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Up till now I've been using only OpenVPN connections.
Which can be integrated nicely in NetworkManager to connect + disconnect from them, through NetworkManager's UI.

However since recently I also need to use Netbird for some connections.

Is it possible to add Netbird as an entry in NetworkManager, for easy connection + disconnection?
If so, how would one go about setting that up?

Or is adding Netbird in NetworkManager not possible,
and is the Netbird CLI/GUI really the only option?

Edit:
It's not possible yet.
First Netbird needs to add Wireguard config support,
see: https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/issues/2504

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[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No youll need to use the netbird command line to go up/down. Network manager can manage vpns but netbird is a bit different as its basically handling all of the connection stuff like network manager would be doing with an ovpn or raw wireguard config.

I do really hope netbird adds the feature to use raw wireguard clients to connect to nodes, kinda like how netmaker does it.

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

Ahhh sad to hear, but thanks for your reply,
now I know that I can stop searching,
and start hoping for quick implementation of Wireguard config support for Netbird :)

[–] florge@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

Thanks for your suggestion, but after going through the Github issues,
I'm afraid that it's not possible yet to connect to Netbird using a Wireguard config file: