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4
Create the file
/etc/openvpn/server.conf
with the following content:
dev tun
ifconfig 10.23.8.1 10.23.8.2
secret secret.key
5
Start the YaST firewall module and UDP port 1194.
6
Start the OpenVPN service as
root
:
rcopenvpn start
16.2.2 Configuring the VPN Client
To configure the VPN client, do the following:
1
Install the package
openvpn
on the machine that will later become your VPN
client.
2
Create the file
/etc/openvpn/server.conf
with the following content:
remote IP_OF_SERVER
dev tun
ifconfig 10.23.8.2 10.23.8.1
secret secret.key
Replace the placeholder
IP_OF_SERVER
in the first line (
remote
) with either
the domain name or the public IP adress of your server.
3
Start the OpenVPN service as
root
:
rcopenvpn start
16.2.3 Testing the VPN Example
After the OpenVPN is successfully started, test if the tun device is available. You can
do so with the following command:
ifconfig tun0
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