diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 0986db0..d913509 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -163,7 +163,12 @@ MONITORING_ATTEMPTS=2
 # dies ist die zweite Verteidigungslinie IN der App: auf jedem anderen Host
 # antwortet /admin mit 404 (nicht 403 — verrät nicht, dass es die Konsole gibt).
 # Komma-getrennt. LEER = keine Einschränkung (aktueller Dev-Stand).
-# Beispiel: ADMIN_HOSTS=admin.dev.clupilot.com,10.10.90.185
+# Beispiel: # Schluessel fuer gespeicherte VPN-Konfigurationen (32 Byte, base64).
+# Bewusst getrennt von APP_KEY. Leer = Speichern deaktiviert.
+# Erzeugen: head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64
+VPN_CONFIG_KEY=
+
+ADMIN_HOSTS=admin.dev.clupilot.com,10.10.90.185
 ADMIN_HOSTS=admin.dev.clupilot.com,10.10.90.185,localhost,127.0.0.1
 
 # ── Nextcloud blueprint template ─────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Admin/ConfirmDeleteVpnPeer.php b/app/Livewire/Admin/ConfirmDeleteVpnPeer.php
index e8ca79f..bcda3b5 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Admin/ConfirmDeleteVpnPeer.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Admin/ConfirmDeleteVpnPeer.php
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ class ConfirmDeleteVpnPeer extends ModalComponent
 
     public function mount(string $uuid): void
     {
-        $this->authorize('vpn.manage'); // modals are reachable without the route middleware
+        // Modals are reachable without the route middleware, so this is the
+        // real guard, not a convenience check.
         $peer = VpnPeer::query()->with('host')->where('uuid', $uuid)->firstOrFail();
+        $this->authorize('delete', $peer);
         $this->uuid = $uuid;
         $this->name = $peer->name;
         $this->hostName = $peer->host?->name;
@@ -30,10 +32,12 @@ class ConfirmDeleteVpnPeer extends ModalComponent
 
     public function delete(): void
     {
-        $this->authorize('vpn.manage');
-
         $peer = VpnPeer::query()->where('uuid', $this->uuid)->first();
         if ($peer !== null) {
+            $this->authorize('delete', $peer);
+
+            // A tombstone that still carries a usable private key is a liability.
+            $peer->purgeSecret();
             // Soft-delete, so the row survives as a tombstone until the hub has
             // actually dropped the peer. A hard delete here would let the next
             // sync adopt the still-present peer back as a live access —
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Admin/Settings.php b/app/Livewire/Admin/Settings.php
index 1705c20..432d3c3 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Admin/Settings.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Admin/Settings.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ namespace App\Livewire\Admin;
 
 use App\Models\Customer;
 use App\Models\User;
+use App\Models\VpnPeer;
+use App\Provisioning\Jobs\ApplyVpnPeer;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
@@ -169,6 +171,15 @@ class Settings extends Component
             $target->syncRoles([]);
             $target->update(['is_admin' => false]);
 
+            // Taking away the console but leaving the tunnel would be the worst
+            // of both: no access to the panel, still a route into the
+            // management network. Same revocation path as the VPN page uses.
+            foreach (VpnPeer::query()->where('user_id', $target->id)->get() as $peer) {
+                $peer->purgeSecret();
+                $peer->delete();
+                ApplyVpnPeer::dispatch($peer->public_key, null, false);
+            }
+
             return 'revoked';
         });
 
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Admin/Vpn.php b/app/Livewire/Admin/Vpn.php
index 7b72547..72f15a7 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Admin/Vpn.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Admin/Vpn.php
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ use App\Models\Host;
 use App\Models\VpnPeer;
 use App\Provisioning\Jobs\ApplyVpnPeer;
 use App\Provisioning\Jobs\SyncVpnPeers;
+use App\Models\User;
+use App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigHandoff;
+use App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault;
 use App\Services\Wireguard\Keypair;
+use App\Services\Wireguard\QrCode;
 use App\Services\Wireguard\WireguardHub;
 use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
 use Livewire\Attributes\Layout;
 use Livewire\Attributes\On;
 use Livewire\Component;
@@ -27,14 +33,23 @@ class Vpn extends Component
     /** Optional: a peer that generated its own key never hands us the private half. */
     public string $publicKey = '';
 
-    /** Shown once, right after creation — the private key is never stored. */
-    public ?string $newConfig = null;
+    /** Opaque handle for the freshly created config; see ConfigHandoff. */
+    public ?string $configToken = null;
 
     public ?string $newConfigName = null;
 
+    /** Owner of the new access. Defaults to the operator creating it. */
+    public ?int $ownerId = null;
+
+    /** Keep the config so its owner can fetch it again behind their password. */
+    public bool $storeConfig = false;
+
+    public bool $showQr = false;
+
     public function mount(): void
     {
-        $this->authorize('vpn.manage');
+        $this->authorize('viewAny', VpnPeer::class);
+        $this->ownerId = auth()->id();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,19 +60,44 @@ class Vpn extends Component
      */
     public function hydrate(): void
     {
-        $this->authorize('vpn.manage');
+        $this->authorize('viewAny', VpnPeer::class);
     }
 
     public function create(): void
     {
-        $this->authorize('vpn.manage');
+        $this->authorize('create', VpnPeer::class);
 
         $this->validate([
             'name' => 'required|string|max:255',
             'publicKey' => 'nullable|string|max:64',
+            // An access belongs to a person, and only to an operator: a customer
+            // account must never own a way into the management network.
+            'ownerId' => ['required', Rule::exists('users', 'id')],
         ]);
 
+        $owner = User::query()->find($this->ownerId);
+        if ($owner === null || ! $owner->isOperator()) {
+            $this->addError('ownerId', __('vpn.owner_must_be_operator'));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Storing needs a key. Without one we would either write the credential
+        // in the clear or pretend we stored it — both worse than saying no.
+        if ($this->storeConfig && ! ConfigVault::available()) {
+            $this->addError('storeConfig', __('vpn.vault_unavailable'));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         $ownKey = trim($this->publicKey) !== '';
+
+        if ($this->storeConfig && $ownKey) {
+            $this->addError('storeConfig', __('vpn.cannot_store_foreign_key'));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         if ($ownKey && ! Keypair::isValidKey(trim($this->publicKey))) {
             $this->addError('publicKey', __('vpn.invalid_key'));
 
@@ -94,6 +134,8 @@ class Vpn extends Component
 
                 return VpnPeer::create([
                     'name' => trim($this->name),
+                    'kind' => VpnPeer::KIND_STAFF,
+                    'user_id' => $this->ownerId,
                     'public_key' => $publicKey,
                     'allowed_ip' => $hub->allocateIp(),
                     'enabled' => true,
@@ -118,21 +160,31 @@ class Vpn extends Component
         ApplyVpnPeer::dispatch($peer->public_key, $peer->allowed_ip, true);
 
         // Only a key we generated can be turned into a ready-to-use config.
-        $this->newConfig = $keypair === null ? null : $this->clientConfig($keypair, $peer->allowed_ip);
-        $this->newConfigName = $peer->name;
+        if ($keypair !== null) {
+            $config = $this->clientConfig($keypair, $peer->allowed_ip);
+            $this->configToken = ConfigHandoff::put($config);
+            $this->newConfigName = $peer->name;
 
-        $this->reset('name', 'publicKey');
+            if ($this->storeConfig) {
+                $peer->forceFill(['config_secret' => ConfigVault::encrypt($config)])->saveQuietly();
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->reset('name', 'publicKey', 'storeConfig');
+        $this->ownerId = auth()->id();
         $this->dispatch('notify', message: __('vpn.created'));
     }
 
     public function toggle(string $uuid): void
     {
-        $this->authorize('vpn.manage');
-
+        // Looked up globally and then judged by the policy: filtering it out of
+        // the query here would turn "not allowed" into a button that silently
+        // does nothing, which is exactly how the portal used to lie to people.
         $peer = VpnPeer::query()->where('uuid', $uuid)->first();
         if ($peer === null) {
             return;
         }
+        $this->authorize('block', $peer);
 
         $peer->update(['enabled' => ! $peer->enabled]);
         ApplyVpnPeer::dispatch($peer->public_key, $peer->allowed_ip, $peer->enabled);
@@ -148,7 +200,41 @@ class Vpn extends Component
 
     public function dismissConfig(): void
     {
-        $this->reset('newConfig', 'newConfigName');
+        ConfigHandoff::forget($this->configToken);
+        $this->reset('configToken', 'newConfigName', 'showQr');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The list this operator is allowed to see: their own accesses, plus
+     * everything when they hold vpn.view.all. Filtering in the query as well as
+     * in the actions, so a forged uuid cannot reach a peer the page never showed.
+     */
+    private function visiblePeers()
+    {
+        $query = VpnPeer::query();
+
+        if (! auth()->user()?->can('vpn.view.all')) {
+            $query->where('kind', VpnPeer::KIND_STAFF)->where('user_id', auth()->id());
+        }
+
+        return $query;
+    }
+
+    public function toggleQr(): void
+    {
+        $this->showQr = ! $this->showQr;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * wg-quick takes the interface name from the filename, and Linux caps
+     * interface names at 15 characters — so the label is slugged and cut rather
+     * than handing the operator a file that fails to come up.
+     */
+    public function configFilename(): string
+    {
+        $slug = Str::slug((string) $this->newConfigName) ?: 'clupilot';
+
+        return Str::limit($slug, 15, '').'.conf';
     }
 
     /** Polled by the view; throttled so a room full of open tabs cannot flood the queue. */
@@ -182,7 +268,14 @@ class Vpn extends Component
         $hub = app(WireguardHub::class);
 
         return view('livewire.admin.vpn', [
-            'peers' => VpnPeer::query()->with('host')->orderByDesc('present')->orderBy('name')->get(),
+            'newConfig' => $config = ConfigHandoff::get($this->configToken),
+            'qrSvg' => $this->showQr && $config !== null ? QrCode::svg($config) : null,
+            'peers' => $this->visiblePeers()->with(['host', 'owner'])->orderByDesc('present')->orderBy('name')->get(),
+            'operators' => User::query()
+                ->whereHas('roles', fn ($q) => $q->whereIn('name', User::OPERATOR_ROLES))
+                ->orderBy('name')->get(['id', 'name', 'email']),
+            'canManage' => auth()->user()?->can('vpn.manage.all') ?? false,
+            'vaultAvailable' => ConfigVault::available(),
             'hubEndpoint' => $hub->endpoint(),
             'hubPublicKey' => $hub->publicKey(),
             'lastSync' => VpnPeer::query()->max('observed_at'),
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Admin/VpnConfigAccess.php b/app/Livewire/Admin/VpnConfigAccess.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca871b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Livewire/Admin/VpnConfigAccess.php
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Livewire\Admin;
+
+use App\Models\VpnPeer;
+use App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigHandoff;
+use App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault;
+use App\Services\Wireguard\QrCode;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\RateLimiter;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use LivewireUI\Modal\ModalComponent;
+
+/**
+ * Retrieving a stored VPN config again, behind the owner's own password.
+ *
+ * The password is asked for on EVERY retrieval, not once per session: Laravel's
+ * password.confirm middleware keeps a 15-minute session stamp, which would
+ * authorise unlimited later downloads from an unattended browser — not what
+ * "enter your password to download it" means.
+ */
+class VpnConfigAccess extends ModalComponent
+{
+    public string $uuid;
+
+    public string $name = '';
+
+    public string $password = '';
+
+    /** Opaque handle; the plaintext never enters the component snapshot. */
+    public ?string $token = null;
+
+    public bool $showQr = false;
+
+    public function mount(string $uuid): void
+    {
+        $peer = VpnPeer::query()->where('uuid', $uuid)->firstOrFail();
+        $this->authorize('downloadConfig', $peer);
+
+        $this->uuid = $uuid;
+        $this->name = $peer->name;
+    }
+
+    public function reveal(): void
+    {
+        // A retry must not still be showing the previous attempt's complaint.
+        $this->resetErrorBag('password');
+
+        $peer = VpnPeer::query()->where('uuid', $this->uuid)->firstOrFail();
+        $this->authorize('downloadConfig', $peer);
+
+        // Rate-limited per user, so a stolen session cannot grind the password.
+        $key = 'vpn-config:'.auth()->id();
+        if (RateLimiter::tooManyAttempts($key, 5)) {
+            $this->addError('password', __('vpn.too_many_attempts', ['seconds' => RateLimiter::availableIn($key)]));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (! Hash::check($this->password, auth()->user()->password)) {
+            RateLimiter::hit($key, 300);
+            Log::warning('VPN config download refused: wrong password', [
+                'user_id' => auth()->id(), 'peer' => $peer->uuid,
+            ]);
+            $this->addError('password', __('vpn.wrong_password'));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        RateLimiter::clear($key);
+
+        $plaintext = ConfigVault::decrypt((string) $peer->config_secret);
+        if ($plaintext === null) {
+            // Wrong or rotated key, or a tampered record. Never guess.
+            $this->addError('password', __('vpn.config_unreadable'));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $peer->forceFill([
+            'last_downloaded_at' => now(),
+            'download_count' => $peer->download_count + 1,
+        ])->saveQuietly();
+
+        Log::info('VPN config downloaded', ['user_id' => auth()->id(), 'peer' => $peer->uuid]);
+
+        $this->reset('password');
+        $this->token = ConfigHandoff::put($plaintext);
+    }
+
+    public function toggleQr(): void
+    {
+        $this->showQr = ! $this->showQr;
+    }
+
+    public function filename(): string
+    {
+        return Str::limit(Str::slug($this->name) ?: 'clupilot', 15, '').'.conf';
+    }
+
+    public function render()
+    {
+        $config = ConfigHandoff::get($this->token);
+
+        return view('livewire.admin.vpn-config-access', [
+            'config' => $config,
+            'qrSvg' => $config !== null && $this->showQr ? QrCode::svg($config) : null,
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index a502843..1df9bc7 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     use HasFactory, HasRoles, Notifiable, TwoFactorAuthenticatable;
 
     /** The five operator roles that grant access to the admin console. */
-    public const OPERATOR_ROLES = ['Owner', 'Admin', 'Support', 'Billing', 'Read-only'];
+    public const OPERATOR_ROLES = ['Owner', 'Admin', 'Support', 'Billing', 'Read-only', 'Developer'];
 
     /** True when this user holds an operator role (the RBAC console boundary). */
     public function isOperator(): bool
diff --git a/app/Models/VpnPeer.php b/app/Models/VpnPeer.php
index 6d78403..7deb45e 100644
--- a/app/Models/VpnPeer.php
+++ b/app/Models/VpnPeer.php
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ class VpnPeer extends Model
      *  does not flap for an idle-but-connected peer. */
     public const ONLINE_AFTER_MINUTES = 3;
 
+    /** A person's access. Requires an owner. */
+    public const KIND_STAFF = 'staff';
+
+    /** Registered by the host pipeline for a Proxmox host. Requires host_id. */
+    public const KIND_HOST = 'host';
+
+    /** Found on the interface without a match — adopted so it stays visible. */
+    public const KIND_SYSTEM = 'system';
+
     protected $guarded = [];
 
     protected function casts(): array
@@ -27,6 +36,8 @@ class VpnPeer extends Model
             'enabled' => 'boolean',
             'present' => 'boolean',
             'last_handshake_at' => 'datetime',
+            'secret_purged_at' => 'datetime',
+            'last_downloaded_at' => 'datetime',
             'observed_at' => 'datetime',
             'rx_bytes' => 'integer',
             'tx_bytes' => 'integer',
@@ -48,6 +59,30 @@ class VpnPeer extends Model
         return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'created_by');
     }
 
+    /** The person this access belongs to (staff peers only). */
+    public function owner(): BelongsTo
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'user_id');
+    }
+
+    public function hasStoredConfig(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->config_secret !== null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Overwrite the stored credential. Called on revocation: a tombstone that
+     * still carries a usable private key is a liability, not a record.
+     */
+    public function purgeSecret(): void
+    {
+        if ($this->config_secret === null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->forceFill(['config_secret' => null, 'secret_purged_at' => now()])->saveQuietly();
+    }
+
     public function isOnline(): bool
     {
         return $this->enabled
diff --git a/app/Policies/VpnPeerPolicy.php b/app/Policies/VpnPeerPolicy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8abfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Policies/VpnPeerPolicy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Policies;
+
+use App\Models\User;
+use App\Models\VpnPeer;
+
+/**
+ * Who may see and do what with a VPN access.
+ *
+ * Ownership is record-level and lives here; permissions describe elevated
+ * capabilities (vpn.view.all, vpn.manage.all) and are checked through Gate.
+ * The two are kept apart on purpose: seeing an access is not managing it, and
+ * neither of them is holding its private key.
+ *
+ * There is no Gate::before super-admin shortcut in this application, so these
+ * rules are the whole story — in particular downloadConfig() cannot be
+ * out-voted by a role.
+ */
+class VpnPeerPolicy
+{
+    public function viewAny(User $user): bool
+    {
+        // Every operator may at least reach the page to find their own access.
+        return $user->isOperator();
+    }
+
+    public function view(User $user, VpnPeer $peer): bool
+    {
+        return $this->owns($user, $peer) || $user->can('vpn.view.all');
+    }
+
+    public function create(User $user): bool
+    {
+        // Not self-service: an access reaches the management network, so issuing
+        // one is an administrative act even for oneself.
+        return $user->can('vpn.manage.all');
+    }
+
+    /** Rename, reassign, change stored-config settings. */
+    public function update(User $user, VpnPeer $peer): bool
+    {
+        return $user->can('vpn.manage.all');
+    }
+
+    /** Block / unblock. Owners may switch their own access off and on again. */
+    public function block(User $user, VpnPeer $peer): bool
+    {
+        return $user->can('vpn.manage.all') || $this->owns($user, $peer);
+    }
+
+    public function delete(User $user, VpnPeer $peer): bool
+    {
+        return $user->can('vpn.manage.all') || $this->owns($user, $peer);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The private half of someone's credential. Owner only — explicitly NOT
+     * vpn.view.all and NOT vpn.manage.all: an administrator who needs access
+     * revokes this one and issues themselves their own, which keeps the record
+     * of who holds what intact.
+     */
+    public function downloadConfig(User $user, VpnPeer $peer): bool
+    {
+        return $this->owns($user, $peer)
+            && $peer->config_secret !== null
+            && ! $peer->trashed();
+    }
+
+    private function owns(User $user, VpnPeer $peer): bool
+    {
+        return $peer->kind === VpnPeer::KIND_STAFF
+            && $peer->user_id !== null
+            && $peer->user_id === $user->id;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/Wireguard/ConfigHandoff.php b/app/Services/Wireguard/ConfigHandoff.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6129d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Services/Wireguard/ConfigHandoff.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\Wireguard;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use SensitiveParameter;
+
+/**
+ * Short-lived server-side holding area for a plaintext config on its way to the
+ * browser.
+ *
+ * Livewire round-trips every public property in the component snapshot — and
+ * the VPN page polls every five seconds. Keeping the private key in a public
+ * property would therefore send that credential over the wire again and again,
+ * and park it in the DOM's snapshot attribute for the life of the page. The
+ * component holds an opaque token instead; the plaintext is looked up during
+ * render and never enters the snapshot.
+ */
+final class ConfigHandoff
+{
+    private const PREFIX = 'vpn:handoff:';
+
+    private const TTL_SECONDS = 600;
+
+    public static function put(#[SensitiveParameter] string $plaintext): string
+    {
+        $token = Str::random(40);
+        Cache::put(self::PREFIX.$token, $plaintext, self::TTL_SECONDS);
+
+        return $token;
+    }
+
+    public static function get(?string $token): ?string
+    {
+        return $token === null ? null : Cache::get(self::PREFIX.$token);
+    }
+
+    public static function forget(?string $token): void
+    {
+        if ($token !== null) {
+            Cache::forget(self::PREFIX.$token);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/Wireguard/ConfigVault.php b/app/Services/Wireguard/ConfigVault.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3538c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Services/Wireguard/ConfigVault.php
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\Wireguard;
+
+use RuntimeException;
+use SensitiveParameter;
+
+/**
+ * Encrypts a stored WireGuard config at rest.
+ *
+ * Deliberately NOT Laravel's Crypt: that uses APP_KEY, which every part of the
+ * app already holds and which ends up in more places than it should. VPN
+ * configs are credentials for the management network, so they get their own
+ * key (VPN_CONFIG_KEY) that can be rotated without invalidating sessions,
+ * signed URLs and everything else APP_KEY protects.
+ *
+ * The ciphertext carries a version prefix so a future key rotation can tell
+ * old records apart instead of guessing.
+ *
+ * What this does NOT protect against: someone who has both the database and
+ * the .env. There is no way around that on a single box — it buys protection
+ * against a database-only leak (a dump, a backup, a stray replica).
+ */
+final class ConfigVault
+{
+    private const VERSION = 'v1';
+
+    public static function available(): bool
+    {
+        return self::rawKey() !== null;
+    }
+
+    public static function encrypt(#[SensitiveParameter] string $plaintext): string
+    {
+        $key = self::rawKey() ?? throw new RuntimeException(
+            'VPN_CONFIG_KEY is not set — refusing to store a VPN config in plaintext.'
+        );
+
+        $nonce = random_bytes(SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES);
+
+        return self::VERSION.':'.base64_encode($nonce.sodium_crypto_secretbox($plaintext, $nonce, $key));
+    }
+
+    public static function decrypt(string $ciphertext): ?string
+    {
+        $key = self::rawKey();
+        if ($key === null || ! str_starts_with($ciphertext, self::VERSION.':')) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $raw = base64_decode(substr($ciphertext, strlen(self::VERSION) + 1), true);
+        if ($raw === false || strlen($raw) <= SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $plaintext = sodium_crypto_secretbox_open(
+            substr($raw, SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES),
+            substr($raw, 0, SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_NONCEBYTES),
+            $key,
+        );
+
+        // False means the key is wrong or the record was tampered with. Both are
+        // "you cannot have this", not an exception to swallow somewhere upstream.
+        return $plaintext === false ? null : $plaintext;
+    }
+
+    /** @return non-empty-string|null */
+    private static function rawKey(): ?string
+    {
+        $configured = (string) config('admin_access.vpn_config_key', '');
+        if ($configured === '') {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $key = base64_decode(str_starts_with($configured, 'base64:') ? substr($configured, 7) : $configured, true);
+
+        return $key !== false && strlen($key) === SODIUM_CRYPTO_SECRETBOX_KEYBYTES ? $key : null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Services/Wireguard/QrCode.php b/app/Services/Wireguard/QrCode.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d04576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Services/Wireguard/QrCode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\Wireguard;
+
+use BaconQrCode\Common\ErrorCorrectionLevel;
+use BaconQrCode\Encoder\Encoder;
+
+/**
+ * Renders a WireGuard config as a QR code the mobile apps can scan.
+ *
+ * Hand-rolled SVG rather than Bacon's renderer: that one needs the imagick or
+ * GD backend for images, and its SVG writer pulls in a dependency chain we do
+ * not otherwise need. The matrix is the only interesting part, and Bacon gives
+ * us that directly.
+ */
+final class QrCode
+{
+    public static function svg(string $text, int $size = 220): string
+    {
+        // Level L: a WireGuard config is long, and the phone is held still
+        // against a screen — more redundancy would only make the code denser.
+        $matrix = Encoder::encode($text, ErrorCorrectionLevel::L())->getMatrix();
+        $width = $matrix->getWidth();
+        $quiet = 2;
+        $total = $width + 2 * $quiet;
+
+        $cells = '';
+        for ($y = 0; $y < $width; $y++) {
+            for ($x = 0; $x < $width; $x++) {
+                if ($matrix->get($x, $y) === 1) {
+                    $cells .= sprintf('<rect x="%d" y="%d" width="1" height="1"/>', $x + $quiet, $y + $quiet);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return sprintf(
+            '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 %1$d %1$d" width="%2$d" height="%2$d" shape-rendering="crispEdges" role="img">'
+            .'<rect width="%1$d" height="%1$d" fill="#ffffff"/><g fill="#000000">%3$s</g></svg>',
+            $total,
+            $size,
+            $cells,
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6ea5080..c78ddb6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.3",
+        "bacon/bacon-qr-code": "^3.1",
         "laravel/fortify": "^1.37",
         "laravel/framework": "^13.8",
         "laravel/reverb": "^1.11",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 67a6ce6..c080988 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "090088615979540ccfee56eba3d133af",
+    "content-hash": "4afacce87fbd845b941534e375dc082b",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "bacon/bacon-qr-code",
diff --git a/config/admin_access.php b/config/admin_access.php
index fb11675..bd86eda 100644
--- a/config/admin_access.php
+++ b/config/admin_access.php
@@ -23,4 +23,14 @@ return [
         explode(',', (string) env('ADMIN_HOSTS', ''))
     ))),
 
+    /*
+    | Key for VPN configs stored at rest (32 bytes, base64). Separate from
+    | APP_KEY on purpose — see App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault. Empty means
+    | storing configs is switched off, and the console says so rather than
+    | quietly writing credentials in the clear.
+    |
+    | Generate with:  head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64
+    */
+    'vpn_config_key' => env('VPN_CONFIG_KEY', ''),
+
 ];
diff --git a/database/factories/VpnPeerFactory.php b/database/factories/VpnPeerFactory.php
index c4736d3..1cbbfe9 100644
--- a/database/factories/VpnPeerFactory.php
+++ b/database/factories/VpnPeerFactory.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Database\Factories;
 
+use App\Models\User;
+use App\Models\VpnPeer;
 use App\Services\Wireguard\Keypair;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
 
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ class VpnPeerFactory extends Factory
 
         return [
             'name' => $this->faker->userName(),
+            'kind' => VpnPeer::KIND_STAFF,
+            'user_id' => User::factory()->operator('Admin'),
             'public_key' => Keypair::generate()->publicKey,
             'allowed_ip' => '10.66.0.'.($octet++),
             'enabled' => true,
@@ -20,6 +24,17 @@ class VpnPeerFactory extends Factory
         ];
     }
 
+    /** A peer registered by the host pipeline: no human owner. */
+    public function forHost(): static
+    {
+        return $this->state(['kind' => VpnPeer::KIND_HOST, 'user_id' => null]);
+    }
+
+    public function ownedBy(User $user): static
+    {
+        return $this->state(['kind' => VpnPeer::KIND_STAFF, 'user_id' => $user->id]);
+    }
+
     public function blocked(): static
     {
         return $this->state(['enabled' => false, 'present' => false]);
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_07_25_210000_add_ownership_to_vpn_peers.php b/database/migrations/2026_07_25_210000_add_ownership_to_vpn_peers.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a238d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_07_25_210000_add_ownership_to_vpn_peers.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * Ownership + optional stored config for VPN accesses.
+ *
+ * `kind` exists because a null user_id previously had to mean two different
+ * things — "belongs to the admins" and "this is a host peer". A staff access
+ * without an owner is a bug, a host peer with one is nonsense, and no code can
+ * tell them apart from a null.
+ *
+ * user_id is restrictOnDelete on purpose: silently orphaning a live credential
+ * into the management network is worse than refusing to delete the account.
+ * Revoking a staff member also revokes their peers (Admin\Settings).
+ */
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('vpn_peers', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('kind')->default('staff')->after('name');   // staff|host|system
+            $table->foreignId('user_id')->nullable()->after('kind')->constrained()->restrictOnDelete();
+            // Encrypted with VPN_CONFIG_KEY (see ConfigVault) — never APP_KEY, so
+            // a leaked application key does not also hand over VPN credentials.
+            $table->text('config_secret')->nullable();
+            $table->timestamp('secret_purged_at')->nullable();
+            $table->timestamp('last_downloaded_at')->nullable();
+            $table->unsignedInteger('download_count')->default(0);
+        });
+
+        // Existing rows: pipeline peers are host peers, the rest belong to
+        // whoever created them (created_by is the only ownership hint we have).
+        DB::table('vpn_peers')->whereNotNull('host_id')->update(['kind' => 'host']);
+        DB::table('vpn_peers')->whereNull('host_id')->update([
+            'kind' => 'staff',
+            'user_id' => DB::raw('created_by'),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('vpn_peers', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropForeign(['user_id']);
+            $table->dropColumn(['kind', 'user_id', 'config_secret', 'secret_purged_at', 'last_downloaded_at', 'download_count']);
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_07_25_210001_split_vpn_capabilities.php b/database/migrations/2026_07_25_210001_split_vpn_capabilities.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81b3c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_07_25_210001_split_vpn_capabilities.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Spatie\Permission\Models\Permission;
+use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;
+use Spatie\Permission\PermissionRegistrar;
+
+/**
+ * Splits the coarse `vpn.manage` into what it actually conflated:
+ *
+ *   vpn.view.all   — see every access, including other people's and host peers
+ *   vpn.manage.all — create, assign, block and revoke any access
+ *
+ * Seeing is not managing, and neither implies holding someone else's private
+ * key: downloading a stored config is owner-only and lives in VpnPeerPolicy,
+ * not in a permission — ownership is record-level, permissions are elevated
+ * capabilities.
+ *
+ * "Developer" is a view-only role. Writing code does not imply authority over
+ * other people's access to the management network, so it deliberately gets no
+ * manage capability.
+ */
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        app(PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
+
+        Permission::findOrCreate('vpn.view.all', 'web');
+        Permission::findOrCreate('vpn.manage.all', 'web');
+
+        foreach (['Owner', 'Admin'] as $role) {
+            Role::findOrCreate($role, 'web')->givePermissionTo(['vpn.view.all', 'vpn.manage.all']);
+        }
+        Role::findOrCreate('Developer', 'web')->syncPermissions(['console.view', 'vpn.view.all']);
+
+        Permission::query()->where('name', 'vpn.manage')->delete();
+
+        app(PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        app(PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
+
+        Permission::findOrCreate('vpn.manage', 'web');
+        foreach (['Owner', 'Admin'] as $role) {
+            Role::findOrCreate($role, 'web')->givePermissionTo('vpn.manage');
+        }
+        Role::query()->where('name', 'Developer')->delete();
+        Permission::query()->whereIn('name', ['vpn.view.all', 'vpn.manage.all'])->delete();
+
+        app(PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
+    }
+};
diff --git a/lang/de/vpn.php b/lang/de/vpn.php
index caae889..68789ed 100644
--- a/lang/de/vpn.php
+++ b/lang/de/vpn.php
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ return [
 
     'config_ready' => 'Konfiguration für :name',
     'config_once' => 'Der private Schlüssel wird nicht gespeichert und ist nur jetzt sichtbar.',
+    'download' => 'Herunterladen',
+    'copy_failed' => 'Kopieren wurde vom Browser blockiert — bitte den Text markieren oder die Datei herunterladen.',
+    'qr_show' => 'QR-Code',
+    'qr_hide' => 'QR ausblenden',
+    'qr_hint' => 'Mit der WireGuard-App scannen.',
     'copy' => 'Kopieren',
     'copied' => 'Kopiert',
 
@@ -53,6 +58,24 @@ return [
     'delete_host_warning' => 'Achtung: Dieser Zugang gehört zum Host :host. CluPilot erreicht diesen Host danach nicht mehr.',
     'delete_confirm' => 'Zugang entfernen',
 
+    'owner' => 'Besitzer',
+    'owner_hint' => 'Nur dem Besitzer gehört der Zugang — nur er kann die Konfiguration später abrufen.',
+    'owner_must_be_operator' => 'Ein VPN-Zugang darf nur einem Mitarbeiter gehören.',
+    'you' => 'Sie',
+    'no_owner' => 'Ohne Besitzer',
+    'store_config' => 'Konfiguration speichern',
+    'store_config_hint' => 'Verschlüsselt abgelegt. Der Besitzer kann sie später mit seinem Passwort erneut abrufen.',
+    'vault_unavailable' => 'Speichern ist nicht möglich: VPN_CONFIG_KEY ist nicht gesetzt.',
+    'cannot_store_foreign_key' => 'Bei eigenem Public Key haben wir den privaten Schlüssel nie — es gibt nichts zu speichern.',
+    'get_config' => 'Konfiguration abrufen',
+    'get_config_title' => 'Konfiguration für :name',
+    'get_config_body' => 'Zur Sicherheit bei jedem Abruf: bitte das eigene Passwort eingeben.',
+    'your_password' => 'Ihr Passwort',
+    'reveal' => 'Anzeigen',
+    'wrong_password' => 'Passwort stimmt nicht.',
+    'too_many_attempts' => 'Zu viele Versuche. Bitte in :seconds Sekunden erneut versuchen.',
+    'config_unreadable' => 'Die gespeicherte Konfiguration lässt sich nicht entschlüsseln. Bitte den Zugang neu ausstellen.',
+
     'hub' => 'Hub',
     'endpoint' => 'Endpunkt',
     'hub_key' => 'Public Key',
diff --git a/lang/en/vpn.php b/lang/en/vpn.php
index 756f490..8be3b62 100644
--- a/lang/en/vpn.php
+++ b/lang/en/vpn.php
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ return [
 
     'config_ready' => 'Configuration for :name',
     'config_once' => 'The private key is not stored and is only visible now.',
+    'download' => 'Download',
+    'copy_failed' => 'The browser blocked copying — select the text or download the file instead.',
+    'qr_show' => 'QR code',
+    'qr_hide' => 'Hide QR',
+    'qr_hint' => 'Scan with the WireGuard app.',
     'copy' => 'Copy',
     'copied' => 'Copied',
 
@@ -53,6 +58,24 @@ return [
     'delete_host_warning' => 'Careful: this access belongs to host :host. CluPilot will no longer reach that host.',
     'delete_confirm' => 'Remove access',
 
+    'owner' => 'Owner',
+    'owner_hint' => 'The access belongs to its owner — only they can retrieve the config later.',
+    'owner_must_be_operator' => 'A VPN access may only belong to a staff member.',
+    'you' => 'You',
+    'no_owner' => 'No owner',
+    'store_config' => 'Store configuration',
+    'store_config_hint' => 'Kept encrypted. The owner can retrieve it later with their password.',
+    'vault_unavailable' => 'Storing is unavailable: VPN_CONFIG_KEY is not set.',
+    'cannot_store_foreign_key' => 'With your own public key we never hold the private half — there is nothing to store.',
+    'get_config' => 'Retrieve configuration',
+    'get_config_title' => 'Configuration for :name',
+    'get_config_body' => 'Asked every time, on purpose: please enter your own password.',
+    'your_password' => 'Your password',
+    'reveal' => 'Show',
+    'wrong_password' => 'That password is not correct.',
+    'too_many_attempts' => 'Too many attempts. Try again in :seconds seconds.',
+    'config_unreadable' => 'The stored configuration cannot be decrypted. Please re-issue the access.',
+
     'hub' => 'Hub',
     'endpoint' => 'Endpoint',
     'hub_key' => 'Public key',
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index dc686d3..50f2621 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
              the restriction set admin_access.hosts themselves. -->
         <env name="APP_URL" value="http://localhost" force="true"/>
         <env name="ADMIN_HOSTS" value="" force="true"/>
+        <!-- Fixed test key: storing a VPN config must be exercised, and a
+             random one would make a decryption failure irreproducible. -->
+        <env name="VPN_CONFIG_KEY" value="Y2x1cGlsb3QtdGVzdC1vbmx5LXZwbi1rZXktMzJieXQ=" force="true"/>
         <env name="APP_MAINTENANCE_DRIVER" value="file"/>
         <env name="BCRYPT_ROUNDS" value="4" force="true"/>
         <env name="BROADCAST_CONNECTION" value="null" force="true"/>
diff --git a/resources/js/app.js b/resources/js/app.js
index db585de..bc27da2 100644
--- a/resources/js/app.js
+++ b/resources/js/app.js
@@ -73,6 +73,55 @@ function applyLineGradients(cfg) {
 }
 
 document.addEventListener('alpine:init', () => {
+    // ── VPN config: copy / download ──────────────────────────────────────
+    // navigator.clipboard only exists in a secure context, so over plain http
+    // (the panel reached by IP) the copy button silently did nothing. Falls
+    // back to the legacy selection copy, and says so when even that fails.
+    window.Alpine.data('vpnConfigActions', (filename) => ({
+        copied: false,
+        failed: false,
+        text() {
+            return this.$refs.config.textContent;
+        },
+        async copy() {
+            try {
+                if (navigator.clipboard && window.isSecureContext) {
+                    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(this.text());
+                } else {
+                    const area = document.createElement('textarea');
+                    area.value = this.text();
+                    area.setAttribute('readonly', '');
+                    area.style.position = 'fixed';
+                    area.style.opacity = '0';
+                    document.body.appendChild(area);
+                    area.select();
+                    const ok = document.execCommand('copy');
+                    document.body.removeChild(area);
+                    if (!ok) throw new Error('copy rejected');
+                }
+                this.failed = false;
+                this.copied = true;
+                setTimeout(() => (this.copied = false), 2000);
+            } catch (e) {
+                this.copied = false;
+                this.failed = true;
+                setTimeout(() => (this.failed = false), 6000);
+            }
+        },
+        download() {
+            // Built in the browser from what is already on the page: the private
+            // key never has to travel a second time, and no route has to exist.
+            const url = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([this.text()], { type: 'text/plain' }));
+            const link = document.createElement('a');
+            link.href = url;
+            link.download = filename;
+            document.body.appendChild(link);
+            link.click();
+            document.body.removeChild(link);
+            setTimeout(() => URL.revokeObjectURL(url), 1000);
+        },
+    }));
+
     // ── Segmented OTP input ──────────────────────────────────────────────
     window.Alpine.data('otpInput', ({ length = 6 } = {}) => ({
         length,
diff --git a/resources/views/components/ui/icon.blade.php b/resources/views/components/ui/icon.blade.php
index 0b5d6d2..9350f38 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/ui/icon.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/ui/icon.blade.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         'download'     => '<path d="M21 15v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4"/><polyline points="7 10 12 15 17 10"/><line x1="12" x2="12" y1="15" y2="3"/>',
         'alert-triangle' => '<path d="m21.73 18-8-14a2 2 0 0 0-3.48 0l-8 14A2 2 0 0 0 4 21h16a2 2 0 0 0 1.73-3Z"/><line x1="12" x2="12" y1="9" y2="13"/><line x1="12" x2="12.01" y1="17" y2="17"/>',
         'check'        => '<polyline points="20 6 9 17 4 12"/>',
+        'qr-code'      => '<rect width="5" height="5" x="3" y="3" rx="1"/><rect width="5" height="5" x="16" y="3" rx="1"/><rect width="5" height="5" x="3" y="16" rx="1"/><path d="M21 16h-3a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v3"/><path d="M21 21v.01"/><path d="M12 7v3a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H7"/><path d="M3 12h.01"/><path d="M12 3h.01"/><path d="M12 16v.01"/><path d="M16 12h1"/><path d="M21 12v.01"/><path d="M12 21v-1"/>',
         'lock'         => '<rect width="18" height="11" x="3" y="11" rx="2" ry="2"/><path d="M7 11V7a5 5 0 0 1 10 0v4"/>',
         'unlock'       => '<rect width="18" height="11" x="3" y="11" rx="2" ry="2"/><path d="M7 11V7a5 5 0 0 1 9.9-1"/>',
         'copy'         => '<rect width="14" height="14" x="8" y="8" rx="2" ry="2"/><path d="M4 16c-1.1 0-2-.9-2-2V4c0-1.1.9-2 2-2h10c1.1 0 2 .9 2 2"/>',
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn-config-access.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn-config-access.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87ca32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn-config-access.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<div class="p-6">
+    <h3 class="text-base font-semibold text-ink">{{ __('vpn.get_config_title', ['name' => $name]) }}</h3>
+
+    @if ($config === null)
+        <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-muted">{{ __('vpn.get_config_body') }}</p>
+
+        <form wire:submit="reveal" class="mt-4 space-y-3">
+            {{-- autocomplete hint keeps password managers from offering to save
+                 this as a new login for the site. --}}
+            <x-ui.input name="password" type="password" wire:model="password"
+                        :label="__('vpn.your_password')" autocomplete="current-password" />
+            <div class="flex justify-end gap-2">
+                <x-ui.button variant="secondary" type="button" x-on:click="Livewire.dispatch('closeModal')">{{ __('vpn.cancel') }}</x-ui.button>
+                <x-ui.button variant="primary" type="submit" wire:loading.attr="disabled">
+                    <x-ui.icon name="unlock" class="size-4" />{{ __('vpn.reveal') }}
+                </x-ui.button>
+            </div>
+        </form>
+    @else
+        <div class="mt-3" x-data="vpnConfigActions(@js($this->filename()))">
+            <pre x-ref="config" class="max-h-64 overflow-auto rounded-lg border border-line bg-surface-2 p-4 font-mono text-xs leading-relaxed text-body">{{ $config }}</pre>
+            <div class="mt-3 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+                <x-ui.button variant="primary" x-on:click="download()">
+                    <x-ui.icon name="download" class="size-4" />{{ __('vpn.download') }}
+                </x-ui.button>
+                <x-ui.button variant="secondary" x-on:click="copy()">
+                    <x-ui.icon name="copy" class="size-4" />
+                    <span x-text="copied ? @js(__('vpn.copied')) : @js(__('vpn.copy'))"></span>
+                </x-ui.button>
+                <x-ui.button variant="secondary" wire:click="toggleQr" wire:loading.attr="disabled">
+                    <x-ui.icon name="qr-code" class="size-4" />{{ $showQr ? __('vpn.qr_hide') : __('vpn.qr_show') }}
+                </x-ui.button>
+                <p x-show="failed" x-cloak class="text-xs text-danger">{{ __('vpn.copy_failed') }}</p>
+            </div>
+
+            @if ($qrSvg)
+                <div class="mt-4 flex flex-col items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-line p-4">
+                    <div>{!! $qrSvg !!}</div>
+                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">{{ __('vpn.qr_hint') }}</p>
+                </div>
+            @endif
+
+            <div class="mt-5 flex justify-end">
+                <x-ui.button variant="secondary" x-on:click="Livewire.dispatch('closeModal')">{{ __('common.close') }}</x-ui.button>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    @endif
+</div>
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn.blade.php
index fe9aaf7..a3c15d9 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/admin/vpn.blade.php
@@ -27,15 +27,31 @@
                     <x-ui.icon name="x" class="size-4" />
                 </button>
             </div>
-            <div x-data="{ copied: false }" class="mt-3">
-                <pre id="vpn-config" class="max-h-64 overflow-auto rounded-lg border border-line bg-surface p-4 font-mono text-xs leading-relaxed text-body">{{ $newConfig }}</pre>
-                <div class="mt-3 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
-                    <x-ui.button variant="secondary"
-                                 x-on:click="navigator.clipboard.writeText(document.getElementById('vpn-config').textContent); copied = true; setTimeout(() => copied = false, 2000)">
+            <div class="mt-3" x-data="vpnConfigActions(@js($this->configFilename()))">
+                <pre x-ref="config" class="max-h-64 overflow-auto rounded-lg border border-line bg-surface p-4 font-mono text-xs leading-relaxed text-body">{{ $newConfig }}</pre>
+                <div class="mt-3 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+                    <x-ui.button variant="primary" x-on:click="download()">
+                        <x-ui.icon name="download" class="size-4" />{{ __('vpn.download') }}
+                    </x-ui.button>
+                    <x-ui.button variant="secondary" x-on:click="copy()">
                         <x-ui.icon name="copy" class="size-4" />
                         <span x-text="copied ? @js(__('vpn.copied')) : @js(__('vpn.copy'))"></span>
                     </x-ui.button>
+                    <x-ui.button variant="secondary" wire:click="toggleQr" wire:loading.attr="disabled">
+                        <x-ui.icon name="qr-code" class="size-4" />
+                        {{ $showQr ? __('vpn.qr_hide') : __('vpn.qr_show') }}
+                    </x-ui.button>
+                    {{-- Only surfaces when copying is impossible (no clipboard API
+                         outside a secure context) — silence would look like a dead button. --}}
+                    <p x-show="failed" x-cloak class="text-xs text-danger">{{ __('vpn.copy_failed') }}</p>
                 </div>
+
+                @if ($qrSvg)
+                    <div class="mt-4 flex flex-col items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-line bg-surface p-4">
+                        <div class="[&>svg]:rounded [&>svg]:shadow-xs">{!! $qrSvg !!}</div>
+                        <p class="text-xs text-muted">{{ __('vpn.qr_hint') }}</p>
+                    </div>
+                @endif
             </div>
         </div>
     @endif
@@ -58,6 +74,7 @@
                         <thead>
                             <tr class="border-b border-line bg-surface-2 text-left text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-faint">
                                 <th class="px-4 py-3 font-semibold">{{ __('vpn.peer') }}</th>
+                                <th class="px-4 py-3 font-semibold">{{ __('vpn.owner') }}</th>
                                 <th class="px-4 py-3 font-semibold">{{ __('vpn.address') }}</th>
                                 <th class="px-4 py-3 font-semibold">{{ __('vpn.traffic') }}</th>
                                 <th class="px-4 py-3 font-semibold">{{ __('vpn.handshake') }}</th>
@@ -87,6 +104,16 @@
                                             @endif
                                         </div>
                                     </td>
+                                    <td class="px-4 py-3 text-xs">
+                                        @if ($peer->owner)
+                                            <span class="text-body">{{ $peer->owner->name }}</span>
+                                            @if ($peer->user_id === auth()->id())
+                                                <span class="ml-1 rounded-pill border border-accent-border bg-accent-bg px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-accent-text">{{ __('vpn.you') }}</span>
+                                            @endif
+                                        @else
+                                            <span class="text-faint">{{ $peer->host ? __('vpn.host_peer') : __('vpn.no_owner') }}</span>
+                                        @endif
+                                    </td>
                                     <td class="px-4 py-3">
                                         <div class="font-mono text-xs text-body">{{ $peer->allowed_ip }}</div>
                                         @if ($peer->endpoint)
@@ -108,16 +135,27 @@
                                     </td>
                                     <td class="px-4 py-3 text-right">
                                         <div class="inline-flex gap-1">
+                                            @can('downloadConfig', $peer)
+                                                <button type="button" aria-label="{{ __('vpn.get_config') }}"
+                                                        x-on:click="$dispatch('openModal', { component: 'admin.vpn-config-access', arguments: { uuid: '{{ $peer->uuid }}' } })"
+                                                        class="grid size-8 place-items-center rounded-md border border-line text-muted hover:border-accent-border hover:text-accent-text">
+                                                    <x-ui.icon name="download" class="size-4" />
+                                                </button>
+                                            @endcan
+                                            @can('block', $peer)
                                             <button type="button" wire:click="toggle('{{ $peer->uuid }}')"
                                                     aria-label="{{ $peer->enabled ? __('vpn.block') : __('vpn.unblock') }}"
                                                     class="grid size-8 place-items-center rounded-md border border-line text-muted hover:border-warning-border hover:text-warning">
                                                 <x-ui.icon :name="$peer->enabled ? 'lock' : 'unlock'" class="size-4" />
                                             </button>
+                                            @endcan
+                                            @can('delete', $peer)
                                             <button type="button" aria-label="{{ __('vpn.delete') }}"
                                                     x-on:click="$dispatch('openModal', { component: 'admin.confirm-delete-vpn-peer', arguments: { uuid: '{{ $peer->uuid }}' } })"
                                                     class="grid size-8 place-items-center rounded-md border border-line text-muted hover:border-danger hover:text-danger">
                                                 <x-ui.icon name="trash-2" class="size-4" />
                                             </button>
+                                            @endcan
                                         </div>
                                     </td>
                                 </tr>
@@ -130,14 +168,43 @@
 
         <div class="space-y-5">
             {{-- New access --}}
-            <form wire:submit="create" class="space-y-4 rounded-xl border border-line bg-surface p-5 shadow-xs animate-rise [animation-delay:120ms]">
-                <h2 class="font-semibold text-ink">{{ __('vpn.add') }}</h2>
-                <x-ui.input name="name" wire:model="name" :label="__('vpn.name')" placeholder="Notebook Boban" />
-                <x-ui.input name="publicKey" wire:model="publicKey" :label="__('vpn.own_key')" :hint="__('vpn.own_key_hint')" placeholder="{{ __('vpn.own_key_placeholder') }}" />
-                <x-ui.button variant="primary" type="submit" class="w-full">
-                    <x-ui.icon name="plus" class="size-4" />{{ __('vpn.add') }}
-                </x-ui.button>
-            </form>
+            @if ($canManage)
+                <form wire:submit="create" class="space-y-4 rounded-xl border border-line bg-surface p-5 shadow-xs animate-rise [animation-delay:120ms]">
+                    <h2 class="font-semibold text-ink">{{ __('vpn.add') }}</h2>
+                    <x-ui.input name="name" wire:model="name" :label="__('vpn.name')" placeholder="Notebook Boban" />
+
+                    <div>
+                        <label class="text-sm font-medium text-body" for="vpn-owner">{{ __('vpn.owner') }}</label>
+                        <select id="vpn-owner" wire:model="ownerId" class="mt-1.5 w-full rounded-md border border-line-strong bg-surface px-3 py-2 text-sm text-body">
+                            @foreach ($operators as $operator)
+                                <option value="{{ $operator->id }}">{{ $operator->name }} ({{ $operator->email }})</option>
+                            @endforeach
+                        </select>
+                        <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-muted">{{ __('vpn.owner_hint') }}</p>
+                        @error('ownerId') <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-danger">{{ $message }}</p> @enderror
+                    </div>
+
+                    <x-ui.input name="publicKey" wire:model="publicKey" :label="__('vpn.own_key')" :hint="__('vpn.own_key_hint')" placeholder="{{ __('vpn.own_key_placeholder') }}" />
+
+                    <div>
+                        <label class="flex items-start gap-2 text-sm text-body">
+                            <input type="checkbox" wire:model="storeConfig" @disabled(! $vaultAvailable)
+                                   class="mt-0.5 size-4 rounded border-line-strong text-accent focus:ring-accent">
+                            <span>
+                                {{ __('vpn.store_config') }}
+                                <span class="mt-0.5 block text-xs text-muted">
+                                    {{ $vaultAvailable ? __('vpn.store_config_hint') : __('vpn.vault_unavailable') }}
+                                </span>
+                            </span>
+                        </label>
+                        @error('storeConfig') <p class="mt-1 text-xs text-danger">{{ $message }}</p> @enderror
+                    </div>
+
+                    <x-ui.button variant="primary" type="submit" class="w-full">
+                        <x-ui.icon name="plus" class="size-4" />{{ __('vpn.add') }}
+                    </x-ui.button>
+                </form>
+            @endif
 
             {{-- Hub facts an operator needs when configuring a peer by hand --}}
             <div class="space-y-3 rounded-xl border border-line bg-surface p-5 shadow-xs animate-rise [animation-delay:180ms]">
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Admin/VpnTest.php b/tests/Feature/Admin/VpnTest.php
index e82ee8f..776ee99 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Admin/VpnTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Admin/VpnTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use App\Livewire\Admin\ConfirmDeleteVpnPeer;
 use App\Livewire\Admin\Vpn;
+use App\Livewire\Admin\VpnConfigAccess;
 use App\Models\Host;
 use App\Models\VpnPeer;
 use App\Provisioning\Jobs\ApplyVpnPeer;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ use App\Services\Wireguard\Keypair;
 use App\Services\Wireguard\LocalWireguardHub;
 use App\Services\Wireguard\PeerSnapshot;
 use App\Services\Wireguard\WireguardHub;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
 use Livewire\Livewire;
 
@@ -22,19 +24,46 @@ function vpnHub(): FakeWireguardHub
     return $hub;
 }
 
-it('keeps the page and the nav entry away from operators without the capability', function () {
+it('shows each operator only their own access unless they may see all', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    $support = operator('Support');
+    $mine = VpnPeer::factory()->ownedBy($support)->create(['name' => 'Support-Notebook']);
+    $foreign = VpnPeer::factory()->create(['name' => 'Fremdes-Notebook']);
+
+    // Support reaches the page — to find their own access — but sees only it.
+    $this->actingAs($support)->get(route('admin.vpn'))
+        ->assertOk()
+        ->assertSee('Support-Notebook')
+        ->assertDontSee('Fremdes-Notebook');
+
+    // Developer may see everything, by capability rather than by ownership.
+    $this->actingAs(operator('Developer'))->get(route('admin.vpn'))
+        ->assertOk()
+        ->assertSee('Support-Notebook')
+        ->assertSee('Fremdes-Notebook');
+
+    expect($mine->fresh()->user_id)->toBe($support->id)
+        ->and($foreign->fresh()->user_id)->not->toBe($support->id);
+});
+
+it('lets only managers create an access', function () {
     vpnHub();
 
-    // Support may run the console, but a VPN access reaches the management network.
-    $this->actingAs(operator('Support'))->get(route('admin.vpn'))->assertForbidden();
-    $this->actingAs(operator('Support'))->get(route('admin.overview'))
+    // The form is not even offered to someone who cannot use it.
+    $this->actingAs(operator('Support'))->get(route('admin.vpn'))
         ->assertOk()
-        ->assertDontSee(route('admin.vpn'));
+        ->assertDontSee(__('vpn.store_config'));
 
-    $this->actingAs(operator('Admin'))->get(route('admin.vpn'))->assertOk();
-    $this->actingAs(operator('Owner'))->get(route('admin.overview'))
+    $this->actingAs(operator('Owner'))->get(route('admin.vpn'))
         ->assertOk()
-        ->assertSee(route('admin.vpn'));
+        ->assertSee(__('vpn.store_config'));
+
+    Livewire::actingAs(operator('Support'))->test(Vpn::class)
+        ->set('name', 'selbst ausgestellt')
+        ->call('create')
+        ->assertForbidden();
+
+    expect(VpnPeer::withTrashed()->count())->toBe(0);
 });
 
 it('creates an access, hands out the config once and pushes it to the hub', function () {
@@ -52,16 +81,19 @@ it('creates an access, hands out the config once and pushes it to the hub', func
         ->and($peer->enabled)->toBeTrue()
         ->and($peer->present)->toBeFalse();   // not on the hub until the job ran
 
-    $config = $component->get('newConfig');
+    $config = App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigHandoff::get($component->get('configToken'));
     expect($config)->toContain('[Interface]')
         ->toContain('Address = '.$peer->allowed_ip.'/32')
         ->toContain('PublicKey = HUBPUBLICKEY0000000000000000000000000000000=')
         ->toContain('Endpoint = vpn.clupilot.test:51820');
 
-    // The private key is shown, never stored.
+    // The private key is handed over once and not kept anywhere.
     preg_match('/PrivateKey = (\S+)/', $config, $m);
     expect(Keypair::isValidKey($m[1]))->toBeTrue()
-        ->and(VpnPeer::query()->where('public_key', $m[1])->exists())->toBeFalse();
+        ->and(VpnPeer::query()->where('public_key', $m[1])->exists())->toBeFalse()
+        ->and($peer->config_secret)->toBeNull()
+        // …and it never travels in the component snapshot, only a handle does.
+        ->and($component->get('configToken'))->not->toContain($m[1]);
 
     Queue::assertPushed(ApplyVpnPeer::class, fn ($job) => $job->publicKey === $peer->public_key && $job->enabled);
 });
@@ -79,7 +111,7 @@ it('accepts a peer-supplied public key and then has no private key to show', fun
         ->assertHasNoErrors();
 
     expect(VpnPeer::query()->where('public_key', $own)->exists())->toBeTrue()
-        ->and($component->get('newConfig'))->toBeNull();
+        ->and($component->get('configToken'))->toBeNull();
 });
 
 it('rejects a malformed key and a key that already has an access', function () {
@@ -139,14 +171,15 @@ it('warns that deleting a host access cuts CluPilot off from that host', functio
 it('stops mutations from a session whose capability was revoked mid-flight', function () {
     vpnHub();
     Queue::fake();
-    $peer = VpnPeer::factory()->create();
+    $peer = VpnPeer::factory()->create();          // someone else's access
     $user = operator('Owner');
 
     // Page is open and legitimate…
     $component = Livewire::actingAs($user)->test(Vpn::class);
 
     // …then the account is demoted. The already-rendered page must not keep its
-    // powers: every action re-checks, it does not trust the mount.
+    // powers: every action re-checks, it does not trust the mount. And it must
+    // refuse out loud, not quietly do nothing.
     $user->syncRoles(['Support']);
     app(Spatie\Permission\PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
 
@@ -156,6 +189,18 @@ it('stops mutations from a session whose capability was revoked mid-flight', fun
     Queue::assertNotPushed(ApplyVpnPeer::class);
 });
 
+it('lets an owner switch their own access off and on', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    Queue::fake();
+    $support = operator('Support');
+    $peer = VpnPeer::factory()->ownedBy($support)->create();
+
+    Livewire::actingAs($support)->test(Vpn::class)->call('toggle', $peer->uuid);
+
+    expect($peer->fresh()->enabled)->toBeFalse();
+    Queue::assertPushed(ApplyVpnPeer::class, fn ($job) => ! $job->enabled);
+});
+
 it('adopts host peers from the hub and marks vanished ones absent', function () {
     $hub = vpnHub();
     $key = Keypair::generate()->publicKey;
@@ -274,16 +319,18 @@ it('keeps a revoked address and key reserved until the hub confirms', function (
         ->assertHasErrors('publicKey');
 });
 
-it('stops an open page from polling once the capability is revoked', function () {
+it('narrows what an open page shows once the account is demoted', function () {
     vpnHub();
     $user = operator('Owner');
-    $component = Livewire::actingAs($user)->test(Vpn::class);
+    VpnPeer::factory()->create(['name' => 'Fremdes-Notebook']);
+    $component = Livewire::actingAs($user)->test(Vpn::class)->assertSee('Fremdes-Notebook');
 
     $user->syncRoles(['Support']);
     app(Spatie\Permission\PermissionRegistrar::class)->forgetCachedPermissions();
 
-    // The five-second poll must not keep serving peer state to a demoted account.
-    $component->call('refreshPeers')->assertForbidden();
+    // The five-second poll keeps working — the page is still theirs — but it
+    // must stop serving other people's accesses to a demoted account.
+    $component->call('refreshPeers')->assertDontSee('Fremdes-Notebook');
 });
 
 it('holds the same allocation lock the host pipeline uses', function () {
@@ -451,3 +498,141 @@ it('does not leave a phantom access behind when a host is purged', function () {
     expect($hub->peerIps())->toBe([])
         ->and(VpnPeer::withTrashed()->count())->toBe(0);
 });
+
+it('stores the config only when asked, and encrypted', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    Queue::fake();
+    $owner = operator('Owner');
+
+    Livewire::actingAs($owner)->test(Vpn::class)
+        ->set('name', 'Notebook')->set('ownerId', $owner->id)
+        ->set('storeConfig', true)
+        ->call('create')
+        ->assertHasNoErrors();
+
+    $peer = VpnPeer::query()->firstOrFail();
+    expect($peer->config_secret)->not->toBeNull()
+        // Not readable without the key: no plaintext key material in the column.
+        ->and($peer->config_secret)->not->toContain('PrivateKey')
+        ->and($peer->config_secret)->toStartWith('v1:')
+        ->and(App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault::decrypt($peer->config_secret))->toContain('[Interface]');
+});
+
+it('refuses to store when there is no key to store it under', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    config()->set('admin_access.vpn_config_key', '');
+
+    Livewire::actingAs(operator('Owner'))->test(Vpn::class)
+        ->set('name', 'Notebook')->set('storeConfig', true)
+        ->call('create')
+        ->assertHasErrors('storeConfig');
+
+    // Nothing half-created: no access without the storage it was asked for.
+    expect(VpnPeer::withTrashed()->count())->toBe(0);
+});
+
+it('hands a stored config back only to its owner, and only with the password', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    $support = operator('Support');
+    $support->forceFill(['password' => Hash::make('geheim-1234')])->save();
+    $peer = VpnPeer::factory()->ownedBy($support)->create([
+        'config_secret' => App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault::encrypt("[Interface]\nPrivateKey = XYZ\n"),
+    ]);
+
+    // Wrong password: nothing comes back.
+    $modal = Livewire::actingAs($support)->test(VpnConfigAccess::class, ['uuid' => $peer->uuid])
+        ->set('password', 'falsch')
+        ->call('reveal')
+        ->assertHasErrors('password');
+    expect($modal->get('token'))->toBeNull();
+
+    // Right password: the config is handed over, and the retrieval is recorded.
+    $modal->set('password', 'geheim-1234')->call('reveal')->assertHasNoErrors();
+    expect(App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigHandoff::get($modal->get('token')))->toContain('PrivateKey = XYZ')
+        ->and($peer->fresh()->download_count)->toBe(1)
+        ->and($peer->fresh()->last_downloaded_at)->not->toBeNull();
+});
+
+it('never hands someone else the private key, not even an Owner', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    $support = operator('Support');
+    $peer = VpnPeer::factory()->ownedBy($support)->create([
+        'config_secret' => App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault::encrypt("[Interface]\nPrivateKey = XYZ\n"),
+    ]);
+
+    // The boss can see the access and revoke it — but holding its key is a
+    // different thing, and the policy says no to everyone but the owner.
+    foreach (['Owner', 'Admin', 'Developer'] as $role) {
+        $other = operator($role);
+        expect($other->can('view', $peer))->toBeTrue()
+            ->and($other->can('downloadConfig', $peer))->toBeFalse();
+
+        // The page shows them the access without offering its config…
+        $this->actingAs($other)->get(route('admin.vpn'))
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertSee($peer->name)
+            ->assertDontSee('admin.vpn-config-access');
+
+        // …and going straight at the modal is refused, not merely hidden.
+        Livewire::actingAs($other)
+            ->test(VpnConfigAccess::class, ['uuid' => $peer->uuid])
+            ->assertForbidden();
+    }
+
+    // The owner still gets the button.
+    $this->actingAs($support)->get(route('admin.vpn'))
+        ->assertOk()
+        ->assertSee('admin.vpn-config-access');
+});
+
+it('locks out password guessing', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    $support = operator('Support');
+    $peer = VpnPeer::factory()->ownedBy($support)->create([
+        'config_secret' => App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault::encrypt("[Interface]\n"),
+    ]);
+
+    $modal = Livewire::actingAs($support)->test(VpnConfigAccess::class, ['uuid' => $peer->uuid]);
+    foreach (range(1, 5) as $attempt) {
+        $modal->set('password', 'falsch'.$attempt)->call('reveal')->assertHasErrors('password');
+    }
+
+    // Even the correct password is refused while the account is throttled.
+    $modal->set('password', 'password')->call('reveal');
+    expect($modal->get('token'))->toBeNull();
+});
+
+it('destroys the stored config when the access is revoked', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    Queue::fake();
+    $support = operator('Support');
+    $peer = VpnPeer::factory()->ownedBy($support)->create([
+        'config_secret' => App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault::encrypt("[Interface]\nPrivateKey = XYZ\n"),
+    ]);
+
+    Livewire::actingAs(operator('Owner'))
+        ->test(ConfirmDeleteVpnPeer::class, ['uuid' => $peer->uuid])
+        ->call('delete');
+
+    // The tombstone must not keep a usable credential.
+    $tombstone = VpnPeer::withTrashed()->firstOrFail();
+    expect($tombstone->config_secret)->toBeNull()
+        ->and($tombstone->secret_purged_at)->not->toBeNull();
+});
+
+it('takes the tunnel away when a staff member is revoked', function () {
+    vpnHub();
+    Queue::fake();
+    $support = operator('Support');
+    $peer = VpnPeer::factory()->ownedBy($support)->create([
+        'config_secret' => App\Services\Wireguard\ConfigVault::encrypt("[Interface]\n"),
+    ]);
+
+    Livewire::actingAs(operator('Owner'))->test(App\Livewire\Admin\Settings::class)
+        ->call('revokeStaff', $support->id);
+
+    expect($support->fresh()->isOperator())->toBeFalse()
+        ->and(VpnPeer::query()->count())->toBe(0)
+        ->and(VpnPeer::withTrashed()->first()->config_secret)->toBeNull();
+    Queue::assertPushed(ApplyVpnPeer::class, fn ($job) => $job->publicKey === $peer->public_key && ! $job->enabled);
+});