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title: "Wireguard"
linkTitle: "Wireguard"
date: 2023-05-30
weight: 2
description: >
  How to configure Wireguard to work with Federated Core.
---

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This documentation is for users and administrators, not those wanting to install.
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> Note: you will need to ask your administrator for your configuration file to complete these steps. It should come as a file with the format of "name.conf".

You will need to download the appropriate version of Wireguard for your system. You can find the installation links at [this URL](https://www.wireguard.com/install/).

### Configuration for Windows and MacOS

Once you have downloaded and installed Wireguard, start it up. You should see a window similar to the following.

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Click the "+" (Macintosh) or "Add Tunnel" in the bottom left or the button "Import tunnel(s) from file".

On the Macintosh, you may see the following warning:

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Click "Allow". Now you can click the "Activate" button to connect to your Federated Core VPN.

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You are connected to your Federated Core and all internet traffic will be tunnelled through the Federated Core.

### Configuration for Ubuntu-based Linux

Install Wireguard using the following command:

> sudo apt install wireguard

Using the configuration file from your administrator, you can use the command line tools from Wireguard to connect to your Federated Core VPN.