Cory
@barrowclift Following your wiregaurd tutorial for mac os. Thankyou so much for putting this together. Ive got it all configured correctly but the launchD isnt loading on reboot before the login window. it will load once logged in. Is this a security thing with ventura? i did confirm the plist is in the top most directory in /Library/LaunchDaemons
Jul 6, 2023 at 5:06pmIvory for Mac
Show threadMarc BarrowcliftJul 9, 2023

@CyberCory Huh, you know what, this is something I never really considered. I have my server set to automatically log in on reboots, so it never occurred to me to check if the daemon starts *prior to any user login*.

I don't think the instructions as written support this, however, it appears this should be possible with a few adjustments, check this out: https://stackoverflow.com/q/74664759

LaunchDaemon service on MacOS not running until user signs in

I have an app service I want to start at system startup with a plist file: <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd&quo...

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Show threadMarc BarrowcliftJul 9, 2023
@CyberCory Once I have a free weekend I'll see if I can get this working in my own setup and update the guide to reflect the refined steps after I've confirmed it works. Thanks for reaching out about this!
Show threadCoryJul 9, 2023
@barrowclift I appreciate the guidance. I’ll look into it. Thanks!
Show threadMarc BarrowcliftJul 16, 2023

@CyberCory Hey Cory, quick update: I've gotten Wireguard starting on system boot (no user login necessary), updated the guide to reflect. https://barrowclift.me/post/wireguard-server-on-macos

TL;DR:
• Make sure your Wireguard config referenced by the daemon isn't in a /Users directory (should be in a "system”-level directory like /Library, /usr/, etc.)
• Make sure your daemon's user:group assignment is root:wheel

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Show threadCoryJul 16, 2023
@barrowclift Marc, you are the man. Thankyou!