---
name: "interfaces-wireguard-quick"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "ifupdown-ng"
version: "0.12.1-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/interfaces-wireguard-quick"
---

# interfaces-wireguard-quick(5)

wg-quick extensions for the interfaces(5) file format

## NAME

**interfaces-wireguard-quick** - wg-quick extensions for the [interfaces(5)](/interfaces/5.md) file format

## DESCRIPTION

Wireguard is a comtemporary in-Kernel layer 3 VPN protocol implementation which aims to provide fast and secure tunnels. The wireguard-quick executor allows to set up Wireguard VPN tunnels using wg-quick.

The configuration file used by wg-quick will be named \`/etc/wireguard/*interface*.conf\`.

## EXAMPLES

A Wireguard VPN tunnel configured with wg-quick:

```
auto wg-foo
iface wg-foo
        use wireguard-quick
```

## AUTHORS

Ariadne Conill \<ariadne@dereferenced.org\>