vppn: Virtual Potentially Private Network

TO DO

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Hub Server Configuration

# Create user.
adduser user

# Enable ssh.
cp -r ~/.ssh /home/user/
chown -R user:user /home/user/.ssh

Upload hub executable:

scp hub user@<remote>:~/

Create systemd file in `/etc/systemd/system/hub.service

[Service]
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
Type=simple
User=user
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/
ExecStart=/home/user/hub -listen <addr>:https -root-dir=/home/user
Restart=always
RestartSec=8

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Add and start the hub server:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable hub
systemctl start hub

Get initial password from logs:

journalctl -f -u hub -n 100

Sign-in and configure.

Peer Configuration

Install the binary somewhere, for example ~/bin/vppn.

Create systemd file in /etc/systemd/system/vppn.service.

[Service]
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_ADMIN
Type=simple
User=user
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/
ExecStart=/home/user/vppn run my_net_name https://my.hub my_api_key
Restart=always
RestartSec=8
TimeoutStopSec=24

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Add and start the service:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable vppn
systemctl start vppn