Network manager support: netctl about rosenpass HOT 18 OPEN

netctl maintainer here. I see that rosenpass is available in the Arch Linux repositories, which makes it easy for me to accept contributions. I expect adding support to netctl to be fairly simple and I prefer support to be merged there rather than on the rosenpass repository. Here are a few things that are needed:

• Add a rosenpass connection type.
• Document its availability and options in the manpage.
• Add an example profile file.
• Add rosenpass as an optional dependency to the PKGBUILD script.

I don't think this in itself is worth such a hefty bounty, but I'm happy to see netctl being valued.

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Hey @koraa, can you give me a brief description of this issue? I've read through netctl.

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Hey @koraa, can you give me a brief description of this issue? I've read through netctl.

When I add a wifi network to my computer I can just create a new config file with netctl

Interface=wlp3s0
Connection=wireless
Security=wpa
…

It should be possible to create and manage simple rosenpass/wireguard setups (using rp) with netctl in a similar way.

To this end netctl needs to be extended, I believe rosenpass provides all the necessary facilities. To claim this issue you should add documentation to this repository and link a PR/plugin/addon/contribution in this issue.

Accaptance of the Netctl code by us is sufficient. I will not block payout based on netctl not accepting the PR, if the PR is good enough.

I would start by creating a Netctl issue in their tracker with a link to this issue and check if they are up for it.

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What are the prerequisites to help me get started with this issue. I am interested in working on this. I am new to netctl. Not sure where to start looking.

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What are the prerequisites to help me get started with this issue. I am interested in working on this. I am new to netctl. Not sure where to start looking.

You can open a PR upstream: https://github.com/joukewitteveen/netctl/tree/master
netctl is only a connection of shell scripts, which do not have a very steep learning curve IMO.

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What are the basic setups we would like to create and manage using netctl for rosenpass?

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What are the basic setups we would like to create and manage using netctl for rosenpass?

Thank you for attempting this! A minimal setup would be the ability to connect to a Rosenpass setup as a client; i.e. one peer.

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@joukewitteveen thank you for seeing this issue!

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netctl maintainer here. I see that rosenpass is available in the Arch Linux repositories, which makes it easy for me to accept contributions. I expect adding support to netctl to be fairly simple and I prefer support to be merged there rather than on the rosenpass repository. Here are a few things that are needed:

* [ ]  Add a `rosenpass` connection type.

* [ ]  Document its availability and options in the manpage.

* [ ]  Add an example profile file.

* [ ]  Add `rosenpass` as an optional dependency to the `PKGBUILD` script.

I don't think this in itself is worth such a hefty bounty, but I'm happy to see netctl being valued.

I agree with all points you raised; except for one: I have been using netctl for years and it has made my life a lot easier. Its an important project; thank you for all the work you did to make it fly!

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I'm excited to work on it.

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/attempt 80

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Hey, I get this error while trying to follow to documentation in https://rosenpass.eu/#start. Is there an error in bash script? I am using the latest release version.

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It is not an error in the bas script. It just means that rosenpass cannot be found in your path. I recommend looking on that topic a bit. 😃

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Hey, I got rosenpass to work with netctl. However, it is running in server mode resulting in timeout error. I've used following command rosenpass exchange-config <CONFIG_FILE> in netctl

I am now trying to run it in daemon mode rosenpass exchange <OWN_CONFIG> [PEERS]. I am not understanding what to pass for these arguments<OWN_CONFIG> and [peers].

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Hey, I had another doubt. I started the client and server on the same machine. I followed the doc in rosenpass website. Is the below output correct?

This is the output of the result

I do not see any update while running the watch command.

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Hey, I got rosenpass to work with netctl. However, it is running in server mode resulting in timeout error. I've used following command rosenpass exchange-config <CONFIG_FILE> in netctl

I am now trying to run it in daemon mode rosenpass exchange <OWN_CONFIG> [PEERS]. I am not understanding what to pass for these arguments<OWN_CONFIG> and [peers].

rosenpass help exchange should explain it very well to you. <OWN_CONFIG> is something like public-key <PATH> secret-key <PATH> [listen <ADDR>:<PORT>], whereas [PEERS] is an infinite list of public-key <PATH> [ENDPOINT] [PSK] [OUTFILE] [WG] endpoint <HOST/IP>:<PORT> preshared-key <PATH> outfile <PATH> wireguard <WIREGUARD_DEV> <WIREGUARD_PEER> [WIREGUARD_EXTRA_ARGS]

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Hey, I updated the PR. I'm getting an error. I've upload a screenshot of the error in the PR.

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