[PATCH v2 RESEND^2] wg: Allow config to read secret keys from file

Daniel Gröber dxld at darkboxed.org
Mon Oct 23 17:14:26 UTC 2023


This adds two new config keys PrivateKeyFile= and PresharedKeyFile= that
simply hook up the existing code for the `wg set ... private-key /file`
codepath.

By using the new options wireguard configs can become a lot easier to
manage and deploy as we don't have to treat them as secrets anymore. This
way they can, for example, be tracked in public git repos while the secret
keys can be provisioned using an out of band system or with a manual
one-time step instead.

Before this patch we were using an ugly hack: it's possible to simply omit
PrivateKey= and set it using `PostUp = wg set %i private-key /some/file`.
However this breaks when we try to use setconf or synconf as they
will (rightly) unset the private key when it's missing in the underlying
config file breaking connectivity.

Reviewed-By: Michael Tokarev <mjt at tls.msk.ru>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Gröber <dxld at darkboxed.org>
---
 src/config.c | 8 ++++++++
 src/man/wg.8 | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 81ccb47..1e924c7 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ static bool process_line(struct config_ctx *ctx, const char *line)
 			ret = parse_key(ctx->device->private_key, value);
 			if (ret)
 				ctx->device->flags |= WGDEVICE_HAS_PRIVATE_KEY;
+		} else if (key_match("PrivateKeyFile")) {
+			ret = parse_keyfile(ctx->device->private_key, value);
+			if (ret)
+				ctx->device->flags |= WGDEVICE_HAS_PRIVATE_KEY;
 		} else
 			goto error;
 	} else if (ctx->is_peer_section) {
@@ -467,6 +471,10 @@ static bool process_line(struct config_ctx *ctx, const char *line)
 			ret = parse_key(ctx->last_peer->preshared_key, value);
 			if (ret)
 				ctx->last_peer->flags |= WGPEER_HAS_PRESHARED_KEY;
+		} else if (key_match("PresharedKeyFile")) {
+			ret = parse_keyfile(ctx->last_peer->preshared_key, value);
+			if (ret)
+				ctx->last_peer->flags |= WGPEER_HAS_PRESHARED_KEY;
 		} else
 			goto error;
 	} else
diff --git a/src/man/wg.8 b/src/man/wg.8
index 7984539..a5d8bcf 100644
--- a/src/man/wg.8
+++ b/src/man/wg.8
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ The \fIInterface\fP section may contain the following fields:
 .IP \(bu
 PrivateKey \(em a base64 private key generated by \fIwg genkey\fP. Required.
 .IP \(bu
+PrivateKeyFile \(em path to a file containing a base64 private key. May be used instead of \fIPrivateKey\fP. Optional.
+.IP \(bu
 ListenPort \(em a 16-bit port for listening. Optional; if not specified, chosen
 randomly.
 .IP \(bu
@@ -151,6 +153,8 @@ and may be omitted. This option adds an additional layer of symmetric-key
 cryptography to be mixed into the already existing public-key cryptography,
 for post-quantum resistance.
 .IP \(bu
+PresharedKeyFile \(em path to a file containing a base64 preshared key. May be used instead of \fIPresharedKey\fP. Optional.
+.IP \(bu
 AllowedIPs \(em a comma-separated list of IP (v4 or v6) addresses with
 CIDR masks from which incoming traffic for this peer is allowed and to
 which outgoing traffic for this peer is directed. The catch-all
-- 
2.39.2



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