How to set up Wireguard VPN on CentOS 8

Wireguard is an open-source cross-platform VPN implementation that uses state of the art cryptography and provides faster, simpler and more functional VPN tunneling than the IPSec and OpenVPN protocols. Learn how to set up Wireguard on CentOS 8 in this HowtoForge tutorial.

Wireguard is an open-source cross-platform VPN implementation that uses state of the art cryptography. It is faster, simpler and more functional than IPSec and OpenVPN protocols. It is designed as a general-purpose VPN to run on embedded interfaces and supercomputers and runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, BSD and various other platforms.

This tutorial will cover how to install Wireguard VPN on a CentOS 8 based server and to connect to it using a Linux(CentOS/Fedora/Ubuntu) client.