Difference between revisions of "OpenVPN"

Revision as of 10:24, 18 September 2021

wikipedia:OpenVPN (2001) is a virtual private network (VPN) system to create secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in and remote access.

OpenVPN uses a custom security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange.

Port 1194 is the official IANA assigned port number for OpenVPN

.ovpn file

openvpn package contains openvpn binary

$ sudo systemctl stop openvpn@server

(No output)

$ sudo systemctl start openvpn@server

$ sudo systemctl restart openvpn@server

$ sudo systemctl status openvpn@server

$ sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn stop

$ sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn start

$ sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn restart

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 * Follow https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-setup-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-linux-14-04-or-16-04-lts/ installation guide
 * Verify status of your OpenVPN server: <code>[[systemctl status openvpn-server@server]]</code>
+* <code>[[killall]] -[[USR2]] openvpn</code>
 == See also ==