I want to run a small VM running a very low-maintenance distro for the sole purpose of running a private VPN (preferably WireGuard).
I do this because I want to access all of my ESXi VMs from WAN.
I’m thinking Fedora Server because it has roling-release, so I don’t have to reinstall, I guess? But I want it to be very stable, because if it fails I lose access to ALL my VMs.
Debian LTS with unattended upgrades is my go-to
If its solely for setting up a wireguard server, it doesn’t need to be rolling release. Nothing should really need changing.
- Alpine Linux due to it being lightweight and hardened
- Arch Linux due to it being lightweight and fast
- Rocky 9 due to HAProxy in case you decide to turn this into a DIY datacenter :)
Ubuntu 24.04 is security maintained for 10 years - no major version bumps just security updates the whole time. Installs lean, works great. I use it for exactly this.
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I would of went Alpine, but debian is a solid choice as well.
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Alpine with a cronjob to
apk -U upgradeor auto-updating Debian StableAnything with docker set up OOTB, like Flatcar Linux
And a good docker container like: WG-Easy
