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howtos:network_services:openvpn [2016/08/08 12:14 (UTC)] – [7. Port Forwarding] Removed extra "Y" bassmadrigalhowtos:network_services:openvpn [2018/03/02 00:04 (UTC)] – Add a note that 'daemon' can initially be left out. bifferos
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 <code> <code>
 # cd # cd
-# git clone git://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa+# git clone http://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa
 </code> </code>
  
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 # cp $HOME/easy-rsa/easyrsa3/pki/private/server1.key \ # cp $HOME/easy-rsa/easyrsa3/pki/private/server1.key \
 > /etc/openvpn/keys/ > /etc/openvpn/keys/
 +</code>
 +
 +If you want to run the server as a daemon on system boot, it's necessary to remove the pass-phrase from the server1.key file first.  Don't forget to set permissions on the key to avoid it being world-readable.
 +
 +<code>
 +# cd /etc/openvpn/keys
 +# openssl rsa -in server1.key -out tmp.key
 +# mv tmp.key server1.key
 +# chmod 600 server1.key
 </code> </code>
  
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 daemon daemon
 </code> </code>
 +
 +<note>It may be useful to leave off the 'daemon' option while getting things up and running so you can see useful messages in the foreground.</note>
  
 My full server.conf is the following: My full server.conf is the following:

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