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Setting up OpenVPN - 10 Sep 2014


If you’re looking to setup a personal VPN server, then OpenVPN is a great option that’s easy to setup and use. Here’s the few steps required to setup a VPN server on Ubuntu 12.04.

Download OpenVPN:

sudo wget http://swupdate.openvpn.org/as/openvpn-as-2.0.7-Ubuntu12.amd_64.deb

Install OpenVPN:

dpkg -i openvpn-as-2.0.7-Ubuntu12.amd_64.deb

Setup your password:

sudo passwd openvpn

You can then access your server to grab the client, and connect to your VPN. Just visit https://your-server-ip:943 in your browser.