![]() Now we need to initiate our PKI system in order to generate the CA certificate for our server and to generate client certificates as well: docker run -v $OVPN_DATA:/etc/openvpn -log-driver=none -rm -it kylemanna/openvpn ovpn_initpkiįollow the instructions. ![]() Generating and retrieving CA certificate and client certificatesģ. If you don’t have a static IP address, then you’ll need to use a Dynamic DNS. This is the setup if you’re hosting your server on a cloud(Like on AWS, Azure, UpCloud, Digital Ocean, Linode etc…).įor self-hosting option at home – this also applies if you have a static public IP address, plus you’ll need to do port-forwarding on your router(modem) to point to your host(server). ![]() Replace the with your public IP address or with a domain name you registered and pointed to your server. Then download the OpenVPN docker image file with the argument to set it to use your server’s(host) public IP address or your domain name via UDP protocol(also can use TCP protocol as well): docker run -v $OVPN_DATA:/etc/openvpn -log-driver=none -rm kylemanna/openvpn ovpn_genconfig -u udp:// Note – if you haven’t added Docker the elevated privileges on your Linux host, then you’ll need to add sudo everytime you want to run docker commands.Ģ. Now we will create the data volume container: docker volume create -name $OVPN_DATA So in terminal run the command: OVPN_DATA="ovpn-data-example" And you replace the word example with whatever you want. For an example, it should look something like this – ovpn-data-example. It’s suggested to add “ovpn-data-” prefix and then add another word you want at the end. First step is to create data volume container for OpenVPN, so it can store all the data, configuration files and certificates. – Docker container we’re going to user – LINK (also check out for more info if needed) OpenVPN server Docker container installationġ. – Docker installed and running – if not installed, check this post for Docker install instructions on Debian and Ubuntu If you do not like the solution or prefer another method, we also covered the same process with Wireguard and Docker. NOTE – This setup is for a password-less environment, meaning – client won’t use user name and password to connect on the server, instead it will user client certificates to connect. This method works on any Linux distro that has Docker installed and running. Meaning, that we are going to be able to use Docker to install OpenVPN server and run it as a service, generate client connection configs and certificates, which afterwards we can use to connect multiple clients on our VPN server. This post covers the procedure of how to install and host OpenVPN server with Docker. ![]() How to install and host OpenVPN server with Docker Overview ![]()
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