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🔐 Secure Your Server with WireGuard VPN (Complete Server + Client Setup Guide)

I’ve just published a two-part hands-on video series on WireGuard VPN where I show how to create a secure, encrypted tunnel between your local machine and a remote Linux server using WireGuard — one of the fastest and most modern VPN solutions available today.

This series is ideal for:
✅ DevOps engineers
✅ Backend developers
✅ System administrators
✅ Cybersecurity learners
✅ Anyone working with Linux servers

🚀 Part 1 – WireGuard VPN Server Setup (Ubuntu/Debian)

In this video, I cover the complete server-side setup from scratch, including:

✔ Updating system packages
✔ Installing WireGuard on Ubuntu/Debian
✔ Generating public & private key pairs
✔ Creating the WireGuard server configuration
✔ Allowing required firewall ports
✔ Enabling and starting the VPN service securely

📺 Watch Part 1 here:
👉 https://youtu.be/I5IuaM3Oiis?si=DF1TRnL7qf-QzUIE

🔗 Part 2 – WireGuard VPN Client Setup & Secure Connection

In the second part, I demonstrate how to connect a client securely to the WireGuard server:

✔ Creating WireGuard client config file
✔ Generating client key pairs
✔ Installing WireGuard client on local machine
✔ Connecting to the VPN tunnel
✔ Verifying encryption using ping & server access

📺 Watch Part 2 here:
👉 https://youtu.be/CMO-K0dtTgM?si=R7VKYERDYd8ZSm08

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