How to connect/disconnect from WireGuard (.conf) using Swift ?

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Hi

I'm building a React Native app and need to implement the functionality to connect/disconnect to a VPN using WireGuard configuration files (.conf).

I'm using Swift for the native integration on iOS. Does anyone know of any libraries or resources that could help with this?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 816598022

There isn’t an easy way to achieve this goal. Apple systems don’t have built-in support for the WireGuard protocol, so you can’t use Personal VPN. The only way to connect to a WireGuard server is via an Network Extension packet tunnel provider. You have a few options on that front:

You can write your own provider and embed it within your app. This is a non-trivial amount of work.
You can research whether some other app includes such a provider and allows other apps to configure it. This is possible, albeit quite challenging, on iOS.
If you’re working in a managed environment, you can avoid this entire issue by using an existing VPN app and pushing its configuration using MDM.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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There isn’t an easy way to achieve this goal. Apple systems don’t have built-in support for the WireGuard protocol, so you can’t use Personal VPN. The only way to connect to a WireGuard server is via an Network Extension packet tunnel provider. You have a few options on that front:

You can write your own provider and embed it within your app. This is a non-trivial amount of work.
You can research whether some other app includes such a provider and allows other apps to configure it. This is possible, albeit quite challenging, on iOS.
If you’re working in a managed environment, you can avoid this entire issue by using an existing VPN app and pushing its configuration using MDM.

Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@" + "apple.com"

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