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OpenVPN Cookbook

You're reading from   OpenVPN Cookbook Get the most out of OpenVPN by exploring it's advanced features.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2017
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ISBN-13 9781786463128
Length 400 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Jan Just Keijser Jan Just Keijser
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Point-to-Point Networks FREE CHAPTER 2. Client-server IP-only Networks 3. Client-server Ethernet-style Networks 4. PKI, Certificates, and OpenSSL 5. Scripting and Plugins 6. Troubleshooting OpenVPN - Configurations 7. Troubleshooting OpenVPN - Routing 8. Performance Tuning 9. OS Integration 10. Advanced Configuration

Using client-config-dir files


In a setup where a single server can handle many clients, it is sometimes necessary to set per-client options that overrule the global options. The client-config-dir option is very useful for this. It allows the administrator to assign a specific IP address to a client; to push specific options, such as compression and DNS server, to a client; or to temporarily disable a client altogether.

Getting ready

This recipe is a continuation of the previous one. Install OpenVPN 2.3.9 or higher on two computers. Make sure the computers are connected over a network. Set up the client and server certificates using the previous recipe. For this recipe, the server computer was running CentOS 6 Linux and OpenVPN 2.3.9 and the client was running Fedora 20 Linux and OpenVPN 2.3.9. Keep the server configuration file, basic-udp-server.conf, at hand along with the client configuration file, basic-udp-client.conf, from the Server-side routing recipe.

How to do it...

  1. Modify the server...

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