{"id":1137,"date":"2025-09-05T23:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yairmartinezcybersecurityportfolio.com\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2025-12-26T05:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:26:41","slug":"setting-up-my-own-personal-vpn-with-fireguard-on-digital-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yairmartinezcybersecurityportfolio.com\/?p=1137","title":{"rendered":"Setting Up My Own Personal VPN With Wireguard on Digital Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For this project, I set up my own WireGuard VPN<\/strong> on the same VPS that hosts my e-portfolio website. Instead of paying for a third-party VPN, I wanted to learn hands-on how VPNs work, how to configure them, and how i would secure them when running alongside other services like WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1: Provision the VPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I used a DigitalOcean droplet<\/strong> with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • $6\/month plan (1 vCPU \/ 1 GB RAM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Closest region for latency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This was the same droplet as where my e-portfolio is hosted from <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Step 2: Install WireGuard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    After connecting to the server via SSH, I installed wireguard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Step 3: Generate Keys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Inside \/etc\/wireguard<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    This gave me private\/public key pairs for both server and client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Step 4: Configure the Server<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    I created \/etc\/wireguard\/wg0.conf<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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