{"id":20933,"date":"2016-12-07T07:48:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T13:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=20933"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:42:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:42:28","slug":"install-and-configure-openvpn-on-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-and-configure-openvpn-on-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install OpenVPN on Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg\" alt=\"Install OpenVPN on Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Install-OpenVPN-on-Ubuntu-16.04-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial, we will explain to you, how to install OpenVPN on Ubuntu 16.04. OpenVPN is one of the most popular VPN software solutions, on both server-side and client-side. OpenVPN implements virtual private network techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities.\u00a0This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for <a title=\"Ubuntu VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ubuntu 16.04 VPS<\/a>. Installing OpenVPN on Ubuntu 16.04, is an easy task if you carefully follow the steps below.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-663e026218124\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-663e026218124\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-and-configure-openvpn-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#1-Login-to-your-VPS-via-SSH\" title=\"1. Login to your VPS via SSH\">1. Login to your VPS via SSH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-and-configure-openvpn-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#2-Install-necessary-packages\" title=\"2. Install necessary packages\">2. Install necessary packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-and-configure-openvpn-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#3-Generate-local-certificate-authority\" title=\"3. Generate local certificate authority\">3. Generate local certificate authority<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-and-configure-openvpn-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#4-Configure-OpenVPN-server\" title=\"4. Configure OpenVPN server\">4. Configure OpenVPN server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-and-configure-openvpn-on-ubuntu-16-04\/#5-OpenVPN-client-configuration\" title=\"5. OpenVPN client configuration\">5. OpenVPN client configuration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Login-to-your-VPS-via-SSH\"><\/span>1. Login to your VPS via SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre>ssh user@vps<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Install-necessary-packages\"><\/span>2. Install necessary packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Update the system<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get -y upgrade<\/pre>\n<p>and install OpenVPN.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get install openvpn openssl<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Generate-local-certificate-authority\"><\/span>3. Generate local certificate authority<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>First, generate the Diffie-Hellman parameters. This command can take a while to run depending on the server.<\/p>\n<pre>openssl dhparam -out \/etc\/openvpn\/dh.pem 2048<\/pre>\n<p>Generate <code>ca.pem<\/code>\u00a0 (certificate authority) file:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo openssl genrsa -out \/etc\/openvpn\/ca-key.pem 2048\r\nsudo chmod 600 \/etc\/openvpn\/ca-key.pem\r\nsudo openssl req -new -key \/etc\/openvpn\/ca-key.pem -out \/etc\/openvpn\/ca-csr.pem -subj \/CN=OpenVPN-CA\/\r\nsudo openssl x509 -req -in \/etc\/openvpn\/ca-csr.pem -out \/etc\/openvpn\/ca.pem -signkey \/etc\/openvpn\/ca-key.pem -days 365\r\nsudo echo 01 &gt; \/etc\/openvpn\/ca.srl\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Configure-OpenVPN-server\"><\/span>4. Configure OpenVPN server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The following commands will generate a server certificate and key:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo openssl genrsa -out \/etc\/openvpn\/server-key.pem 2048\r\nsudo chmod 600 \/etc\/openvpn\/server-key.pem\r\nsudo openssl req -new -key \/etc\/openvpn\/server-key.pem -out \/etc\/openvpn\/server-csr.pem -subj \/CN=OpenVPN\/\r\nsudo openssl x509 -req -in \/etc\/openvpn\/server-csr.pem -out \/etc\/openvpn\/server-cert.pem -CA \/etc\/openvpn\/ca.pem -CAkey \/etc\/openvpn\/ca-key.pem -days 365\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Create server configuration file:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo nano \/etc\/openvpn\/server.conf<\/pre>\n<pre>server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0\r\nverb 3\r\nkey server-key.pem\r\nca ca.pem\r\ncert server-cert.pem\r\ndh dh.pem\r\nkeepalive 10 120\r\npersist-key\r\npersist-tun\r\ncomp-lzo\r\npush \"redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp\"\r\npush \"dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8\"\r\npush \"dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4\"\r\n\r\nuser nobody\r\ngroup nogroup\r\n\r\nproto udp\r\nport 1194\r\ndev tun1194\r\nstatus openvpn-status.log\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>save the file and enable and start the OpenVPN service with:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo systemctl enable openvpn@server\r\nsudo systemctl start openvpn@server<\/pre>\n<p><em>Note: If you are running an openvz based VPS<br \/>\nopen the <code>\/lib\/systemd\/system\/openvpn\\@.service<\/code> file and comment the <code>LimitNPROC=10<\/code> line<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Add the following <code>iptables<\/code> rule so that traffic can leave the VPN. Change the <code>eth0<\/code> with the public network interface of your server.<\/p>\n<pre>iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0\/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE<\/pre>\n<p><em>Note: If you are running an openvz based VPS<br \/>\ninstead of the rule above add: <code>iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0\/24 -j SNAT --to-source &lt;YOUR_SERVER_IP<\/code>&gt;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we also need to allow IP forwarding:<\/p>\n<pre>sed -i 's|#net.ipv4.ip_forward=1|net.ipv4.ip_forward=1|' \/etc\/sysctl.conf\r\necho 1 &gt; \/proc\/sys\/net\/ipv4\/ip_forward\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-OpenVPN-client-configuration\"><\/span>5. OpenVPN client configuration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The following commands will generate a client certificate and key:<\/p>\n<pre>openssl genrsa -out \/etc\/openvpn\/client-key.pem 2048\r\nchmod 600 \/etc\/openvpn\/client-key.pem\r\nopenssl req -new -key \/etc\/openvpn\/client-key.pem -out \/etc\/openvpn\/client-csr.pem -subj \/CN=OpenVPN-Client\/\r\nopenssl x509 -req -in \/etc\/openvpn\/client-csr.pem -out \/etc\/openvpn\/client-cert.pem -CA \/etc\/openvpn\/ca.pem -CAkey \/etc\/openvpn\/ca-key.pem -days 36525\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Next, copy the following files to your client machine<\/p>\n<pre>\/etc\/openvpn\/ca.pem\r\n\/etc\/openvpn\/client-cert.pem\r\n\/etc\/openvpn\/client-key.pem<\/pre>\n<p>and start your OpenVPN client with the following configuration.<\/p>\n<pre>client\r\nnobind\r\ndev tun\r\nredirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp\r\nremote  1194 udp\r\ncomp-lzo yes\r\n\r\nkey \/etc\/openvpn\/client-key.pem\r\ncert \/etc\/openvpn\/client-cert.pem\r\nca \/etc\/openvpn\/ca.pem\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Do not forget to change &lt;<code>YOUR_SERVER_IP&gt; <\/code> with your OpenVPN server IP address.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it. You have successfully installed a configured an OpenVPN server on your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to install\u00a0 OpenVPN on Ubuntu 16.04 if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\">Managed Linux VPS Hosting <\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to Install and configure OpenVPN on Ubuntu 16.04, for you. They are available 24&#215;7 and will OpenVPN on Ubuntu 16.04, or other Linux OS, immediately.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26116 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/openvpn-ubuntu.png\" alt=\"openvpn ubuntu\" width=\"208\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/openvpn-ubuntu.png 208w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/openvpn-ubuntu-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/openvpn-ubuntu-200x52.png 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/openvpn-ubuntu-50x13.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>PS<\/strong><\/span>. 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