Static key configurations offer the simplest setup, and are ideal for point-to-point VPNs or proof-of-concept testing.
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Static Key advantages
Simple Setup
No X509 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) to maintain
Static Key disadvantages
Limited scalability — one client, one server
Lack of perfect forward secrecy — key compromise results in total disclosure of previous sessions
Secret key must exist in plaintext form on each VPN peer
Secret key must be exchanged using a pre-existing secure channel
Simple Example
This example demonstrates a bare-bones point-to-point OpenVPN configuration. A VPN tunnel will be created with a server endpoint of 10.8.0.1 and a client endpoint of 10.8.0.2. Encrypted communication between client and server will occur over UDP port 1194, the default OpenVPN port.
Generate a static key:
Copy the static key to both client and server, over a pre-existing secure channel.
Server configuration file
Client configuration file
Firewall configuration
Make sure that:
UDP port 1194 is open on the server, and
the virtual TUN interface used by OpenVPN is not blocked on either the client or server (on Linux, the TUN interface will probably be called tun0 while on Windows it will probably be called something like Local Area Connection n unless you rename it in the Network Connections control panel).
Bear in mind that 90% of all connection problems encountered by new OpenVPN users are firewall-related.
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Testing the VPN
Run OpenVPN using the respective configuration files on both server and client, changing myremote.mydomain in the client configuration to the domain name or public IP address of the server.
To verify that the VPN is running, you should be able to ping 10.8.0.2 from the server and 10.8.0.1 from the client.
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Expanding on the Simple Example
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Use compression on the VPN link
Add the following line to both client and server configuration files:
Make the link more resistent to connection failures
Deal with:
keeping a connection through a NAT router/firewall alive, and
follow the DNS name of the server if it changes its IP address.
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Add the following to both client and server configuration files:
Run OpenVPN as a daemon (Linux/BSD/Solaris/MacOSX only)
Run OpenVPN as a daemon and drop privileges to user/group nobody.
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Add to configuration file (client and/or server):
Allow client to reach entire server subnet
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Suppose the OpenVPN server is on a subnet 192.168.4.0/24. Add the following to client configuration:
Then on the server side, add a route to the server’s LAN gateway that routes 10.8.0.2 to the OpenVPN server machine (only necessary if the OpenVPN server machine is not also the gateway for the server-side LAN). Also, don’t forget to enable IP Forwarding on the OpenVPN server machine.