OpenVPN-Docker_Quick_Start.md

OpenVPN - Docker Quick Start

• Quick and easy VPN setup using OpenVPN Docker image, on Amazon Linux 2023.

References

• https://openvpn.net/as-docs/docker.html
• https://hub.docker.com/r/openvpn/openvpn-as

Installation steps

Install docker on amazon linux 2023

dnf update -y
dnf install docker -y
systemctl enable docker
systemctl start docker

OpenVPN Access Server Docker Image

# see: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/docker.html#run-the-docker-container
docker pull openvpn/openvpn-as

docker run -d \
  --name=openvpn-as --cap-add=NET_ADMIN \
  -p 943:943 -p 4443:4443 -p 1194:1194/udp \
  -v /root/openvpn-server:/openvpn \
    openvpn/openvpn-as
# Modify ports and hostname as appropriate
cd /root/openvpn-server/etc
vim ./config-local.json
docker restart openvpn/openvpn-as
# Get Temp password
docker logs openvpn-as | grep -i "Auto-generated pass"
# Scroll to find the line, Auto-generated pass = "<password>". Setting in db..\

Configure your OpenVPN serces

• Use the generated password with the openvpn username to sign in to the Admin Web UI.
• https://<my_hostname_or_pubip>.com:943/admin/
• Check the hostname setting:
  • https://<my_hostname_or_pubip>.com:943/admin/network_settings - put in yourhostname...
• Stop the VPN services and start to ensure changes loaded and persistent:
  • https://<my_hostname_or_pubip>.com:943/admin/status_overview
• Create a user and a new Token Url for the user to import the profile

Windows Client set up

• Install with winget:

  • winget install -e --id OpenVPNTechnologies.OpenVPNConnect
  • Requires admin privileges

• Once installed, get the token which will be something like:

  • openvpn://https://<hostname>:<adminport>/ConnectClient/<token>.ovpn

• Put in browser and should open up the OpenVPN client and import the profile, and connect.

Checkout your traffic routing

• https://ifconfig.io/
• curl ifconfig.io