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I am using WireGuard for iOS and already vastly prefer it over OpenVPN Connect: WireGuard stays connected and doesn't exhibit OpenVPN's unreliable reconnect-on-unlock behavior. Your efforts are much appreciated.

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OpenVPN on IOS is horrible. But if you're looking for something a bit more mature than wireguard for now, IKEv2 IPSec VPNs based on strongswan work great.

There are some ready made docker containers [0] that set up an IKEv2 VPN and can generate an IOS mobileconfig file for your phone.

[0]: https://github.com/gaomd/docker-ikev2-vpn-server

The configuration PFSense uses for Strongswan works without requiring you to install a mobileconfig file on iOS.

This has rapidly become my favourite solution for a VPN setup because it uses only built-in software on the client and it's extremely stable.

You still need an mobileconfig to configure On Demand (kind of always on) mode. But yeah, native IKEv2 on iOS is pretty solid.

I am so glad to hear this! I've been holding off on Wireguard solely because I need iPhone support, but I've had the same problems you're referring to with OpenVPN.

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