OpenVPN

What is OpenVPN

This package allows you to deploy your personal OpenVPN server to any part of the world and region provided by the cloud provider. For example, with Digital Ocean you have the possibility to have your own VPN server in North America, Canada, Europe, or somewhere in Asia.

OpenVPN server in a Docker container complete with an EasyRSA PKI CA.

OpenVPN stack is built with Docker Compose.

What is included

• OpenVPN docker container based on https://hub.docker.com/r/kylemanna/openvpn

How to deploy

Once your deployment is complete you will receive an email that contains your “ovpn” file attached. Save the file with “.ovpn” extension somewhere on your computer disk.

In order to connect to the VPN server, you will need to install VPN client.

Install a client to work with OpenVPN

The installation process is unique for each platform and OS:

Install client for Windows

Install client for MacOSX

For Ubuntu/Debian users execute the following commands in your terminal

sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install openvpnsudo openvpn --config xxxx.ovpn 

Replace 'xxxx' with the filename you got in e-mail

For CentOS users

sudo yum install epel-releasesudo yum install openvpnsudo openvpn --config xxxx.ovpn 

Replace 'xxxx' with the filename you got in e-mail

You can run the OpenVPN command by root (or using sudo):

sudo openvpn --config xxxx.ovpn

Replace 'xxxx' with the filename you got in e-mail

Or send to background / run vpn client as daemon process:

openvpn --config xxxx.ovpn --daemon

Replace 'xxxx' with the filename you got in e-mail

How to add new VPN users

Go to directory that containing docker-compose.yml file on your server and execute commands below.

Add a new user without a passphrase

docker-compose run --rm openvpn easyrsa build-client-full USERNAME nopass

Generate user’s ovpn file

docker-compose run --rm openvpn ovpn_getclient USERNAME  > USERNAME.ovpn