Basic OpenVPN Server and Client Configuration
Over the last few weeks we’ve been discussing OpenVPN, the best free VPN solution out there. I’ve looked at and tried to explain each configuration parameter, both Server and Client. This week I’m posting a basic configuration which should have you up and running within 15 minutes. I encourage you to try it, and if you have any questions leave a comment and I’ll try to help as much as I can.
On the flip side there are a number of really good books on OpenVPN, from beginner to advanced. Packt Publishing comes to mind, they have really inexpensive PDF versions, of which I’ve read two. In fact they’ve recently released the 3rd and newest addition to their OpenVPN lineup. I’ll post a link shortly.
Good luck and let me know how you made out.
Server Configuration
proto udp
port 1194
Dev Tun
ca ca.crt
cert servercertificate.crt
key serverprivatekey.key
dh dh1024.pem
server 192.168.x.x 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist client-pool.txt
keepalive 10 120
tls-auth ta.key 0
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
max-clients 1
user nobody
group nobody
persist-key
persist.tun
status openvpn-status.log
log openvpn-log.log
log-append openvpn-append-log.log
verb 4
mute 20
Client Configuration
client
dev Tun
proto udp
remote my-vpn-server-ip 1194
nobind
user nobody
group nobody
persist-key
persist.tun
ca ca.crt
cert clientcertificate.crt
key clientprivatekey.key
tls-auth ta.key 1
cipher AES-128-CBC
comp-lzo
verb 4
Mute 20
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