This is the file you will use to configure your OpenVPN client as described in the next section. Once the VPN installation process is complete, a client configuration file will be written under the current working directory. When executed for the first time, the script will ask you some questions, read them carefully, and provide answers according to your preferences, to set up your OpenVPN server. Next, run the executable installer script as shown. Now download the installer script using the curl command-line tool, then make it executable using the chmod command as follows. To find out your server’s public IP address, run the following wget command or dig command.

But you need to take note of your server public IP address especially if it is running behind NAT. That’s the reason, we will be using a script that lets you set up your own secure OpenVPN server in a matter of seconds.īefore downloading and running the script, note that the script will auto-detect your server’s private IP address. Installing and configuring an OpenVPN server manually is not a simple task from my experience. Step 1: Setting Up OpenVPN Server on Ubuntuġ.

A freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04 Server.

In this article, you will learn how to set up an OpenVPN access server on Ubuntu 20.04 and connect VPN clients from other Linux systems. The OpenVPN access server accepts incoming VPN connections and OpenVPN Connect clients or any open-source clients compatible with OpenVPN can initiate a connection to the server. The OpenVPN access server runs on a Linux system, and the clients can be installed on other Linux systems, Windows, macOS, as well as mobile operating systems such as Android, Windows mobile, and iOS.

Like most VPN protocols out there, it has a client-server architecture. It can be used on a wide variety of devices and systems. It uses both the TCP and UDP transmission protocols, and VPN tunnels are secured with OpenVPN protocol with SSL/TLS authentication, certificates, credentials, and optionally MAC address lock as well as multi-factor authentication. OpenVPN is an open-source, fast, popular program for creating a VPN ( Virtual Private Network).

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