Re: connman-vpn does'nt work with wireguard

On Apr 23, 2024, at 11:05 PM, daniel antoine <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have installed wireguards-tools on my system and I am able to
> connect to a VPN server friend with the command wg-quick up 'name of
> the interface' . The configuration file in /etc/wiregard has a host
> with a FQDN as blabla.com  . It also works if I replace the host by an
> IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).
> 
> I have adapted the configuration file in /var/lib/connman-plugin like vpn.config
> 
> [provider_wireguard]
> Type = WireGuard
> Name = vpn
> Host = balabla.com
> WireGuard.Address = 10.0.6.5 /24
> WireGuard.PrivateKey = xxxx
> WireGuard.PublicKey = zzzz
> WireGuard.AllowedIPs = 10.0.6.0/24
> WireGuard.EndpointPort = 51822
> WireGuard.PersistentKeepalive = 25
> 
> My display environment is enlightenment. I see the connection "vpn" in
> the connection window. When I click on it , wg show vpn displays the
> connection to the server, a ip a command shows an interface wg0  but
> it drops after some seconds. I can ping the server 10.0.6.1 until it
> drops.
> 
> If I replace the FQDN by an IP address in this file , for an IPv4
> address it makes the wifi connection shutdown and returns. My laptop
> is connected by wifi to my livebox. If I put an IPv6 address it does
> nothing, no interface wg0 is created.
> 
> connmanctl shows the vpn service with the command services and the vpn
> connection is present in vpnconnection
> 
> My first question is why connman does not accept an IP address IPv4 or
> IPv6 . I have compiled wiregard-tools with WITH_BASHCOMPLETION=yes
> and WITH_WGQUICK=yes
> 
> After why the connection drops

Daniel:

I wonder if you are running into the same issue as Christian Hewitt <[email protected]> in the thread "RFC: There Are No Routes for Non-default Services
":

    https://lore.kernel.org/connman/[email protected]/

Best,

Grant

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