{"id":9612,"date":"2021-01-19T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/?p=9612"},"modified":"2023-01-19T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T11:00:07","slug":"how-to-install-and-configure-openvpn-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/how-to-install-and-configure-openvpn-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install and configure OpenVPN server"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OpenVPN provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it’s for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this tutorial, I will show you to install and configure OpenVPN server. You need a server with dedicated IP and Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Arch Linux installed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Installation<\/span><\/h2>\n

Download the script and make it executable.<\/span><\/p>\n

curl -O https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/angristan\/openvpn-install\/master\/openvpn-install.sh\nchmod +x openvpn-install.sh<\/span><\/pre>\n
\"curl\"<\/span><\/p>\n
Run the script.<\/span><\/p>\n
.\/openvpn-install.sh<\/span><\/pre>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\"configuration\"<\/p>\n
You will see your external IP\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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  1. Turn off IPv6 support<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Select port\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Select protocol<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Select DNS resolvers<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Disable compression<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Customize encryption if needed<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Press any key to start the installation of the other software packages and dependencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Now you should provide the name of the client. The client file will be stored in your home directory with a .ovpn file extension.<\/span><\/p>\n
    \"configuration\"<\/span><\/p>\n
    When OpenVPN is installed, you can run the script again, and you will get the choice to:<\/span><\/p>\n