-06 16:00 +0000
    Re: Troubleshoot wireguard Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-09-06 09:37 -0700
    Re: Troubleshoot wireguard Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-09-06 10:22 -0700
      Re: Troubleshoot wireguard Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-09-06 11:50 -0700
  Re: Troubleshoot wireguard Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-09-06 10:20 -0700
  Re: Troubleshoot wireguard "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2022-09-07 08:33 +0200
    Re: Troubleshoot wireguard Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-09-07 08:32 -0700
    Re: Troubleshoot wireguard Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2022-09-07 10:52 -0700
      Re: Troubleshoot wireguard "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2022-09-07 20:38 +0200

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