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--- installing_openvpn_on_ubuntu_8.04 [05.02.2010 22:45] – Pascal Suter
+++ installing_openvpn_on_ubuntu_8.04 [29.09.2012 10:41] (current) – Pascal Suter
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 ====== Installing OpenVPN on Ubuntu 8.04 ======
+thereis a good guide at [[https://help.ubuntu.com/11.10/serverguide/openvpn.html]]
 <code>
 apt-get install openvpn openssl
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 ./build-dh
 ./build-key [client-name]
-cd keys
+cd keys/
-cp ca.* dh1024.pem server.* /etc/openvpn/
+cp myservername.crt myservername.key ca.crt dh1024.pem /etc/openvpn/
 cd /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/sample-config-files
 gzip -d server.conf.gz
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 group nogroup
 </code>
+also uncomment the line
+  client-to-client
 ===== optional: NAT for vpn clients =====
 if you want your vpn clients to be able to use this server as their internet gateway as well continue here:
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 apt-get install iptables
 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
+iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
 </code>
-put these two lines in your /etc/rc.local if you want this service to be available after the next reboot again
+put the last two lines in your /etc/rc.local if you want this service to be available after the next reboot again
 ==== configure your client ====
 copy the files ca.crt, client.crt and client.key from the server in ///usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/// to your client. also copy the example config file for the client from ///usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/sample-config-files/client.conf/// to the same directory on your client as the certificates.
+adjust the name of your server in the client config file and again the nouser, nogroup to help with security.
-</code>