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systemd.network is recommended due to its powerful configuration interface.
systemd.network is recommended due to its powerful configuration interface.
wg-quick is suitable for common usage patterns.  networking.wireguard seems to
wg-quick is suitable for common usage patterns.  networking.wireguard seems to
have issues with routing.  NetworkManager does not supoort Proxy server setup, and
have issues with routing.  NetworkManager does not support Proxy server setup, and
is cubersome to use.
is cubersome to use.


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== Reuse existing wg-quick config file ==
== Reuse existing wg-quick config file ==


If you have WireGuard configuration files that you want to use as-is
If you have WireGuard configuration files that you want to use as-is (similarly how you would configure WireGuard e.g. in [https://wiki.debian.org/WireGuard#Step_2_-_Configuration Debian]), without converting them to a declarative NixOS configuration, you can also configure <code>wg-quick</code> to use them. For example, if you have a configuration file <code>/etc/nixos/wireguard/wg0.conf</code>, add the following line to your <code>configuration.nix</code>:
(similarly how you would
[https://wiki.debian.org/WireGuard#Step_2_-_Configuration configure
WireGuard e.g. in Debian], without converting them to a declarative
NixOS configuration, you can also configure <code>wg-quick</code> to
use them. For example, if you have a configuration file
<code>/etc/nixos/wireguard/wg0.conf</code>, add the following line to
your <code>configuration.nix</code>:


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