How to connect Docker containers across multiple hosts with WireGuard 🌐

1. Moby

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   The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

   

   Starting with Docker 28.2.0 (PR), you have to explicitly specify from which host interfaces you allow direct routing to containers in bridge networks. This is done by specifying the com.docker.network.bridge.trusted_host_interfaces option when creating the network. In our case, we want to allow routing via the WireGuard interface wg0 that will be created in the next step.

2. SaaSHub

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3. wireguard-linux

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   Mirror only. Official repository is at https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-linux

   

   Basic knowledge of Docker networking and WireGuard. If you're new to these topics, you might want to read up on them first.

4. uncloud

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   A lightweight tool for deploying and managing containerised applications across a network of Docker hosts. Bridging the gap between Docker and Kubernetes ✨

   

   I built Uncloud, an open source clustering and deployment tool for Docker, to handle all the heavy lifting automatically. You can get the same result and much more with just a few commands.

5. tailscale

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   The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

   

   Tailscale makes WireGuard easy with automatic NAT traversal and key management, but it's not designed as a generic site-to-site VPN for connecting networks. Instead, it connects individual devices and provides identity-based access controls.

6. flannel

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   flannel is a network fabric for containers, designed for Kubernetes

   

   Flannel is battle-tested in Kubernetes but can also be used with Docker. It supports multiple backends including VXLAN and WireGuard.

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