Executing custom gateway commands

defguard gateway has ability to execute custom commands before and after the WireGuard tunnel us up or down.

If you want to run a shell script, you should pass it's path to your shell, for example:

/bin/sh -c /path/to/script

You can use this functionality in various ways:

ENV Variables

  • PRE_UP - Command to run before bringing up the interface.

  • POST_UP - Command to run after bringing up the interface.

  • PRE_DOWN - Command to run before bringing down the interface.

  • POST_DOWN - Command to run after bringing down the interface.

Command line arguments

  • --pre-up - Command to run before bringing up the interface.

  • --post-up - Command to run after bringing up the interface.

  • --pre-down - Command to run before bringing down the interface.

  • --post-down - Command to run after bringing down the interface.

/etc/defguard/gateway.toml - configuration file entries

  • pre-up - Command to run before bringing up the interface.

  • post-up - Command to run after bringing up the interface.

  • pre-down - Command to run before bringing down the interface.

  • post-down - Command to run after bringing down the interface.

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