OpenVPN with Nethserver howto?

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Hi Charlie,
I will try to help you, I think you just need few details to make it work :slight_smile:

  1. set the roadwarrior server on the OpenVPN tab
  • auth:
  • if you choose only certificate you don’t need to provide user and pass to authenticate
  • if you choose one of the other options you need to create system users in the general Users Section
  • mode: usually the best is routed mode, just specify a local network (rcf 1918, e,g, 192.168.101.0/255.255.255.0) not already used by the firewall

2)Now you need to crete the accounts for the people wanting to connect (Account TAB)

  • create new
  • if you selected “only certificate” you can creare a new user, otherwise you must select of the the system users
  • Don’t worry about the remote network, you need to specify it just in case of net to net openvpn

3)now your account is ready, just click on the triangle near the “edit” button e select download, first choice is the right one for using OpenVPN

  1. once you downloaded the file open it with an editor and verify the “remote” option : nethserver automatically set it with the server name , but if you server name is not public (not resolved from internet dns) you should replace it with the server’s public ip

  2. be sure the port 1194 UDP is correctly forwarded from router to the red initerface of NethServer.

Hope this helps :smile:

and… any suggestion to improve the interface is welcome!

Davide

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