Hardware & Software
- Host: Windows 11
- Host: VMWare Workstation Pro 18
- Guest: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop
- OpenVPN
VMWare Guest Configuration
- VMWare Network: Bridged
- Install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop
- In Ubuntu, set Static IP Address (e.g. 192.168.26.60/24)
OpenVPN Server Installation
- Update System
- sudo apt update
- sudo apt upgrade
- Get OpenVPN
- wget https://git.io/vpn -O openvpn-ubuntu-install.sh
- chmod -v +x openvpn-ubuntu-install.sh
- Install OpenVPN
- sudo ./openvpn-ubuntu-install.sh
- Public IP address or hostname: <your DDNS hostname>
- Protocol: UDP
- Port: 1194
- DNS: 1.1.1.1
- Client Name: phone
- Additional options in /etc/openvpn/server/server.conf
- duplicate-cn
- client-to-client
- Manage OpenVPN
- sudo systemctl stop openvpn-server@server.service
- sudo systemctl start openvpn-server@server.service
- sudo systemctl restart openvpn-server@server.service
Configure Router / Gateway
OpenVPN Client Installation
- Transfer /root/phone.ovpn to your device
- Import phone.ovpn in OpenVPN
References:
- https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-20-04-lts-set-up-openvpn-server-in-5-minutes/
