OpenVPN – Access Server

Introduction

“OpenVPN” is one of poplular VPN solutions.  “Access Server” is free to install and use with a maximum of 2 simultaneous VPN connections. This is amazing service for people who want to try something new technologies for FREE! And the installation is super simple (just 4 commands to go!). Anyway, if you are interested in this topic, watch the video file below. I put the command lines I used in the video for your reference. 

Command lines

1. Update Ubuntu OS

apt update && apt -y install ca-certificates wget net-tools gnupg

2. Download a public key

wget https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-public.asc -qO /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/as-repository.asc

3. Create a repository

echo “deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/as-repository.asc] http://as-repository.openvpn.net/as/debian jammy main”>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-as-repo.list

4. Install OpenVPN

apt update && apt -y install openvpn-as