Pfsense and openvpn for new users tutorial <– with Site-To-Site now

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dairaen

Nice work on the documentation, I wish it would of been around before I set it up (would of made it easier).
This will be very helpfull for users who want to setup Openvpn on Pfsense.

dairaen

cheers,

new version online, since ppl still seem to have
problems with OpenVPN i added "Site-to-Site" VPN, any volunteers
are welcome to verify the new section.

http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

dairaen

sorry, uploaded a wrong version, please download again if you did,
a screenshot and some ip-adresses were wrong.

sullrich

Thanks for doing this! I have posted this to the tutorials section. Just let me know when to update it.

dairaen

sorry, small update (should be the last for a while)

removed the snapshot and RC stuff and advised ppl to use 1.0 Release.
fixed some typos
fixed some formatting stuff (i will never use Word & images again…)

And there is a small typo in your tutorial section, "warrior" is mispelled.

http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

keep on ;)

Hunter

dairaen, thanks a million you are the MAN!

Hunter

sullrich

Tutorial sync'd on pfSense.com

dairaen

cheers,

updated some parts to prevent further problems like:
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,2448.0.html

As usual, latest version is found here:
http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

keep on & kind regards
dairaen

sullrich

pfSense openvpn tutorial sync'd.

Thanks!

dairaen

cheers,

again some updates:

added a FAQ section at the bottom with solutions to the latest
postings
added link to "my certificate wizard"

http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

kind regards
dairaen

hoba

@dairaen:

again some updates:

kind regards
dairaen

Thanks for your work! We really appreciate your help on this! :D

sullrich

File in the tutorial section has been sync'd. Thanks!

micromani

For first time: sorry for my english ::)

Second: little problem

I've log in my pfsense by putty (for windows)

Option 8 (Shell)

down penvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz

tar -xvzf openvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz

cd openvpn-2.0.9

cd easy-rsa

vi vars

[…] After that some scripts need to be executed, if asked for “Common Name” enter
the hostname you used in “General Setup” this time. Here are my keystrokes:
[/tmp/openvpn-2.0.8/easy-rsa]# source ./vars […]

source ./vars

export: Command not found.
D: Undefined variable.

Why?

My Vars file:
_# NOTE: If you installed from an RPM,

don't edit this file in place in

/usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa –

instead, you should copy the whole

easy-rsa directory to another location

(such as /etc/openvpn) so that your

edits will not be wiped out by a future

OpenVPN package upgrade.

This variable should point to

the top level of the easy-rsa

tree.

export D=/tmp/

This variable should point to

the openssl.cnf file included

with easy-rsa.

export KEY_CONFIG=$D/openssl.cnf

Edit this variable to point to

your soon-to-be-created key

directory.

WARNING: clean-all will do

a rm -rf on this directory

so make sure you define

it correctly!

export KEY_DIR=$D/keys

Issue rm -rf warning

echo NOTE: when you run ./clean-all, I will be doing a rm -rf on $KEY_DIR

Increase this to 2048 if you

are paranoid. This will slow

down TLS negotiation performance

as well as the one-time DH parms

generation process.

export KEY_SIZE=1024

These are the default values for fields

which will be placed in the certificate.

Don't leave any of these fields blank.

export KEY_COUNTRY=KG
export KEY_PROVINCE=NA
export KEY_CITY=BISHKEK
export KEY_ORG="OpenVPN-TEST"
export KEY_EMAIL="me@myhost.mydomain"_

I must tell too:

D=5

D=5: Command not found.

while if I make 'D=5' on other shell (like ubuntu o similar) I write a variable.

I'm niubby for linux but I think that the Shell from prompt is'nt usually shell!

Help me!

GruensFroeschli

you use a TAP device but have to use a TUN device

if you use the redirect it has to like like this:
push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "dhcp-option DNS x.x.x.x"

you push the custom DNS since the clients loose their route to their local DNS after the redirect is in place.

callinectes

I followed the instructions on setting up remote VPN's and it worked wonderfully. I am having one problem though - i have come back to create a new client cert using build-key but when i run it i am getting an error listing a bunch of options - almost like it doesn't know what to do. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I might do to be able to build a new key that will connect to our existing server (and its already generated keys)? I know all of the files that were originally generated still exist.

GruensFroeschli

if i remember right you just need to run the vars before using the build-key again.

callinectes

Thanks… I tried that - no joy :-[

GruensFroeschli

Can you describe the exact steps you took?

callinectes

I ran it again, step by step, and its working now. It is simply running vars, then build-key <machinename>. Evidently I didn't type something correctly.

Thanks for your help. </machinename>

Wasca

Hey Guys

The Link to this article is no longer working

http://www.uplinksecurity.de/data/pfsense-ovpn.pdf

Could the owner please update the link

Thanks