Fedora Networking :: OpenVPN Server Configuration On F14
Jun 16, 2011
I have (seemingly regretfully) finally upgraded my Fedora Core 7 linux machine that has served me so well for the past decade. One of the final pieces to put in place was my Openvpn config (which was running flawlessly on my FC7) which I cannot get to work.
Here are my steps.
1. Disabled SELinux
2. Added the following entry in my iptables: (although I've stopped iptables to help troubleshoot)
-A INPUT -i tap0 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i br0 -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -i br0 -j ACCEPT
3. Yum installed openvpn and bridge-utils (btw I'm using bridging)
4. Configured my bridge-start script as such:
#!/bin/bash
# Set up Ethernet bridge on Linux
# Requires: bridge-utils
# Define Bridge Interface
br="br0" .....
5. Configured my openvpn server conf as such:
proto tcp-server
port 5990
dev tap0 .....
When I execute my bridge-start script it creates the br0 and tap0 then all connectivity vanishes (I can only ping my gateway 10.0.0.50) - internet and any other addresses time out.
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Mar 6, 2010
I have a problem with the Fedora 12 Network Manager - OpenVPN configuration. If I use the same configuration and manually start openvpn (as client) I get connected to the OpenVPN server and I can ping the network that I am accessing. With Network Manager - I get connected but when I try to ping is giving me "Destination host unreachable". The routing table looks similar except that when connecting with network manager is giving me on more route in table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 UGH 0 0 0 wlan0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 2 0 0 wlan0
192.168.171.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 tap0
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of the OpenVPN server. When connecting "manually" I this routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 2 0 0 wlan0
192.168.171.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 tap0
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
What I do wrong in Network Manager? If I try to delete the route with xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is disconnecting the vpn connection.
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Nov 23, 2009
This was working and stable on f-10 and f-11. Fresh f-12 install including openvpn, Copied /etc/openvpn/* to new system as root from working f-11 syatem. /etc/init.d/openvpn start (and stop) works as advertised HOWEVER when set to start at boot using chkconfig or Services Configuration program, openvpn does not start. I must manually start it every time. When started, it does work without error messages in the log.
I tried removing the NetworkManager-vpn module with no effect. Thought it could somehow be overriding the auto startup of openvpn at boot.
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Jul 13, 2011
I have been trying to set up openVPN on a Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 10.04 with the eventual intention of having a closed VPN in the workspace I'm at, and a bridged internet connection out through the server.My initial process/instinct was to go through Webmin. After a fair bit of tooling around making eys/certificates, I was able to get a response (and that's all it was, really) from my windows machine accessing the VPN server. However, in my attempt to bridge the network, I have lost all internet/networking capabilities from the server.Fortunately I am able to access the server directly from the hardware underneath (i.e. I don't need to SSH in or anything), and so I've been attempting to restore the server's networking back to default. I have returned the /etc/network/interfaces file to it's original state (just the loop, and an eth0 on dhcp) and restarted the networking. A check with ifconfig returns what seems to be a working eth0, and the loop (noting else) however I am unable to ping any outside server. When I do, I am given the message:From XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable(where of course XXX is my IP address).nother VM on the server is able to access the internet just fine, so it's not the overall server hardware...I guess at this point I'm just trying to take steps back,
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Feb 13, 2010
I want to configure a VPN over the Internet.I installed the 'openvpn' package, generated the key file, transfered it by a secure way to the client, and setted up the configuration file.
So, in that configuration file I input the IP addresses of the tunneled interfaces. Both IPs are static in the tunnel.
Then, I've heard somewhere that I can assign a dynamic configuration IP for the client. I do this registering a range.
Well, when I tried to change static IP to dynamic IP (changing '192.168.0.2' to '192.168.0.0/24') in the configuration file, the OpenVPN didn't work.
Obviously I don't know what I'm doing, and I really, don't believe that simply changing the IP will make it work, but I tried.
I hope I explained my problem as well.
My configuration file:
# OpenVPN Server Configuration File
dev tun 0
ifconfig 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2
cd /etc/openvpn
secret key_file
In client I execute the 'openvpn' without the '--daemon' parameter.Then I want that my client uses a IP in a range (192.168.0.0/24, for example), instead of a static IP (192.168.0.2).I also thought to use a DHCP server, but I'm not sure that will work.
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Code:
openvpn --config config.ovpn
Mon Apr 5 15:48:37 2010 OpenVPN 2.1_rc19 i486-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] built on Oct 13 2009
Mon Apr 5 15:48:37 2010 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Mon Apr 5 15:48:37 2010 /usr/sbin/openvpn-vulnkey -q moj.key
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server.conf
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Sep 6, 2010
Followed this guide to the letter:[URL]..
Tried to run command:
sudo /etc/init.d/openvpn restart
And just get a fail returned.
This is what the log-file says.
[Code]...
It says init bridge br0 does not exist. Do I need to create it in the network config or something?
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Jul 18, 2010
New ubuntu desktop user here. I've been working with Ubuntu servers for over 3 yrs, using Windows as clients. I have OpenVPN running on an ubuntu 10.04 server, and it has worked well with Windows OpenVPN clients connecting. I took those same settings and applied them to this new install of Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop, and now openvpn seems to be failing when we get to the routes (I wrestled with the network-manager "secrets" issue for hours, but that works now).
I performed the following:
sudo openvpn --config fogbank-ny1.ovpn
--all is well, we're connecting/yay then *screech* FAIL--
Code:
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 10.8.0.1,route 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0,topology net30,ping 30,ping-restart 600,ifconfig 10.8.0.10 10.8.0.9'
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 ROUTE default_gateway=192.168.10.1
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 TUN/TAP TX queue length set to 100
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.8.0.10 pointopoint 10.8.0.9 mtu 1500
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 /sbin/route add -net <mypublicip> netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 192.168.10.1
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 /sbin/route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 10.8.0.9
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 /sbin/route add -net 128.0.0.0 netmask 128.0.0.0 gw 10.8.0.9
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 /sbin/route add -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.8.0.9
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 /sbin/route add -net 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.8.0.9
SIOCADDRT: File exists
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 ERROR: Linux route add command failed: external program exited with error status: 7
Sun Jul 18 07:17:14 2010 Initialization Sequence Completed
I am using the suggested openvpn routes. If I connect from Windows (actually the .ovpn file is taken directly from the working windows machine).. all is well, routes work fine all traffic is routed thru the VPN -- same way it's worked for over a yar. I assume that this is what is causing networkmanager to fail as well. those logs indicate that it has connected to the vpn, but is probably stopping when it gets to routes.
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However, the things is that my server is currently a OpenVPN client also, I have a paid tunnel set up to bypass my ISP blocking incoming traffic on various ports. Is it possible to keep this setting but still enabling a VPN server? Essentially causing traffic from my external device to go in through my tunnel to the VPN server, and then out through the external VPN provider.
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Mar 10, 2011
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So my question is whats the best way to go about this? Can I have one instance of OpenVPN running with tun0 set up for a routed connection to the laptops and add a second tun (tun1) to the config that will be for the bridged connection between the sites? Or am I going to have to run multiple instances of OpenVNP, one for the routed and another for the bridged?
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Sep 9, 2010
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- I dont have iptables enabled (policy of all chains are ACCEPT).
- I have configured ip forwarding (echo "1" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward)
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I have checked and all seems to be OK. I think that the problem is connected with routing the traffic from the vpn to my LAN but I don't know how to do that (besides the push route line in the server.conf).
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Feb 15, 2010
I'm trying to connect OpenVPN server using shell command.
I've installed all needed packages (I guess)
if type
Code:
sudo openvpn client.ovpn
and i've got messages:
Code:
Mon Feb 15 12:29:25 2010 OpenVPN 2.1_rc19 i486-pc-linux-gnu [SSL] [LZO2] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] built on Oct 13 2009
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but i can't see tap0 interface and cannot ping any address at remote location.
I tried this config file at Windows OpenVPN client and all works fine.
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Sep 28, 2010
I've been the las 4 days setting up my first VPN (OpenVPN bridged). The server is up and running OK but when I try to connect I've got this message in the client log.
Quote:
TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
TLS Error: TLS handshake failed
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Where I'm running into trouble is in the creation of a bridge interface (br0) to bridge future VPN clients to my local network.
The guide(s) say that I need to screw around in /etc/network/interfaces to setup br0 and [eth0/wifi0] accordingly. The problem is that when I specify a configuration of any sort for wifi0 (my only choice for a network uplink), it disables nm and I am unable to configure my wifi in any sort of sane way after reboot... Further info: this "server" doesn't move, and always always connects to the same wifi hotspot that is also nailed in place.
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Dec 18 16:09:37system openvpn[7221]: x.x.x.x:58983 TLS Error: TLS key negotiation failed to occur within 60 seconds (check your network connectivity)
Dec 18 16:09:37 system openvpn[7221]: x.x.x.x:58983 TLS Error: TLS handshake fai
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Mar 20, 2009
Code...
What I can ping
Host A -> Host B
Host B -> Host A
Host A -> Router B
Host B -> Router A
Host A -> OpenVPN B
Host B -> OpenVPN A
VPN Server -> VPN Client
VPN Client -> VPN Server
What I can't ping
VPN Server to any client side host local address
VPN Client to any server side host local address
I have searched and searched for this but can not find any answers. Why can I not ping Host B from my OpenVPN server?
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May 10, 2011
I already search in google doc about installation openvpn. Not all I got complete tutorial. When client connect to server, they got a few error.
Code:
Mon May 09 18:01:57 2011 us=774000 Re-using SSL/TLS context
Mon May 09 18:01:57 2011 us=774000 LZO compression initialized
Mon May 09 18:01:57 2011 us=774000 Control Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:138 EF:38 EB:0 ET:0 EL:0 ]
Mon May 09 18:01:57 2011 us=774000 Socket Buffers: R=[8192->8192] S=[8192->8192]
Mon May 09 18:01:57 2011 us=790000 Data Channel MTU parms [ L:1542 D:1450 EF:42 EB:135 ET:0 EL:0 AF:3/1 ]
Mon May 09 18:01:57 2011 us=790000 Local Options String: 'V4,dev-type tun,link-mtu 1542,tun-mtu 1500,proto UDPv4,comp-lzo,cipher BF-CBC,auth SHA1,keysize 128,key-method 2,tls-client' .....
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Basic Info:
OS: Windows 7
OpenVPN client: openvpn-2.2.0
DHCP Client Service started.
The following is the log during connecting:
Code:
Wed Jun 08 01:55:16 2011 OpenVPN 2.2.0 Win32-MSVC++ [SSL] [LZO2] built on Apr 26 2011
Wed Jun 08 01:55:16 2011 IMPORTANT: OpenVPN's default port number is now 1194, based on an official port number assignment by IANA. OpenVPN 2.0-beta16 and earlier used 5000 as the default port.
Wed Jun 08 01:55:16 2011 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info.
Wed Jun 08 01:55:16 2011 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
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May 14, 2009
i've set up an openvpn server (with dhcp running on it) and i have to create compatible clients.the problem is how to get an ip by dhcp.with ubuntu i made a script like this
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/sbin/dhclient -e tap0
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I have openvpn tunnel setup between two CentOS servers. One of the CentOS servers also acts as a DHCP server for some client computers.
Server A= OpenVPN server
Server B= OpenVPN client (connects to Server A with OpenVPN)
The two CentOS servers can ping each other (172.16.0.0/24) via the tun0.
However, client computer connected to Server B (DHCP server) can't reach 172.16.0.1 (which is the OpenVPN server).
I think I am missing some routing in my "ip route show". Following is the full picture:
What command can I issue to get this fixed? something along ip route add?
There is no firewall service on both end. service iptables stop! I can't bridge eth1 and tun0 as DHCP server might mess up the other side. I can't do a push of "redirect-gateway def1" because then clients loose their IP as they send DHCP requests to Server A.
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Sep 15, 2009
This is the first one of probably many posts as I am new to Fedora having lots of questions. This one is about the openvpn client which is used by me to connect to my company network. Thanks to the Fedora FAQ it was easy for me to set up the client and establish a connection. There is just one problem every time I open a connection I am disconnected from my local Internet. I was using openvpn on my Windows XP PC before and there was no problem keeping two Network connections, the (W)LAN and the vpn tunnel. Does anyone know how to solve this? I am utilizing the latest Fedora 11 release and configured openvpn client via the Network Manager GUI.
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I've recently installed OpenVPN on my dedicated server (Fedora) in order to have full internet access for all of my WinXP clients. In case somebody is interested in the details of the OpenVPN installation, I followed this documentation: Rootserver-as-OpenVPN-Gateway. The installation runs quire nicely, I'm able to surf the net and even file-sharing programs work on the XP clients - at least to some extent. There is a slight problem though: the file-sharing programs complain that they have a "NAT problem" or that they are "Firewalled".
Most likely, this problem can be addressed by configuring remote port forwarding (RPF) on the server. The only routing rules which I've added on the server during the OpenVPN installation are these:
Code:
# initialize natting for openvpn
iptables -t nat -F POSTROUTING
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
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