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By Abhishek Ghosh August 25, 2019 5:31 am Updated on August 25, 2019

How to Install OpenVPN on Cloud Server (Debian 10)

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Reading our previous article on OpenVPN may be practical to many of the readers. You need to configure a non-root user with sudo privileges and ideally another server to certificate authority (CA). How to Create Own Certificate Authority (CA) With EasyRSA is a separate guide which is mandatory to read before proceeding with this guide. Also, try to follow our guide on Initial Cloud Server Setup For The New Users for both server instances.

How to Install OpenVPN on Cloud Server

 

Steps to Install OpenVPN on Cloud Server

 

End of the guide on how to create own CA, we ended with few commands :

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./easyrsa init-pki
./easyrsa build-ca nopass
./easyrsa gen-req server-full nopass
./easyrsa gen-dh
./easyrsa sign-req server-full server
./easyrsa gen-req client1 nopass
./easyrsa sign-req client client1

Although the steps initially may make confused, it is not difficult to understand for the 2nd effort onwards. The actual steps to install OpenVPN is :

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sudo apt update
sudo get upgrade
sudo apt install OpenVPN

There is a script to automated OpenVPN installation, which is good enough than the manual setup, yet we will continue talking about manual setup :

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curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/angristan/openvpn-install/master/openvpn-install.sh
chmod +x debian10-vpn.sh
./debian10-vpn.sh

Copy the server.crt,ca.crt, ta.key, dh.pem in /etc/openvpn/ directory.

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mkdir -p ~/client-configs/keys
chmod -R 700 ~/client-configs

Keys generated against client1 in the above steps should be there. You need to configure the OpenVPN installation :

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sudo cp /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/sample-config-files/server.conf.gz /etc/openvpn/
sudo gzip -d /etc/openvpn/server.conf.gz
sudo nano /etc/openvpn/server.conf

Here are some of the settings you should have. Choose DNS as 1.1.1.1 or Google DNS for trouble free, fast DNS server (IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as DNS servers). 1.1.1.1 is a public DNS resolver that makes DNS queries faster :

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tls-auth ta.key 0 # This file is secret
key-direction 0
/etc/openvpn/server.conf
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA256
dh dh.pem
user nobody
group nogroup
push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"
push "dhcp-option DNS 1.1.1.1"
push "dhcp-option DNS 1.0.0.1"
port 443
proto tcp
explicit-exit-notify 0
cert server.crt
key server.key

You can use commands like the below for server management :

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sudo systemctl stop openvpn@server
sudo systemctl start openvpn@server
sudo systemctl restart openvpn@server
sudo systemctl status openvpn@server

On the server your will find a client configuration file called ~/linuxDesktop.ovpn. You have to copy this file to your desktop. Install the OpenVPN client application and use that file.

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Abhishek Ghosh is a Businessman, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Author and Blogger. You can keep touch with him on Twitter - @AbhishekCTRL.

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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "How to Install OpenVPN on Cloud Server (Debian 10)," in The Customize Windows, August 25, 2019, January 25, 2021, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2019/08/how-to-install-openvpn-on-cloud-server-debian-10/.

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