OpenVPN server on Ubuntu 18.06
Install openvpn server on Ubuntu 18.06
Leverage an instance with:
- "Source/Destination Check" disabled.
- Firewall open on port 1194/UDP.
Run:
nano /etc/sysctl.conf
Enable net.ipv4.ip_forward:
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
Apply changes:
sysctl -p
Get your default network card:
ip route | grep default
Output example:
default via 172.31.0.1 dev eth0 proto dhcp src 172.31.10.197 metric 100
Edit ufw config:
nano /etc/ufw/before.rules
Add the block
START OPENVPN RULES and END OPENVPN RULES:#
# rules.before
#
# Rules that should be run before the ufw command line added rules. Custom
# rules should be added to one of these chains:
# ufw-before-input
# ufw-before-output
# ufw-before-forward
#
# START OPENVPN RULES
# NAT table rules
*nat
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
# Allow traffic from OpenVPN client to wlp11s0 (change to the interface you discovered!)
-A POSTROUTING -s 10.22.0.0/16 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 3.4.3.0/8 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
COMMIT
# END OPENVPN RULES
# Don't delete these required lines, otherwise there will be errors
*filter
Edit ufw default config:
nano /etc/default/ufw
Allow forward:
DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY="ACCEPT"
Allow openvpn and SSH:
ufw allow 1194/udp
ufw allow OpenSSH
Run:
apt update
apt install openvpn
Download EasyRSA:
wget -P ~/ https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/releases/download/v3.0.4/EasyRSA-3.0.4.tgz
tar xvf EasyRSA-3.0.4.tgz
Copy and edit vars:
cd ~/EasyRSA-3.0.4/
cp vars.example vars
nano vars
Uncomment and change the following config:
set_var EASYRSA_REQ_COUNTRY "AU"
set_var EASYRSA_REQ_PROVINCE "New South Wales"
set_var EASYRSA_REQ_CITY "Sydney"
set_var EASYRSA_REQ_ORG "Your Company"
set_var EASYRSA_REQ_EMAIL "[email protected]"
set_var EASYRSA_REQ_OU "Your Company"
Initiate the public key:
./easyrsa init-pki
Build CA certificate. Keep the default Common Name and hit enter:
./easyrsa build-ca nopass
Create a private key for the server and a certificate request:
./easyrsa gen-req server nopass
Copy the server key to the /etc/openvpn/ directory:
cp ~/EasyRSA-3.0.4/pki/private/server.key /etc/openvpn/
Sign the request. Input yes when prompted:
./easyrsa sign-req server server
Sign the request. Input yes when prompted:
./easyrsa sign-req server server
Copy certificates to openvpn dir:
cp ./pki/issued/server.crt /etc/openvpn/
cp ./pki/ca.crt /etc/openvpn/
Create a strong Diffie-Hellman key to use during key exchange (may take a few minutes to complete):
./easyrsa gen-dh
Generate an HMAC signature to strengthen the server's TLS integrity verification capabilities:
openvpn --genkey --secret ta.key
Copy the files to openvpn dir:
sudo cp ~/EasyRSA-3.0.4/ta.key /etc/openvpn/
sudo cp ~/EasyRSA-3.0.4/pki/dh.pem /etc/openvpn/
Copy sample config:
sudo cp /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/sample-config-files/server.conf.gz /etc/openvpn/
sudo gzip -d /etc/openvpn/server.conf.gz
Edit server config:
nano /etc/openvpn/server.conf
Double check tls-auth and add key-direction:
tls-auth ta.key 0
key-direction 0
Double check cipher and add auth:
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA256
Change dh:
#dh dh2048.pem
dh dh.pem
Enable user and group:
user nobody
group nogroup
Enable client-to-client:
client-to-client
Start and enable service:
systemctl enable openvpn@server
systemctl restart openvpn@server
systemctl status openvpn@server
Run:
mkdir -p ~/client-configs/keys
mkdir -p ~/client-configs/files
chmod -R 700 ~/client-configs
cp ~/EasyRSA-3.0.4/ta.key ~/client-configs/keys/
cp ~/EasyRSA-3.0.4/pki/ca.crt ~/client-configs/keys/
cp /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/sample-config-files/client.conf ~/client-configs/base.conf
nano ~/client-configs/base.conf
Config remote server:
#remote my-server-1 1194
remote YOUR-VPN-SERVER-DOMAIN 1194
Double check proto:
proto udp
Enable user and group:
user nobody
group nogroup
Comment out certificates (they are provided in the .ovpn file):
#ca ca.crt
#cert client.crt
#key client.key
Double check cipher and add auth:
cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA256
Add these lines in the end of the file. The last ones are commented out (only need to enable them for Linux clients that ship with an /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf file):
key-direction 1
# script-security 2
# up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
# down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
Create a script to compile the base config:
nano ~/client-configs/make_config.sh
Add:
#!/bin/bash
# First argument: Client identifier
KEY_DIR=~/client-configs/keys
OUTPUT_DIR=~/client-configs/files
BASE_CONFIG=~/client-configs/base.conf
cat ${BASE_CONFIG} \
<(echo -e '<ca>') \
${KEY_DIR}/ca.crt \
<(echo -e '</ca>\n<cert>') \
${KEY_DIR}/${1}.crt \
<(echo -e '</cert>\n<key>') \
${KEY_DIR}/${1}.key \
<(echo -e '</key>\n<tls-auth>') \
${KEY_DIR}/ta.key \
<(echo -e '</tls-auth>') \
> ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${1}.ovpn
Set permissions:
chmod 700 ~/client-configs/make_config.sh
Generate certificate:
cd ~/EasyRSA-3.0.4
./easyrsa gen-req client2 nopass
./easyrsa sign-req client client2
cp pki/private/client2.key ~/client-configs/keys/
cp pki/issued/client2.crt ~/client-configs/keys/
cd ~/client-configs
./make_config.sh client2
ls files/client2.ovpn
Run EasyRsa revoke command. Type yes when prompted:
cd /root/EasyRSA-3.0.4
./easyrsa revoke client2
Create a certificate revocation list (CRL):
./easyrsa gen-crl
Copy the CRL to the server config folder:
cp pki/crl.pem /etc/openvpn
Edit server config:
nano /etc/openvpn/server.conf
Add the following line to the end of the file:
crl-verify crl.pem
Restart server:
sudo systemctl restart openvpn@server
Copy your current server config:
cd /etc/openvpn/
cp server.conf server2.conf
Edit the new file:
nano server2.conf
Change the following config:
port XXXX
server X.X.X.0 255.255.255.0
Start the server:
systemctl start [email protected]
systemctl enable [email protected]
Edit servers config:
nano /etc/openvpn/server.conf
Uncomment the following line:
client-config-dir ccd
Create the dir:
mkdir /etc/openvpn/ccd/
Create a file with same CN name used in the certificate:
nano /etc/openvpn/ccd/client-cn-name
Define the static IP:
ifconfig-push 10.8.0.2 255.255.0.0
Restart server:
systemctl restart openvpn@server
Edit server config:
nano server-cluster.conf
Make sure the option client-to-client is disabled:
;client-to-client
Add the following line in the end of the file to route all traffic to the VPN server:
push "route 10.8.0.0 255.255.0.0"
Configure iptables:
# Allow all traffic from 10.22.0.100 (K8s master)
iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.22.0.100 -j ACCEPT
# Allow all traffic to 10.22.0.100 (K8s master)
iptables -A FORWARD -d 10.22.0.100 -j ACCEPT
# Allow all traffic between two nodes
iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.22.0.101 -d 10.22.0.102 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -s 10.22.0.102 -d 10.22.0.101 -j ACCEPT
# Drop everything else
iptables -A FORWARD -j DROP
Check service:
systemctl status [email protected]
Monitor packets on interface tun0:
tcpdump -i tun0 -nn -s0 -v
tcpdump -i tun0 -nn -s0 -v port 6805
Monitor ping on interface vpn-cluster with buffer size 512 (it is not set, the “packets dropped by kernel” will always be zero):
tcpdump -i vpn-cluster -B 4096 -n icmp
Check open port:
netstat -a |grep 1194
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