Chapter 6.1: Set up OpenVPN

Insert you data and create the certificate

Click on Continue

Click on Network -> VPN -> OpenVPN, then click on Allow connections

Confirm the security exception

Click on Network -> Firewall -> Incoming firewall and disable the OpenVPN-TCP port, we will not use it.

Click on Network -> VPN -> OpenVPN, then click on Hide this warning

Start the OpenVPN service

Disable Auto Configuration, then click on Update

Click on System -> Accounts -> Users, then click on Install and Initialize Built-in Directory

When the installation finishes, click on Add to create a new user, insert your personal data and choose an OpenVPN user name and an OpenVPN password

Sign out and login using the OpenVPN user name and an OpenVPN password

Click on User certificates and insert a strong password. You probably won’t need this password anymore.

Set up your OpenVPN client with the files you just downloaded and start an OpenVPN connection to ClearOS using the OpenVPN user name and the OpenVPN password.

If you don’t know how to do it follow this tutorial for macOS or this tutorial for Linux.