OpenVPNAS 1-Click Install - Configuration
I used the one-click install to deploy the OpenVPN Access Server to my Linode account. However, when I download the client.conf and connect, the web and other traffic is not being forwarded through the Linode IP.
I have logged into the Admin interface and made sure the option "Should client Internet traffic be routed through the VPN?" is checked Yes.
Since the 1-Click install sets up an Access Server there is no server.conf file. Instead there is a as.conf file which I tried adding the following lines:
push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8"
I also attempted adding the following line to my client.conf on the Windows side of things:
redirect-gateway def1
I could really use some help considering the majority of the StackOverflow and other articles online are about modifying the server.conf and not the OpenVPN Access Server version.
Thanks in advance
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watrick
Linode Staff
I'm not that familiar with OpenVPN, so I spun one up to test this and see if I could identify the issue. I'll start by saying I got tripped up on how to download the client, which is where I think the issue you're seeing is arising from.
After spinning up the OpenVPN Linode, I logged into the admin panel at https://192.0.2.2:943/admin/ (where 192.0.2.2 is a stand-in IP, and not the real one I used). From here, I set up and activated my subscription. At this point, I struggled to find where to get the client software. I ended up going on the OpenVPN website and finding a link to download OpenVPN Connect straight from the company, with a download that was labeled openvpn-connect-v3-macos.dmg. Things seemed in order, but I couldn't complete the process of setting this up at that time.
Having come back to it, I accessed my OpenVPN server in the browser to complete the connect, but this time I went to https://192.0.2.2:943/, which isn't the admin portal. From here, I was prompted to download client software, but this download was labeled openvpn-connect-3.2.2.1899_signed.dmg. I wondered how this download would be different.
Once the download and installation was completed, I was prompted to log into my OpenVPN account. Using the same credentials I used at https://192.0.2.2:943/admin/ and https://192.0.2.2:943/, I was able to connect to my OpenVPN. Running a tcpdump on the Linode, I was able to confirm that all of my traffic was indeed going through my Linode.
Based on this, I suggest you access your OpenVPN account via port 943, similar to https://192.0.2.2:943/ but using your Linode's IP. When I go to mine, I see an option to download the Windows client software needed for this.