In this tutorial you will learn how to install OpenVPN access server software on all linux distros that OpenVPN supports. OpenVPN supports Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, CentOS and Amazon Linux 2.
You can install OpenVPN access server software via official repository or manually download the package files to your server/computer and manually install them, in this tutorial I'll cover both methods.
Let's start with the first option and the recommended option by OpenVPN, by downloading and installing OpenVpn access server software via official repository.
Option 1 - Install OpenVPN access server software via Official Repository
Install OpenVPN on Ubuntu
Install on Ubuntu 20 (32/64 bit )
Type the command below to install openvpn on ubuntu 20, if you have previously installed openvpn on your system you can also use the command below to upgrade the existing installation.
apt update && apt -y install ca-certificates wget net-tools gnupg
wget -qO - https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-public.gpg | apt-key add -
echo "deb http://as-repository.openvpn.net/as/debian focal main">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-as-repo.list
apt update && apt -y install openvpn-asInstall on Ubuntu 20 (arm64)
Type the command below in order to install openvpn access server software on ubuntu arm based system.
apt update && apt -y install ca-certificates wget net-tools gnupg
wget -qO - https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-public.gpg | apt-key add -
echo "deb http://as-repository.openvpn.net/as/debian focal main">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-as-repo.list
apt update && apt -y install openvpn-asInstall on Ubuntu 18 (32/64 bit)
Type the command below to install openvpn access server software on ubuntu 18
apt update && apt -y install ca-certificates wget net-tools gnupg
wget -qO - https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-public.gpg | apt-key add -
echo "deb http://as-repository.openvpn.net/as/debian bionic main">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-as-repo.list
apt update && apt -y install openvpn-asInstall OpenVPN on Debian
Install on Debian 10 64bit
apt update && apt -y install ca-certificates wget net-tools gnupg
wget -qO - https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-public.gpg | apt-key add -
echo "deb http://as-repository.openvpn.net/as/debian buster main">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-as-repo.list
apt update && apt -y install openvpn-asInstall OpenVPN on RHEL
Install on RHEL 7 64bit
yum -y install https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-centos7.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-asInstall on RHEL 8 64bit
yum -y install https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-centos8.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-asInstall OpenVPN on CentOS
Install on CentOS 7 64 bit
yum -y install https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-centos7.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-asInstall on CentOS 8 64 bit
yum -y install https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-centos8.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-asInstall OpenVPN on Amazon Linux 2
yum -y remove openvpn-as-yum
yum -y install https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-amzn2.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-asOnce the installation has been completed, then you can proceed with the configuration of your openvpn server.
Option 2 - Manually download OpenVPN package and install them
Ubuntu 20 (32 / 64 bit)
Before you download openvpn, you must install the required dependencies in order for openvpn to work
apt update
apt install -y libc6 libffi7 libgcc-s1 liblz4-1 liblzo2-2 libmariadb3 libpcap0.8 libssl1.1 libstdc++6 zlib1g bridge-utils net-tools libsasl2-2 iproute2 sqlite3 libsqlite3-0 iptables python3-pkg-resources python3-migrate python3-sqlalchemy python3-mysqldb python3-ldap3
then type the commands below to download the package
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-ubuntu20.amd_64.deb
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.deb
sudo dpkg -i openvpn-as-latest-ubuntu20.amd_64.deb
sudo dpkg -i openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.debDebian 10
Step 1 - Type the command below to install dependencies on Debian 10, then proceed with the installation of openvpn access server software
apt update
apt install -y libc6 libffi6 libgcc1 liblz4-1 liblzo2-2 libmariadb3 libpcap0.8 libssl1.1 libstdc++6 zlib1g bridge-utils net-tools libsasl2-2 iproute2 sqlite3 libsqlite3-0 iptables python3-pkg-resources python3-migrate python3-sqlalchemy python3-mysqldb libmariadbd19 python3-ldap3Step 2 - Download and install openvpn access software and OpenVPN Access Server client bundle
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-debian10.amd_64.deb
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.deb
sudo dpkg -i openvpn-as-latest-ubuntu20.amd_64.deb
sudo dpkg -i openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.debRHEL
Type commands below to install openvpn access server and bundled client on Red Hat 7 and Red Hat 8 64 bit
Red Hat 8 (64 bit)
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-CentOS8.x86_64.rpm
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-latest-CentOS8.x86_64.rpm
yum - y install openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
Red Hat 7 (64 bit)
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-CentOS7.x86_64.rpm
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-latest-CentOS7.x86_64.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
CentOS
Type commands below to install openvpn access server and bundled client on CentOS 7 and CentOS 8 64 bit
CentOS 7
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-CentOS7.x86_64.rpm
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-latest-CentOS7.x86_64.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
CentOS 8
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-CentOS8.x86_64.rpm
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-latest-CentOS8.x86_64.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
Amazon Linux 2
Type commands below to install openvpn access server and bundled client to your amazon aws server
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
wget https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-as-latest-amzn2.x86_64.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-bundled-clients-latest.rpm
yum -y install openvpn-as-latest-amzn2.x86_64.rpm
Conclusion
In this tutorial I explained step by step how to install OpenVPN access server software and OpenVPN access server bundled on all Linux distros that OpenVPN supports.
By now you should know how to install OpenVPN via its official repository and by downloading the installation files manually.
