Step 4. Install OpenVPN Server
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 4:59 am
Now we are going to configure the firewall — please change the network interfaces such as "tun0" and "eth0" to match yours and then run the commands.
Also note that if you do not want to enable iptables on your server, you can skip this step.
You can install OpenVPN from the repository, but in this guide, we'll show you how to install it using an install script. This should install the latest version of OpenVPN and save us some time.
Download the script and make it executable.
wget https://git.io/vpn -O phone number list openvpn-install.sh
chmod +x openvpn-install.sh
Then run the script.
bash openvpn_install.sh
Make sure you select the correct public IP address on your server. You will then be asked to provide information using a few questions, as shown in the following image.
After pressing any key to continue, the server will start the newly installed OpenVPN server.
If you see an error message when trying to start the OpenVPN server after installation, you can edit this file, /lib/systemd/system/openvpn@.service, and comment out the LimitNPROC line.
Also note that if you do not want to enable iptables on your server, you can skip this step.
You can install OpenVPN from the repository, but in this guide, we'll show you how to install it using an install script. This should install the latest version of OpenVPN and save us some time.
Download the script and make it executable.
wget https://git.io/vpn -O phone number list openvpn-install.sh
chmod +x openvpn-install.sh
Then run the script.
bash openvpn_install.sh
Make sure you select the correct public IP address on your server. You will then be asked to provide information using a few questions, as shown in the following image.
After pressing any key to continue, the server will start the newly installed OpenVPN server.
If you see an error message when trying to start the OpenVPN server after installation, you can edit this file, /lib/systemd/system/openvpn@.service, and comment out the LimitNPROC line.