Hello there,
Just want to preface that this is for selfhosted purposes, I may be routing my network in other way later.
I wanted to be able to setup a wireguard docker container with gluetun such that I can connect multiple devices to it at home, in order to minimize my “five device limit” with mullvad. I have the following docker compose:
gluetun:
image: qmcgaw/gluetun
container_name: gluetun-wireguard
restart: unless-stopped
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN
devices:
- /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
volumes:
- ./gluetun:/gluetun
environment:
- VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=#
- VPN_TYPE=wireguard
- WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY=#
- WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES=#
- SERVER_CITIES=#setup#setup
# Timezone for accurate log times
- TZ=#
# Server list updater
# See https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/servers.md#update-the-vpn-servers-list
- UPDATER_PERIOD=24h
ports:
- 51820:51820/udp
wireguard-server:
image: linuxserver/wireguard
container_name: wireguard-server
network_mode: service:gluetun # << important
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN
- SYS_MODULE
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- SERVERPORT=51820
- PEERS=iphone
- PEERDNS=auto
volumes:
- ./config:/config
- /lib/modules:/lib/modules
restart: unless-stopped
Whenever I try connecting to it by iphone, which is my first attempt for the peer, it doesn’t quite work out. The packets are received by the container, and querying cloudflare as such works:
sudo docker exec -it wireguard-server ping -c 3 1.1.1.1
Is there any obvious error I’ve made?
If I’m making the XY Problem, please let me know. If there is a more apt community, please let me know.
The network_mode: service: gluetun looks off to me but I can’t check.
Does each one their own?
Not sure what you mean here, but I am quite sure I need to set the network mode like that to route the network through the VPN.
You’re right, sorry! I checked it https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun-wiki/blob/main/setup/connect-a-container-to-gluetun.md#external-container-to-gluetun
Is there a reason not to use Tailscale for this?
I wanted to do it with pure wireguard. I like the headscale idea though. Might give that a shot.
I’ve just setup headscale in docker and it worked right away. It’s even faster than when I was using tailscale. It was very easy to setup and I’ve been using it for about a month with no issues. Doesn’t really help but I haven’t used gluetun myself.
Gluetun is a great example of “I changed nothing and it suddenly works”. I’ve had to set up this exact docker container several times, and it usually takes me a week of retries until it chooses to work. I wish I had better advice for you
I don’t think you want two VPN services, I think you want one VPN service and plain network routing. Use the VPN server as the local gateway, and the VPN server routes that traffic up the tunnel.
How does one do this? Is there an article I could read up on?
Is doing this in Docker necessary? I like containerization too but a VPN server seems a little intense — why not install it directly?
I prefer docker because I can plop it in elsewhere if needed.
Have you confirmed that port forwarding to gluetun is working?