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Warp’s a free VPN offered by Cloudflare – see Cloudflare Clients are currently available for Android and IOS, with OSX and Windows in beta Warp Beta

Here’s how to set it up on linux from the command line

Setup Wireguard and the Cloudflare configuration tool

If you don’t use arch linux, go to wireguard installation

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sudo pacman -S wireguard-tools
yay -S wgcf

You’ll need to keep the wireguard-tools installed, but wgcf is a onetime use

Setup Cloudflare profiles

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wgcf register
wgcf generate

Copy the config

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sudo cp wgcf-profile.conf /etc/wireguard

Start / Stop / Enable

Start

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wg-quick up wgcf-profile

Stop

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wg-quick up wgcf-profile

Enable

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systemctl enable wg-quick@wgcf-profile

Tweaks

I like to use my local dns so I can resolve hosts on the local network - this setup uses 1.1.1.1 by default. Since I use the excellen dnscrypt, I’m comfortable doing this…

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sudo vi /etc/wireguard/wgcf-profile.conf

and change the line DNS = 1.1.1.1 to your local secure dnscrypt server.