Advanced Setup Guides

Installing OpenVPN via Turnkey

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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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Login to your VPS Management Portal

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Locate your VPS in the Services tab

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click "AutoInstall OS"

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Autoinstall OS

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Click on the "Turnkey Images" tab

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Select OpenVPN from the dropdown

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Click "Start the installation"

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OS Installation

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Start a VNC session and finish the installation / configuration of the appliance accordingly.



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

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

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

Username for OS system administration:

Login as root

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Point your browser to:

  • https://12.34.56.789:12321/ - System control panel
  • https://12.34.56.789:12320/ - Web-based command line terminal
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Login with SSH client:

Shell


*Replace 12.34.56.789 with your KVM IP address