Wireguard Status App, QR-Code

admins

Hi all
I've tested the wireguard implementation of pfsense.
First of all, thx Jim for integrating it.

Feautre request:

I wan't to see which peers are connected with wireguard on the Dashboard
It would be nice if you create a qr code, so thats faster to configure a mobile device

Thx
admins

Aerowinder

@admins Totally agree on #2.

For #1, it's my understanding that this is not possible, as wg does not expose this information. WireGuard is not like other VPNs. It would be nice if you could at least see the last handshake on a connection, but same issue - wg does not expose that information at this time.

jimp

1 isn't possible yet as wg doesn't output any information of that kind.

2 is already on our radar for an export option, no ETA but soon.

yon 0

@jimp

QR code is need.

Can you refer to some functions in it?

https://github.com/k4yt3x/wg-meshconf

jimp

We already know how to generate the QR codes and have most of the code to do that, but we need all the other structure of an "export" package to generate the client configurations. Making the QR codes is super simple, it's just a QR code made from a string that is the entire client config file. We have a QR code library in the FreeRADIUS package that is easy to work with. It's the rest of the code to get it to that point with a user-friendly GUI that is necessary. It's not as easy as making a button to click, since the user may want to customize things like the address clients use to connect, what networks to route across the VPN, etc.

We are actively working on it already, just no ETA. Be patient.

Lichtlos

@jimp is this still on track for 2022?

cmcdonald

We are constantly exploring new features and capabilities for sure. Yes, these features are high on the list of things to build. There is some initial work on QR in the public GitHub repository for the WireGuard package. This is a high priority for me once we get 22.01 and 2.6.0 shipped here very soon. Stay tuned.

a.dresner

@cmcdonald Thank you for all your work, watching your YouTube videos has been very helpful. Look forward to seeing this come to fruition - any updates?

galileofigaro99

I'm also new here, but I wanted to chime in and say that I've used Wireguard in the past, and it's a pretty nifty implementation. Your feature request is a great idea, especially since it would make it easier to configure mobile devices.

Lichtlos

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-generate-wireguard-qr-code-on-linux-for-mobile/ this seems like a quick-win for easy QR-code generation