Proxmox

Proxmox is frequently used in smaller environments for it’s ability to mix Linux Containers and Virtual Machines at very low cost. LCD - Linux Containers - are especially valuable as they give the benefits of virtualization with minimal overhead.

Using wireguard in a container simply requires adding the host’s kernel module interface.

Edit the container’s config

On the pve host, for lxc id 101:

echo "lxc.mount.entry = /dev/net/tun /dev/net/tun none bind create=file" >> /etc/pve/lxc/101.conf

Older Proxmox

In the past you had to install the module, or use the DKMS method. That’s no longer needed as the Wireguard kernel module is now available on proxmox with the standard install. You don’t even need to install the wireguard tools. But if you run into trouble you can go through these steps

apt install wireguard
modprobe wireguard

# The module will load dynamically when a conainter starts, but you can also manually load it
echo "wireguard" >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf