Hi, 

 

This setup used to work perfectly for me until couple of days ago. The only change I did was to assign my server a static IP. Since then, my tunnel won't toggle to active. 

 

When I toggle to Active, it just automatically sets itself back to inactive. 

 

- I have tried to delete the tunnel and reimport the conf

- VPN provider is surfshark, if that matters. 

 

Is this some sort of a bug ? Is there a fix or workaround for it? 

 

Thanks!

Post the wg log, may be something there:

 

cat /var/log/wg-quick.log

 

Also recommend updating to latest stable

cat /var/log/wg-quick.log

 

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg2
[#] ip link add wg2 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg2 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg2

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg2
[#] ip link add wg2 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg2 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg2

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick down wg0
wg-quick: `wg0' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick down wg1
wg-quick: `wg1' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg2
[#] ip link add wg2 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg2 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg2

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg2
[#] ip link add wg2 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg2 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg2

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg2
[#] ip link add wg2 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg2 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg2

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg2
[#] ip link add wg2 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg2 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg2

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg1
[#] ip link add wg1 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg1 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `ca-tor.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg1

wg-quick down wg1
wg-quick: `wg1' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg2
[#] ip link add wg2 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg2 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg2

wg-quick down wg2
wg-quick: `wg2' is not a WireGuard interface

 

Delete that tunnel, and any other wg*.cfg file and recreate.

Okay, will give this a try and update

I deleted all the tunnels from VPN manager interface under setting and reimported the tunnel. Still seeing a similar error:

wg-quick down wg1
wg-quick: `wg1' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg1
[#] ip link add wg1 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg1 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg1

wg-quick down wg1
wg-quick: `wg1' is not a WireGuard interface

wg-quick up wg1
[#] ip link add wg1 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg1 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `us-ash.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg1

wg-quick down wg1
wg-quick: `wg1' is not a WireGuard interface

Is there some directory from where I need to delete it on the console ?

- I deleted all existing wg*.cfg and wg*.conf files from /etc/wireguard. Also deleted autostart. 

- I imported the wireguard config file again

- Still seeing same issue. 

- I tried running `wg-quick up wg0` after reading a bit online and the output reads as follows:

wg-quick up wg0
[#] ip link add wg0 type wireguard
[#] wg setconf wg0 /dev/fd/63
Name or service not known: `ca-tor.prod.surfshark.com:51820'
Configuration parsing error
[#] ip link delete dev wg0

 

Edited August 21, 20241 yr by cruzerkk

7 hours ago, cruzerkk said:

reimported the tunnel

Try creating a new one, not reimporting.

I undid the change. I set the IPv4 Address Assignment to 'Automatic'. It still kept the same IP that I had assigned when I set it to static. But now, after I import the tunnel it does not  switch back to Inactive.

Weird! But I guess this works for me (for now, at least)