I use the Digital Ocean managed Kubernetes cluster and would like to create a wireguard interface. For the command wg-quick up wg0
the error message is ‘RTNETLINK answers: Not supported’.
How would I go about getting a node that has the support for the wireguard kernel module?
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We currently run a debian-maintained Linux 4.19 whereas the in-tree wireguard didn’t make it into the kernel until 5.6. We’re currently looking into upgrading to Linux 5.7 which is consideration to be released soon.
Still looking forward to the wireguard server and client support in the Linux kernel and being able to deploy it from the Pods. Being able to use the module may require additional privileges. While you are at it, can you also look into using the eBPF feature of the node’s kernel?
A tangential questions: Is there a specific reason to use Debian as your OS instead of Ubuntu (say, licensing or the ability to customize…)
So anyway, this is 2023. I recently tested a pod which tried to create a wireguard interface and it worked. My kubernetes cluster has been automatically updated all along and so I guess anyone picking up the latest K8s would have no trouble having wireguard interfaces inside the pods.