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Installing OpenVPN Community Edition via Turnkey

OpenVPN®  Community Edition provides a full-featured open source SSL/TLS Virtual Private Network (VPN). The TurnKey Linux VPN software appliance leverages the open source ‘openvpn-server’, ‘openvpn-client’ and ‘easy-rsa’ software (developed by OpenVPN® Inc.) to support “site-to-site” or “gateway” access. “Site-to-site” can link 2 otherwise unconnected LANs; suitable for multi-site enterprise networks or linkage to an Amazon VPC. “Gateway” configuration can secure traffic across public and/or insecure wifi connections and/or provide a secure solution for remote work scenarios.

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How to Install a Turnkey Image

Download the .iso Image from https://www.turnkeylinux.org/openvpn to your computer, and use our Cusom ISO function to upload the file to your server and have it installed.

https://docs.edisglobal.com/vps-management/bring-your-own-iso#upload-a-custom-iso-image

After the initial installation process of the .iso is completed, the Turnkey OpenVPN Software appliance will be deployed on your VPS.

Finish the installation in a VNC session.

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Credentials & Administration

For security reasons, there are no default passwords. All passwords are set at system initialization (in the VNC session).

Ignore browser SSL warnings: browsers show warnings when using self-signed SSL certificates. This is the only certificate that can be generated automatically. If you have a domain name configured,  you can generate a free Let’s Encypt SSL certificate via Confconsole Advanced menu.

Web - point your browser to

  1. http://12.34.56.789/ - not encrypted, no browser warning

  2. https://12.34.56.789/ - encrypted with self-signed SSL certificate

Username for OS system administration:

Login as root

  1. Point your browser to:
  1. Login with SSH client:
ssh root@12.34.56.789

*Replace 12.34.56.789 with your KVM IP address