TUTORIAL Incredible PBX and OpenVPN-AS

[mikedpitt420]

This is my first foray into the realm of PBX in a Flash. I am however very familiar with OpenVPN and was hoping to use it instead of the included VPN's. I have a working PBX (so far) and I didn't want to break anything so I thought I would ask if anyone has installed OpenVPN-AS on top of the Scientific Linux ISO? I have installed OpenVPN-AS on CentOS before the and the process was painless. Does anyone know if this will install and run without issue? It's so much prettier and easier to use, in my humble opinion.

IncrediblePBX 13.2 ISO
Intel Atom, Foxconn Mobo

 

[wardmundy]

Only difference in CentOS and SL is the brand name. Please document what you do and share it with the rest of us.

 

[mikedpitt420]

Worked like a charm.

cd /root
wget http://swupdate.openvpn.org/as/openvpn-as-2.0.21-CentOS6.i386.rpm
rpm -i openvpn-as-2.0.21-CentOS6.i386.rpm
passwd openvpn

Type your extremely strong admin passwd twice. Then the OpenVPN-AS GUI is available at https://your.server.ip.address:943/admin , while the regular server for users to connect is https://your.server.ip.address:943 . I have been using OpenVPN forever but this really makes it just about as simple and fast as is possible. You point and click in the WebUI for types on encryption / TLS / types of certs, and there are options for web based connection through a browser, and it has a wizard that will make pre-made config files that can be also bundled with downloaders for the OpenVPN client, etc for several different OS's with all the certificates included. It makes deploying any number of users a snap, and handles certificate revocation. It's worth note that OpenVPN-AS is only free for two users. After that I believe it's 5-10$ for another block of 10 users.

 

[wardmundy]

Great new article on integrating OpenVPN into the Raspberry Pi.