A plug-and-play OpenVPN server that "Just Works" and has secure defaults.
Install the snap, download the client config and connect!
.ovpn client config files that work on Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.Getting Started
sudo snap install easy-openvpn-server
sudo easy-openvpn-server show-client default > default.ovpn
.ovpn config file into the VPN application of your device and connect!By default, all the traffic of your device will go over the VPN.
If you don't want this, run
sudo snap set easy-openvpn-server push-default-gateway=False.
Changing the public address
The snap will do its best to figure out what the public address of the server is. However, when that fails, you can manually set the public address.
sudo snap set easy-openvpn-server public-address=example.com
Managing clients
The snap automatically creates a client profile and config with the name default. However, it's recommended to create a separate client profile for each user. This way, you can revoke the client profile when that user does not need access to the VPN anymore.
sudo easy-openvpn-server add-client alice
sudo easy-openvpn-server show-client alice > alice.ovpn
sudo easy-openvpn-server remove-client alice
Changing ports
By default the server runs on port 443/tcp (https) and 1194/udp (OpenVPN). If those ports are already used, you can change which ports the server runs on.
sudo snap set easy-openvpn-server udp-server.port=1234
sudo snap set easy-openvpn-server tcp-server.port=80
More options
You can specify additional search domains.
sudo snap set easy-openvpn-server additional-search-domains="test"
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 and RHEL 7, from the 7.6 release onward.
The packages for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9 are in each distribution’s respective Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository. The instructions for adding this repository diverge slightly between RHEL 7, RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, which is why they’re listed separately below.
The EPEL repository can be added to RHEL 9 with the following command:
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf upgrade
The EPEL repository can be added to RHEL 8 with the following command:
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf upgrade
The EPEL repository can be added to RHEL 7 with the following command:
sudo rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
Adding the optional and extras repositories is also recommended:
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "rhel-*-optional-rpms" --enable "rhel-*-extras-rpms"
sudo yum update
Snap can now be installed as follows:
sudo yum install snapd
Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Either log out and back in again or restart your system to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install Easy OpenVPN Server, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install easy-openvpn-server
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