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· 3 min read

Introduction​

This guide allows you to setup your own cloud VPN using SPR for $4/month on the DigitalOcean Marketplace. It features ad blocking, firewall rules, and device micro-segmentation.

If you want to dive in directly: Click here to create a droplet using the SPR image. Else, follow along in the steps below.

Step 1 - Create a SPR Droplet​

To create a SPR Droplet from the Digital Ocean marketplace, press the Create SPR Droplet button:

Pressing the button will take you to the DigitalOcean control panel. If you are not logged into your DigitalOcean account, you need to login. If you don't have an account, you can sign up for one.

Step 2 - Configure your droplet​

Select a region & be sure to create a SSH key if you don't have one configured already.

For Droplet Size, the smallest $4/month with 512 MB RAM is enough but feel free to choose another one.

After you've made all your choices, press Create droplet.

Step 3 - Access your droplet​

In the droplet listing you can see the IP address, click Get started to see the tutorial and how to access you server.

ssh [email protected]

Step 4 - Generate a VPN Key and Connect​

cd /home/spr/super && ./virtual_install.sh

You can scan the QR Code generated from the terminal

Step 5 -- Connecting to SPR​

To connect to the SPR UI/API, it's possible to connect via the VPN, or to connect with an SSH tunnel

For the ssh tunnel approach, reconnect to the droplet, with forwarding options

ssh [email protected]  -N -L 8000:127.0.0.1:8000

Then navigate to localhost:8000. The password is auto generated by the droplet and presented on the first login .

[+] login information:
==========================================================
 http tunnel: ssh 165.22.182.180 -N -L 8000:127.0.0.1:8000
         url: http://localhost:8000/
    username: admin
    password: SmczeGzcEPbBmQEi
       token: 6Yd2MtMSkm0TiDG2ZIWqoFqxgiHN9HzRJ24m/U8HKw4=
==========================================================

You can update the admin password by modifying /home/spr/super/configs/auth/auth_users.json directly.

Alternately, when connected to the VPN, the default address for the SPR frontend will be at 192.168.2.1. This can be updated under the 'supernetworks' panel.

Conclusion​

With this guide we've described how to setup virtual SPR to get a secure, self-hosted VPN for $4/month. The setup allows you to route and redirect traffic, block ads, and automate networks tasks.

See the spr-virtual-image-build repository on GitHub for how the image is built.

Read more about running SPR in the cloud in the Virtual SPR Guide.

· 2 min read

Introduction​

This guide shows how to setup Virtual SPR on a DigitalOcean Droplet and connect to it using WireGuard VPN.

For a more general and in-depth guide see the Virtual SPR Guide.

Create a Droplet​

Login to DigitalOcean and click Create Droplet.

Select prefered Region and Datacenter (Amsterdam and AMS3 in the example), go with default Ubuntu 22.04 x64 for OS and version.

For Droplet Size, the smallest $4/month Basic with 512 MB RAM is enough but feel free to choose another one.

If you already have a ssh key configured for a project you can choose the pubkey or click New SSH Key for Choose Authentication Method.

Click Create Droplet & wait for it to spin up.

Install Virtual SPR​

When the droplet has started, copy the ipv4 address and ssh into the box using your ssh key as root:

ssh -i .ssh/id_rsa root@paste-ipv4-address-here

Run the SPR virtual installer as root on the droplet:

bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/spr-networks/super/master/virtual_install.sh)"

The script will download the SPR repository and run virtual_install.sh (you can also checkout the repository and run the script manually if you want to inspect the script before running it.)

If you want to add another device, just run the setup script again:

cd super
./virtual_install.sh

Now you have a WireGuard VPN config ready, either scan the QR Code or paste the config into the WireGuard client.

For more information on setting up the client see the Virtual SPR Guide on how to connect your VPN client to the droplet instance.