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MikroTik (RouterOS) script for setup OpenVPN server and generate certificates

OpenVPN Server and certificate management on MikroTik

Contents

Setup OpenVPN server and generate certificates

# Setup OpenVPN Server and generate certs
#
# Change variables below then copy the whole script
# and paste into MikroTik terminal window.
#

:global CN [/system identity get name]
:global COUNTRY "UA"
:global STATE "KV"
:global LOC "Kyiv"
:global ORG "My organization"
:global OU ""
:global KEYSIZE "2048"
:global PORT "1194"

## functions
:global waitSec do={:return ($KEYSIZE * 10 / 1024 + 3)}

## generate a CA certificate
/certificate
add name=ca-template country="$COUNTRY" state="$STATE" locality="$LOC" \
  organization="$ORG" unit="$OU" common-name="$CN" key-size="$KEYSIZE" \
  days-valid=3650 key-usage=crl-sign,key-cert-sign
sign ca-template ca-crl-host=127.0.0.1 name="$CN"
:delay [$waitSec]

## generate a server certificate
/certificate
add name=server-template country="$COUNTRY" state="$STATE" locality="$LOC" \
  organization="$ORG" unit="$OU" common-name="server@$CN" key-size="$KEYSIZE" \
  days-valid=3650 key-usage=digital-signature,key-encipherment,tls-server
sign server-template ca="$CN" name="server@$CN"
:delay [$waitSec]

## create a client template
/certificate
add name=client-template country="$COUNTRY" state="$STATE" locality="$LOC" \
  organization="$ORG" unit="$OU" common-name="client" \
  key-size="$KEYSIZE" days-valid=3650 key-usage=tls-client

## create IP pool
/ip pool
add name=VPN-POOL ranges=192.168.252.128-192.168.252.224

## add VPN profile
/ppp profile
add dns-server=192.168.252.1 local-address=192.168.252.1 name=VPN-PROFILE \
  remote-address=VPN-POOL use-encryption=yes

## setup OpenVPN server
/interface ovpn-server server
set auth=sha1 certificate="server@$CN" cipher=aes128,aes192,aes256 \
  default-profile=VPN-PROFILE enabled=yes mode=ip netmask=24 port="$PORT" \
  require-client-certificate=yes

## add a firewall rule
/ip firewall filter
add chain=input action=accept dst-port="$PORT" protocol=tcp \
  comment="Allow OpenVPN" place-before=0
add chain=input action=accept dst-port=53 protocol=udp \
  comment="Accept DNS requests from VPN clients" place-before=1

NOTE: To allow clients to surf the Internet, make sure that there are permissive rules, such as:

/ip firewall filter
add chain=forward action=accept src-address=192.168.252.0/24 \
  out-interface-list=WAN place-before=0
add chain=forward action=accept in-interface-list=WAN \
  dst-address=192.168.252.0/24 place-before=1
/ip firewall nat
add chain=srcnat src-address=192.168.252.0/24 out-interface-list=WAN \
  action=masquerade

Add a new user

# Add a new user and generate/export certs
#
# Change variables below then copy the whole script
# and paste into MikroTik terminal window.
#

:global CN [/system identity get name]
:global USERNAME "user"
:global PASSWORD "password"

## add a user
/ppp secret
add name=$USERNAME password=$PASSWORD profile=VPN-PROFILE service=ovpn

## generate a client certificate
/certificate
add name=client-template-to-issue copy-from="client-template" \
  common-name="$USERNAME@$CN"
sign client-template-to-issue ca="$CN" name="$USERNAME@$CN"
:delay 20

## export the CA, client certificate, and private key
/certificate
export-certificate "$CN" export-passphrase=""
export-certificate "$USERNAME@$CN" export-passphrase="$PASSWORD"

Setup OpenVPN client

  1. Copy the exported certificates from the MikroTik

    sftp admin@MikroTik_IP:cert_export_\*

    Also, you can download the certificates from the web interface. Go to WebFigFiles for this.

  2. Create user.auth file

    The file auth.cfg holds your username/password combination. On the first line must be the username and on the second line your password.

    user
    password
    
  3. Create OpenVPN config that named like USERNAME.ovpn:

    client
    dev tun
    proto tcp-client
    remote MikroTik_IP 1194
    nobind
    persist-key
    persist-tun
    cipher AES-256-CBC
    auth SHA1
    pull
    verb 2
    mute 3
    
    # Create a file 'user.auth' with a username and a password
    #
    # cat << EOF > user.auth
    # user
    # password
    # EOF
    auth-user-pass user.auth
    
    # Copy the certificates from MikroTik and change
    # the filenames below if needed
    ca cert_export_MikroTik.crt
    cert cert_export_user@MikroTik.crt
    key cert_export_user@MikroTik.key
    
    # Uncomment the following line if Internet access is needed
    #redirect-gateway def1
    
    # Add routes to networks behind MikroTik
    #route 192.168.88.0 255.255.255.0
  4. Try to connect

    sudo openvpn USERNAME.ovpn
    

Decrypt private key to avoid password asking

openssl rsa -passin pass:password -in cert_export_user@MikroTik.key -out cert_export_user@MikroTik.key

Delete a user and revoke his certificate

# Delete a user and revoke his certificate
#
# Change variables below and paste the script
# into MikroTik terminal window.
#

:global CN [/system identity get name]
:global USERNAME "user"

## delete a user
/ppp secret
remove [find name=$USERNAME profile=VPN-PROFILE]

## revoke a client certificate
/certificate
issued-revoke [find name="$USERNAME@$CN"]

Revert OpenVPN server configuration on MikroTik

# Revert OpenVPN configuration
#

/ip pool
remove [find name=VPN-POOL]

/ppp profile
remove [find name=VPN-PROFILE]

/ip firewall filter
remove [find comment="Allow OpenVPN"]

/ppp secret
remove [find profile=VPN-PROFILE]

/certificate
## delete the certificates manually
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