How to add openvpn autostart in Linux

Create file:

nano /etc/init.d/myopenvpn

Insert inside:

# OpenVPN autostart on boot script

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

exec /usr/sbin/openvpn --status /var/run/openvpn.client.status 10 --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/client.conf --syslog openvpn

Openvpn setup

Firstly

yum install gcc make rpm-build autoconf.noarch zlib-devel pam-devel openssl-devel -y

Now download LZO RPM and Configure RPMForge Repo. Use wget command:

wget http://openvpn.net/release/lzo-1.08-4.rf.src.rpm

Then build the rpm package using this command:

rpmbuild --rebuild lzo-1.08-4.rf.src.rpm

rpm -Uvh lzo-*.rpm

rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release*

Installing OpenVPN
Only for VPS based-on OpenVZ virtualization (other skip this): please enable TUN/TAP options in your VPS control panel (e.g: SolusVM)

Install by yum “yum install openvpn”
If we got the problem with “No package openvpn available”

Download rpmforge for your system from http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/

Install rpmforge by rpm command

rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

After instlall rpmforge, now we can use yum to install openvpn

yum install openvpn

Now you need to change some files, copy directories, and generate the SSL keys for your server. Execute the following commands:

cp -R /usr/share/doc/openvpn-2.2.2/easy-rsa/ /etc/openvpn/

nano /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/vars

edit this line

export KEY_CONFIG='$EASY_RSA/whichopensslcnf $EASY_RSA'

replace it with

export KEY_CONFIG=/etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/openssl-1.0.0.cnf

once done hit Control+O to save then Control+X to exit. Create the certificate using these commands:

cd /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0

chmod 755 *

source ./vars

./vars

./clean-all

./build-ca

Common Name: your server hostname

./build-key-server server

./build-dh

nano -w /etc/openvpn/server.conf //put here your settings

port 1194 #- port
proto udp #- protocol
dev tun
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
reneg-sec 0
ca /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/server.crt
key /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/server.key
dh /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/2.0/keys/dh1024.pem
plugin /usr/share/openvpn/plugin/lib/openvpn-auth-pam.so /etc/pam.d/login #- Comment this line if you are using FreeRADIUS
#plugin /etc/openvpn/radiusplugin.so /etc/openvpn/radiusplugin.cnf #- Uncomment this line if you are using FreeRADIUS
client-cert-not-required
username-as-common-name
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.4.4"
keepalive 5 30
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
status 1194.log
verb 3

service openvpn start


chkconfig openvpn on

//add autostart

echo openvpn /etc/openvpn/server.conf >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local

You’ll also need to enable IP forwarding in the file /etc/sysctl.conf. Open it and edit “net.ipv4.ip_forward” line to 1:

nano /etc/sysctl.conf

//set net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

sysctl -p

Create new Linux username which can also be used to login to the VPN:

useradd username -s /bin/false


passwd username

Now route some iptables.
Xen and KVM users use:

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE

special for OpenVZ use these two instead:

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o venet0 -j SNAT --to-source 123.123.123.123

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -j SNAT --to-source 123.123.123.123

Do not forget to replace 123.123.123.123 with your server IP.
Save rules

service iptables save

Client .ovpn config file

client
dev tun
proto udp
remote-cert-tls server #server certificate verification by client(build-key-server)
remote 123.123.123.123 1194 # - Your server IP and OpenVPN Port
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
tun-mtu 1500
tun-mtu-extra 32
mssfix 1450
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
auth-user-pass
comp-lzo
reneg-sec 0
verb 3

sudo openvpn --config ~/path/to/client.ovpn