OpenVPN and CentOS 5 Installation and Configuration Guide
Many ppl found that installing VPN on linux is not that easy, the abvailable installation guides on VPN is often limited. I have tried a lot of installation guides and finally get it connected successfully.
Here are the steps to guide you installed a secure connection between your� CentOS5 and Windows with OpenVPN open source application.
1. Download the required package files.
#wget http://openvpn.net/release/openvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz
#wget http://openvpn.net/release/lzo-1.08-4.rf.src.rpm
2. Install and build your download files
You may need the required repository before start your installation
#yum install rpm-build
#yum install autoconf.noarch
#yum install zlib-devel
#yum install pam-devel
#yum install openssl-devel
If you have the above dependencies installed, you can start your installation as follows:
#rpmbuild –rebuild lzo-1.08-4.rf.src.rpm
#rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lzo-*.rpm
#rpmbuild -tb openvpn-2.0.9.tar.gz
#rpm -Uvh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/openvpn-2.0.9-1.i386.rpm
3. Copy configuration files
#cp -r /usr/share/doc/openvpn-2.0.9/easy-rsa/ /etc/openvpn/
#cp /usr/share/doc/openvpn-2.0.9/sample-config-files/server.conf /etc/openvpn/
