OvenVPN-client

OpenVPN client setup:

1. If you going to use OpenVPN inside LXC conatiner add these lines at the end of the lxc-container-id.conf file which can be located in the /etc/pve/lxc/100.conf

   # allow /dev/tun access
   lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 10:200 rwm
   lxc.mount.entry: /dev/net/tun dev/net/tun none bind,create=file
   

2. Create a openvpn conf file for client. Sample template can be found on this file [[openvpn-server-and-pki-setup]]

OpenVPN installation on clients:

OpenVPN client config file naming convention.

machine	filename
openvpn server	/etc/openvpn/server.conf
openvpn client (linux)	/etc/openvpn/client.conf
openvpn client (windows)	smounesh-homelab.ovpn

Ubuntu (apt)

1. Install openvpn using cmd apt insatll openvpn -y and place the client.conf file in the /etc/opencpn directory
2. Set openvpn to start on boot using cmd systemctl enable --now openvpn

Windows:

1. Download and install the openvpn windows client from [openvpn.net]([OpenVPN Connect Client

   Our Official VPN Client

   OpenVPN](https://openvpn.net/vpn-client/)) and import the smounesh-homelab.ovpn file

Refernces:

• [[OpenVPN in LXC - Proxmox VE]]