Using the Skywire VPN

The following documentation exists for VPN server / client setup and usage: - Setup the Skywire VPN - Setup the Skywire VPN server - Package Installation Guide

VPN client and server permissions are documented separately in permissions.md.

An example using the VPN with skywire cli:

skywire cli vpn list

This will query the service discovery for a list of VPN server public keys: sd.skycoin.com/api/services?type=vpn

Sample output:

02836f9a39e38120f338dbc98c96ee2b1ffd73420259d1fb134a2d0a15c8b66ceb
0289a464f485ce9036f6267db10e5b6eaabd3972a25a7c2387f92b187d313aaf5e
03cad59c029fc2394e564d0d328e35db17f79feee50c33980f3ab31869dc05217b
02cf90f3b3001971cfb2b2df597200da525d359f4cf9828dca667ffe07f59f8225
03e540ddb3ac61385d6be64b38eeef806d8de9273d29d7eabb8daccaf4cee945ab
...

Select a key and start the VPN with:

skywire cli vpn start <public-key>

View the status of the VPN:

skywire cli vpn status

Check your IP address with ip.skywire.dev.

Note: ip.skycoin.com will only show your real IP address, not the IP address of the VPN connection.

Stop the VPN:

skywire cli vpn stop

Note: killswitch may be configured for the VPN — see skywire cli config gen --all help menu or the configuration documentation.