OpenVPN - Linux Client

How-to connect a Linux server to another Linux server via OpenVPN, command line style.

apt-get install openvpn

Copy the example client.conf file

cp /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/sample-config-files/client.conf /etc/openvpn

I then edited the client.conf file down as listed below for my initial testing.  Please be sure to adjust according to your own Server configuration as well as proper names for the ca, key and crt files.

#---- OpenVPN Client.conf --------------

dev tap0

proto tcp

resolv-retry infinite

nobind

persist-key
persist-tun
remote hostname.com 1194
ca ca.crt 

cert hostname.crt
key hostname.key

verb 3

Restart OpenVPN

/etc/init.d/openvpn start

Test by pinging or logging into the remote server