How to Install Nebula on POP! OS Latest

Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool designed to connect computers, VMs, and containers securely and easily. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Nebula on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure you have the following requirements:

• A computer running POP! OS Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges
• Basic knowledge of command-line interface

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, we need to install some dependencies required by Nebula. Open a terminal and execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev

This will install the build-essential package and the libssl-dev library that Nebula needs to build and run.

Step 2: Install Go Lang

Next, we need to install Go Lang on our system. You can download the latest version of Go Lang from the official website or you can use the following command to install it:

sudo snap install --classic go

The above command will install Go Lang and set the necessary environment variables.

Step 3: Install Nebula

Now we are ready to install Nebula. Execute the following command to clone the Nebula repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/slackhq/nebula.git

This will download the Nebula source code into a new directory named "nebula".

Next, navigate to the "nebula" directory and build the Nebula binary using the following command:

cd nebula
make build

This will compile and build the Nebula binary file.

Step 4: Configure Nebula

After installing Nebula, we need to configure it according to our needs. First, we need to create a configuration file. Use the following command to create a new configuration file named "config":

nano config

Copy the following configuration code into the "config" file:

pki:
  ca: /etc/nebula/ca.crt
  cert: /etc/nebula/host.crt
  key: /etc/nebula/host.key

tun:
  dev: nebula1
  MTU: 1300
  drop_local_broadcast: true

listen:
  host: 0.0.0.0
  port: 4242

static_host_map:
  "192.168.100.1": ["localhost"]

lighthouse:
  am_lighthouse: true
  interval: 10000
  hosts:
    - nebula-host1.domain.com:4242
    - nebula-host2.domain.com:4242

firewall:
  state: "on"
  default: "block"
  inbound:
    - port: 22
      proto: tcp
      host: 192.168.0.0/16
  outbound:
    - port: 53
      proto: udp
      host: 0.0.0.0/0

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Run Nebula

We have completed the installation and configuration of Nebula. Now we can start the Nebula service using the following command:

sudo ./nebula -config config

This will start the Nebula service with the configuration we just created.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Nebula on POP! OS Latest. You can now use Nebula to connect computers, VMs, or containers securely and easily.

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