More reliable packages available for RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

I was asked to loop in the ELRepo mailing list too. Below is the email
I just sent out to wgml.

On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 3:12 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason at zx2c4.com> wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> Joe Doss (cc'd) has maintained our DKMS packages for Fedora, RHEL, and CentOS
> for the last several years on his copr. Recently there have been some nice
> changes due to the 1.0ing of WireGuard.
>
> - Fedora 32 will get Linux 5.6, so it won't need the DKMS package:
>   https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-e8b6474ee5
> - Fedora 31 and 30 will also get Linux 5.6 during the next month, so
>   they won't need the DKMS package.
> - Joe has joined ELRepo (cc'd) as a package maintainer, so RHEL/CentOS
>   7/8 will now have binary kmods built over there, signed with ELrepo's
>   validating UEFI Secure Boot key, so enterprise users will have more
>   reliable updates.
> - I've contacted Red Hat about bringing WireGuard directly into the RHEL kernel;
>   we'll see what happens there. (I've also reached out to Oracle
>   regarding their enterprise situation.)
> - The wireguard-tools package moved into Fedora-proper, which means it's
>   now available on F32, F31, F30, and RHEL/CentOS 7,8 via EPEL.
>
> The net result of this is that when F31 and F32 move to 5.6, we will no
> longer need the copr with DKMS, at all, and also that today, enterprise
> users now have a more reliable way to use WireGuard.
>
> The most up to date instructions are on https://www.wireguard.com/install/
> but the current situation is:
>
> Fedora 32 now and Fedora 31,30 in a few weeks from now:
> $ sudo dnf install wireguard-tools
>
> Fedora 31,30 now, but not in a few weeks from now:
> $ sudo dnf copr enable jdoss/wireguard
> $ sudo dnf install wireguard-dkms wireguard-tools
>
> RHEL 8:
> $ sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
> $ sudo yum install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-8.el8.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> $ sudo yum install kmod-wireguard wireguard-tools
>
> CentOS 8:
> $ sudo yum install elrepo-release epel-release
> $ sudo yum install kmod-wireguard wireguard-tools
>
> RHEL 7:
> $ sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
> $ sudo yum install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-7.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> $ sudo yum install kmod-wireguard wireguard-tools
>
> CentOS 7:
> $ sudo yum install epel-release
> $ sudo yum install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-7.el7.elrepo.noarch.rpm
> $ sudo yum install kmod-wireguard wireguard-tools
>
> Thanks,
> Jason