openvpn & containers for beginners

[lordcroci]

Hi there,
I am very new to the proxmox world and be honest, it is super!
I would like to set up a vpn to be able to access my proxmox from outside home.. And being a complete newbie I figured out this options:
- configure openvpn inside a container
- install ubuntu or similar into a VM and then set up open vpn
- having xpenology installed into a VM, I could use VPNServer into the xpenology
or.. the last option, but I personally do not like it,
- Install openvpn on my Windows 10 pc and so I will be able to reach proxmox from the outside.. BUT this requires to have my pc always turned on..

Ps: proxmox VE is installed on a HP Microserver gen8 with 16gb ram.. already set up xpenology.
Thanks to everybody,

Lordcroci

 

[Rares]

Hi Lordcroci,

Did you manage to get OpenVpn going inside LXC? It could be possible that you will need to create a VM running linux and have OpenVPN run in there.

Have fun!
Rares

 

[lordcroci]

Hi Lordcroci,

Did you manage to get OpenVpn going inside LXC? It could be possible that you will need to create a VM running linux and have OpenVPN run in there.

Have fun!
Rares

Hi Rares,
Thanks for the reply! Anyway, I found a template with debian-8-turnkey-openvpn-14.0...

 

[LnxBil]

OpenVPN inside of an LX(C) container works if you set the correct permissions to your tun device, e.g. like this
https://hungred.com/how-to/setup-openvpn-on-proxmox-lxc/

 

[lordcroci]

Thanks!