OpenVPN

Getting started

Connect to any OpenVPN protocol-compatible server or service.

References

• openvpn (v3 docs)

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1. Select version

   openvpn

   openvpn 2.x

   Install

   sudo apt install openvpn -y

   openvpn3

   openvpn3

   
   

   1. Add keyring

      sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings && curl -fsSL https://packages.openvpn.net/packages-repo.gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/openvpn.asc

   2. Assign DISTO variable

      DISTRO=$(lsb_release -c -s)

   3. Add apt source

      echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/openvpn.asc] https://packages.openvpn.net/openvpn3/debian $DISTRO main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-packages.list

   4. Update apt

      sudo apt update

   5. Install

      sudo apt install openvpn3 -y

2. Make directory

   mkdir -p /etc/openvpn/profile && cd /etc/openvpn/profile

3. Modify .ovpn files

   nano server1-tcp80.ovpn

   server1-tcp80.ovpn

   # Comment out the line below
   # setenv opt block-outside-dns
   
   # Add after `route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0`
   setenv PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
   script-security 2
   up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
   down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
   down-pre

4. Modify update-resolv-conf

   nano /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

   update-resolv-conf

   # Add after examples
   # Add as many as you like, replace ip address
   foreign_option_1='dhcp-option DNS 208.67.222.222'
   foreign_option_2='dhcp-option DNS 208.67.222.220'
   foreign_option_3='dhcp-option DNS 146.112.128.66'

5. Create auth.txt

   nano auth.txt

   auth.txt

   # Edit username and password
   username
   password

6. Connect

   sudo openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/profile/server1-tcp80.ovpn

7. Kill

   sudo killall openvpn