An updated version of the now DEPRECATED linuxserver/openvpn-as docker image to be run on actual hardware, precisely on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Please do not use it on production, this was a personal repo and I made it public just for the record. If you want something similar just fork it and go have fun yourself.
Openvpn-as is a full featured secure network tunneling VPN software solution that integrates OpenVPN server capabilities, enterprise management capabilities, simplified OpenVPN Connect UI, and OpenVPN Client software packages that accommodate Windows, MAC, Linux, Android, and iOS environments. OpenVPN Access Server supports a wide range of configurations, including secure and granular remote access to internal network and/ or private cloud network resources and applications with fine-grained access control.
Only amd64 image versions for now.
This image provides various versions that are available via tags. latest
tag usually provides the latest stable version. Others are considered under development and caution must be exercised when using them.
The admin interface is available at https://DOCKER-HOST-IP:943/admin
(assuming bridge mode) with a default user/password of admin/password unless you passed the ADMIN
& PASSWD
env vars are set in which case that will be used, see the docker-compose.yml file for reference.
During first login, make sure that the "Authentication" in the webui is set to "Local" instead of "PAM". Then set up the user accounts with their passwords (user accounts created under PAM do not survive container update or recreation).
The "admin" account is a system (PAM) account and after container update or recreation, its password reverts back to the default. It is highly recommended to block this user's access for security reasons:
- Create another user and set as an admin,
- Log in as the new user,
- Delete the "admin" user in the gui,
- Modify the
as.conf
file under config/etc and replace the lineboot_pam_users.0=admin
with#boot_pam_users.0=admin
boot_pam_users.0=kjhvkhv
(this only has to be done once and will survive container recreation)
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Commenting out the first pam user in as.conf creates issues in 2.7.5. To make it work while still blocking pam user access, uncomment that line and change admin to a random nonexistent user as described above.
To ensure your devices can connect to your VPN properly, goto Configuration -> Network Settings -> and change the "Hostname or IP Address" section to either your domain name or public ip address.
Compatible with docker-compose v3 schemas, see the example deployment file docker-compose.yml
for now just this variables are used from the env:
- ADMIN: admin user of the WebUI
- PASSWD: for the admin user in the WebUI
- INTERFACE: the internal interface to use [optional, defaults to eth0]
- Shell access whilst the container is running:
docker exec -it openvpn-as /bin/bash
- To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
docker logs -f openvpn-as
This image is static in nature and upgrades will be supported by just replacing the image.
- Update all images:
docker-compose pull
- or update a single image:
docker-compose pull openvpn-as
- or update a single image:
- Let compose update all containers as necessary:
docker-compose up -d
- or update a single container:
docker-compose up -d openvpn-as
- or update a single container:
- You can also remove the old dangling images:
docker image prune
- Update the image:
docker pull stdevPavelmc/openvpn-as
- Stop the running container:
docker stop openvpn-as
- Delete the container:
docker rm openvpn-as
- Recreate a new container with the same docker run parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your
/config
folder and settings will be preserved) - You can also remove the old dangling images:
docker image prune