## Summary
- Only add `ifconfig-pool-persist` to server.conf when `MULTI_CLIENT !=
y`
- Add note in the installation prompt about this limitation
- Update README to mention the trade-off
First reported in
https://github.com/angristan/openvpn-install/issues/440#issuecomment-2987417197
## Background
`ifconfig-pool-persist` is incompatible with `duplicate-cn`. When
`duplicate-cn` is enabled, OpenVPN bypasses common name matching in the
IP pool allocation, making the persistence file ineffective.
From [OpenVPN
source](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/e5ff8247/src/openvpn/init.c#L3608-L3610):
```c
if (o->duplicate_cn && o->ifconfig_pool_persist_filename)
{
msg(M_WARN, "WARNING: --ifconfig-pool-persist will not work with --duplicate-cn");
}
```
Previously, the script always added `ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt`
regardless of whether `duplicate-cn` was enabled via `MULTI_CLIENT=y`.
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Co-authored-by: Stanislas Lange <git@slange.me>
## Summary
- Add version 10 support for CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, and
Oracle Linux
- Consolidate version check logic into a single check for all RHEL-based
distributions
- Fix Rocky Linux Docker image names to `rockylinux/rockylinux:tag`
- Increase Easy-RSA download curl retry from 3 to 5
- Fail early if EPEL/Copr repository setup fails
- Fix Oracle Linux EPEL package name (`oracle-epel-release-el*` instead
of `epel-release`)
## Changes
### `openvpn-install.sh`
- Combine version checks for CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux and Oracle Linux
into one
- Update error message to list supported distributions
- Change Easy-RSA download `--retry 3` to `--retry 5`
- Add `|| log_fatal` to EPEL and Copr setup commands to fail early on
errors
- Use `oracle-epel-release-el{8,9,10}` for Oracle Linux instead of
`epel-release`
### `.github/workflows/docker-test.yml`
- Add CentOS Stream 10 (`quay.io/centos/centos:stream10`)
- Add Rocky Linux 10 (`rockylinux/rockylinux:10`)
- Add AlmaLinux 10 (`almalinux:10`)
- Add Oracle Linux 10 (`oraclelinux:10`)
- Fix Rocky Linux image names from `rockylinux:X` to
`rockylinux/rockylinux:X`
## Test plan
- [ ] CI passes for existing distributions
- [ ] CI passes for new version 10 distributions (where images are
available)
- Replace `wget` with `curl` for downloading Easy-RSA
- Remove `wget` from package dependencies across all distributions
- Ensure `curl` and `ca-certificates` are installed on all distributions
- Add `--retry 3` for automatic retries on transient network failures
- Add detection and logging for OpenVPN Data Channel Offload (DCO)
support during installation
- DCO is a kernel acceleration feature (merged into Linux 6.16) that
improves VPN performance
- Add DCO documentation to README
## Summary
- Remove Amazon Linux 2 support from the installer
- Amazon Linux 2023 remains fully supported
## Motivation
Amazon Linux 2 is reaching EOL.
Additionally, Amazon Linux 2 ships with **OpenSSL 1.0.2k** (from 2017)
which is incompatible with Easy-RSA 3.2.x. The newer Easy-RSA versions
use `openssl x509 -ext` which doesn't exist in OpenSSL 1.0.x, causing
certificate generation to fail.
This blocks our ability to upgrade Easy-RSA:
bda450948a
## Changes
- Updated OS detection to reject Amazon Linux 2 with a clear message
- Removed Amazon Linux 2 specific code paths (EPEL installation, yum
commands)
- Removed from CI test matrix
- Updated README supported distributions table
- Updated Makefile test targets
- Also, add Amazon Linux 2023 Unbound handling
## Summary
- Add `CHACHA20-POLY1305` as a data channel cipher option
- Add `ECDHE-*-CHACHA20-POLY1305` control channel cipher options
- Add version check (requires OpenVPN 2.5+)
- Update README documentation
ChaCha20-Poly1305 is particularly useful on devices without hardware AES
acceleration (AES-NI), such as ARM-based devices (Raspberry Pi, etc.)
and older CPUs, where it can provide better performance than AES.
Closes#1244Closes#190
## Summary
- Rename constants to `DEFAULT_CERT_VALIDITY_DURATION_DAYS` and
`DEFAULT_CRL_VALIDITY_DURATION_DAYS` for clarity
- Replace all hardcoded `3650` values with the constants
- Split `DAYS_VALID` into `CLIENT_CERT_DURATION_DAYS` and
`SERVER_CERT_DURATION_DAYS` for more granular control over client vs
server certificate validity
- Increase CRL validity to 15 years (5475 days) to provide a 5-year
safety buffer over the default 10-year certificate validity
- Update README with new headless install variables
## Breaking changes
- `DAYS_VALID` environment variable is replaced by
`CLIENT_CERT_DURATION_DAYS` and `SERVER_CERT_DURATION_DAYS`
## Summary
- Add certificate renewal for both client and server certificates
- Allow custom validity period during renewal (prompts user, defaults to
3650 days)
- Show expiry info inline in menus (e.g., "Renew the server certificate
(expires in 3542 days)")
- Regenerate `.ovpn` files after client renewal
- Restart OpenVPN service after server renewal
- Extract reusable helper functions to reduce code duplication
- Add robust input validation and error handling
## New menu option
```
What do you want to do?
1) Add a new user
2) Revoke existing user
3) Renew certificate ← NEW
4) Remove OpenVPN
5) Exit
```
## Renewal submenu
```
What do you want to renew?
1) Renew a client certificate
2) Renew the server certificate (expires in 3542 days)
3) Back to main menu
```
Client list shows expiry for each:
```
Select the existing client certificate you want to renew
1) alice (expires in 3542 days)
2) bob (expires in 30 days)
3) charlie (EXPIRED 5 days ago)
```
## Helper functions added
Extracted common code into reusable functions:
- `getHomeDir()` - home directory detection
- `regenerateCRL()` - CRL regeneration after cert changes
- `generateClientConfig()` - .ovpn file generation
- `selectClient()` - client listing with optional expiry display
- `getDaysUntilExpiry()` - certificate expiry calculation
- `formatExpiry()` - human-readable expiry formatting
## Test plan
- [x] Client certificate renewal tested in Docker CI
- [x] Server certificate renewal tested in Docker CI
- [x] Certificate validity verified after renewal (~3650 days)
- [x] VPN connectivity tested with renewed certificate
Closes#974#1002#1228#1060
For those who need it, the script asks for how many days the new client
should be valid. This defaults to 3650 days. Then it sets the
```EASYRSA_CERT_EXPIRE``` variable accordingly.
This script is meant to be simple which means it is for those who are
not tech-savvy to handle the complex task of installing and configuring
OpenVPN.
However if the user has a large number of clients and all of them are
valid for 10 years, it is very hard to keep track of them. This PR helps
them to set a reasonable validity period, while the default is the same.
---------
Co-authored-by: Stanislas Lange <git@slange.me>
## Summary
- Install OpenVPN from official upstream repositories instead of
distribution packages
- Gets the latest stable releases with security fixes and new features
- Properly cleans up repos and GPG keys on uninstall
## Repository sources
| OS | Repository |
|---|---|
| Debian/Ubuntu | `build.openvpn.net/debian/openvpn/stable` |
| CentOS/Oracle/Fedora | Fedora Copr `@OpenVPN/openvpn-release-2.6` |
| Amazon Linux/Arch | Distribution packages (no official repo available)
|
## Changes
- Add `installOpenVPNRepo()` function to configure official repos before
package installation
- Remove duplicate package installations between repo setup and install
functions
- Clean up repos and GPG keys during uninstall
- Standardize `log_success` (`[OK]`) for major milestones only
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Close https://github.com/angristan/openvpn-install/pull/1294
The duplicate-cn feature added an interactive prompt that wasn't
following the auto-install pattern, causing the script to hang
when running with AUTO_INSTALL=y.
Move hardcoded values to readonly constants at the top of the script:
- CERT_VALIDITY_DAYS: certificate expiry (10 years)
- CRL_VALIDITY_DAYS: CRL expiry (10 years)
- EASYRSA_VERSION: easy-rsa version
- EASYRSA_SHA256: easy-rsa checksum
This improves maintainability and makes it easier to update these
values in the future.
The script does work when seeip.org is unreachable, so I changed the policy to define the public IP.
It solves the issue #1241
* Timeout limit on each try to solve the IP to avoid long waits;
* Extra public IP providers as failovers;
* the script only will try to solve an IP if the ENDPOINT is empty;
Co-authored-by: Stanislas <github@slange.me>
Fix for:
WARNING: Using --genkey --secret filename is DEPRECATED. Use --genkey secret filename instead.
https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/DeprecatedOptions#Option:--secret
Status Removed
Deprecated in: OpenVPN v2.4
Removed in: OpenVPN v2.5
Affects: --genkey
Result if used: User Warning printed
Replaced by: secret (No leading double dash)
Examples: Use --genkey secret filename
Notes:
Deleting a revoked (^R) client record from index.txt means that the
client will not be listed in the Certificate Revocation List. This
effectively "unrevokes" the client and allows the client to continue
using the VPN.
Signed-off-by: Richard T Bonhomme <tincantech@protonmail.com>
