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HowTo: OpenVPN

Installing OpenVPN Server on Ubuntu 20.04

I used the excellent all-in-one OpenVPN Install script to do the heavy lifting for this. There were a few caveats that weren't immediately apparent, mostly because of my ignorance in setting up OpenVPN.

I also made sure to open UDP port 1194 on the my Router/Modem and forward that port to Phaedrus

Afterwards, I was able to use the ovpn file to connect to my LAN

Specifying a DNS with OpenVPN

After installing OpenVPN on a VM recently I decided I wanted it to use my local Pi-Hole instance as its DNS so I can block ads while connected to the VPN.

It's as easy as specifying the DNS in /etc/openvpn/server/server.conf, like so:

push "dhcp-option DNS 192.168.0.206"

Then restart openvpn with sudo systemctl restart openvpn-server@server