• OpenVPN ¹⁾
• Realm of Espionage
• vpn.realmofespionage.xyz ²⁾

• 2025/01/24: Not tested since 2018

• Ubuntu Server

sudo apt install openvpn easy-rsa

/etc/sysctl.d/99-custom.conf

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

• Change DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY from DENY to ACCEPT

sudo -e '/etc/default/ufw'

#DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY="DROP"
DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY="ACCEPT"

• https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/firewall.html#ip-masquerading

• 10.8.0.0/24 is the default coming from the server setting in OpenVPN's server.conf
• enp3s0 can change

sudo -e '/etc/ufw/before.rules'

# Rule for OpenVPN
# Adapted from https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/firewall.html#ip-masquerading
*nat
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
-A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o enp3s0 -j MASQUERADE
COMMIT

• 1194/udp is for OpenVPN clients to connect to the server

sudo -e '/etc/ufw/applications.d/custom' && sudo ufw allow 'openvpn-custom'

[openvpn-custom]
title=openvpn-custom
description=OpenVPN Server
ports=1194/udp

• Remove existing settings and copy/paste this block in place of it
• Be sure to finish the email at KEY_EMAIL

cd ~ && rm -Rf ~/'openvpn-ca' && make-cadir ~/'openvpn-ca' && nano ~/'openvpn-ca/vars'

export KEY_COUNTRY="US"
export KEY_PROVINCE="PA"
export KEY_CITY="Charleroi"
export KEY_ORG="Realm of Espionage"
export KEY_EMAIL="espionage724@x"
export KEY_OU="VPN"
export KEY_CN="realmofespionage.xyz"
#export KEY_CN="realmofespionage.ddns.net"

# X509 Subject Field
export KEY_NAME="RoE | VPN"
export KEY_ALTNAMES="RoE VPN"

cd ~/'openvpn-ca' && source ~/'openvpn-ca/vars' && ~/'openvpn-ca/clean-all' && ~/'openvpn-ca/build-ca'

• server's hostname should be realmofespionage.xyz or realmofespionage.ddns.net
• No challenge password
• No optional company name
• Yes Sign the certificate
• Yes commit

cd ~/'openvpn-ca' && ~/'openvpn-ca/build-key-server' 'RoE | VPN'

cd ~/'openvpn-ca' && ~/'openvpn-ca/build-dh'

openvpn --genkey --secret ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/ta.key'

• x is the hostname for a client
• No challenge password
• No optional company name
• Yes Sign the certificate
• Yes commit

cd ~/'openvpn-ca' && source ~/'openvpn-ca/vars' && ~/'openvpn-ca/build-key' 'x'

sudo cp ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/ca.crt' ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/ca.key' ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/RoE.crt' ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/RoE.key' ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/ta.key' ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/dh2048.pem' '/etc/openvpn'

gunzip -c '/usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/sample-config-files/server.conf.gz' | sudo tee '/etc/openvpn/server.conf' > '/dev/null'

• Complete as of 2018/04/08

sudo -e '/etc/openvpn/server.conf'

port 1194
proto udp
dev tun

ca /etc/openvpn/ca.crt
cert /etc/openvpn/RoE.crt
key /etc/openvpn/RoE.key
dh /etc/openvpn/dh2048.pem

server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0

client-to-client

push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"
push "dhcp-option DNS 1.1.1.1"
push "dhcp-option DNS 1.0.0.1"

keepalive 10 120

tls-auth /etc/openvpn/ta.key 0
key-direction 0

cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512

comp-lzo

user nobody
group nogroup

persist-key
persist-tun

status /etc/openvpn/openvpn-status.log

verb 0

sudo adduser --system --shell '/usr/sbin/nologin' --no-create-home 'openvpn'

mkdir -p ~/'openvpn-clients' && nano ~/'openvpn-clients/base.conf'

client

dev tun

proto udp

remote realmofespionage.xyz 1194

resolv-retry infinite

nobind

user nobody
group nogroup

persist-key
persist-tun

remote-cert-tls server

cipher AES-256-CBC
auth SHA512
key-direction 1

comp-lzo

verb 0

• Be sure to generate client keys

• Imports base.conf and adds <ca>, <cert>, <key>, and <tls-auth> sections to Izaro.ovpn

cat ~/'openvpn-clients/base.conf' | tee ~/'openvpn-clients/Izaro.ovpn' > '/dev/null' && echo -e "\n<ca>\n$(cat ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/ca.crt')\n</ca>\n<cert>\n$(cat ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/Izaro.crt')\n</cert>\n<key>\n$(cat ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/Izaro.key')\n</key>\n<tls-auth>\n$(cat ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/ta.key')\n</tls-auth>" | tee --append ~/'openvpn-clients/Izaro.ovpn' > '/dev/null'

scp espionage724@192.168.1.155:~/'openvpn-clients/Izaro.ovpn' ~/'Downloads'

• Imports base.conf and adds <ca>, <cert>, <key>, and <tls-auth> sections to Spinesnap.ovpn

cat ~/'openvpn-clients/base.conf' | tee ~/'openvpn-clients/Spinesnap.ovpn' > '/dev/null' && echo -e "\n<ca>\n$(cat ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/ca.crt')\n</ca>\n<cert>\n$(cat ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/Spinesnap.crt')\n</cert>\n<key>\n$(cat ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/Spinesnap.key')\n</key>\n<tls-auth>\n$(cat ~/'openvpn-ca/keys/ta.key')\n</tls-auth>" | tee --append ~/'openvpn-clients/Spinesnap.ovpn' > '/dev/null'

scp espionage724@192.168.1.155:~/'openvpn-clients/Spinesnap.ovpn' ~/'Downloads'