Open VPN Linux Server

[SEAL62]

Hi everyone,

I´m looking for a Linux distro for my new server that either already comes with Open VPN built in or has full compatibility with Open VPN. Main goal is to access the server through Open VPN from everywhere, so I don´t need the Open VPn Client but rather set up a Open VPN Server myself.

Thanks for the help.

[Jarsky]

Distro doesn't really matter, but you might consider Ubuntu Server that has Docker as one of its services installed by default and has really good community support for anything else you might want to run on the server. You could then run it as a Docker

 

https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/openvpn-as

https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/wireguard

 

Also are you particularly tied into OpenVPN? Have you considered Wireguard?

It is far better in latency and throughput due to differences in the transport protocol, and is extremely secure with the latest cryptography technologies. 

 

https://restoreprivacy.com/vpn/wireguard-vs-openvpn/

 

[SEAL62]

@Jarsky@AndrzejL

I set i tup with ubuntu server now and already have my own Open PVN Server running, thanks for the help.

@Jarsky I´ve had Open VPN Servers in the past and am used to it (on Synology NAS) but I would be more than happy to hear some reasons for me to change. Whenever you stick to something just because of lazyness it forms the danger of falling behind of technologies innovations.

[Jarsky]

6 hours ago, SEAL62 said:

@Jarsky I´ve had Open VPN Servers in the past and am used to it (on Synology NAS) but I would be more than happy to hear some reasons for me to change. Whenever you stick to something just because of lazyness it forms the danger of falling behind of technologies innovations.

 

Thats some good self awareness, and I think we've all fallen into that bubble before. Since Wireguard has really only this year reached public release (1.0) and been included in the linux 5.x kernel, its still very new.

 

It's biggest advantages are its throughput/latency and its security which I linked above (here: https://restoreprivacy.com/vpn/wireguard-vs-openvpn/)

It doesnt use as many fall-back cryptograph ic algorithms or ciphers as OpenVPN, but its probably more secure than OpenVPN because of its simplicity. Also being so much more simple, besides being more lightweight, with a smaller codebase as an open source solution its much more easily audited and vetted by security experts. 

Probably another feather in its cap to how good it is, is that a massive service like Cloudflare Warp is built off the Wireguard libraries