Install pptpd server on centos7

install_pptpd_server.sh

#install PPTPD server on centos7
#Auther: Rahul Varghese


# install the latest epel repo
# http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/beta/7/x86_64/

echo "Installing ppp and pptpd"

yum -y install ppp pptpd



# pptpd settings

echo 'localip 10.10.0.1' >> /etc/pptpd.conf
echo 'remoteip 10.10.0.100-199' >> /etc/pptpd.conf
echo 'ms-dns 8.8.8.8' >> /etc/ppp/options.pptpd
echo 'ms-dns 8.8.4.4' >> /etc/ppp/options.pptpd
echo 'rahul-vpn pptpd rahul123 *' >> /etc/ppp/chap-secrets  # username and password

# system ipv4 forward
sysctl_file=/etc/sysctl.conf
if grep -xq 'net.ipv4.ip_forward' $sysctl_file; then
  sed -i.bak -r -e "s/^.*net.ipv4.ip_forward.*/net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1/" $sysctl_file
else
  echo 'net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1' >> $sysctl_file
fi
sysctl -p


# Create NAT rule for iptables

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE && iptables-save

echo "finished"