docker-openvpn

Docker image for OpenVPN client/server.

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This container can run as an OpenVPN server or as an OpenVPN client and provide a VPN tunnel for other containers to utilize via Docker's shared networking stack (i.e. --net container:[NAME]).

Running the Container

Place your OpenVPN client/server configuration file in a directory on your host file system (i.e. /srv/openvpn) with the name openvpn.conf. You should also place your client/server certs, keys and any additional files required in this directory.

Running as an OpenVPN server

Run the OpenVPN container and map your local config directory (/srv/openvpn) to the container config directory (/vol/config) and map ports to your host OS:

docker run -d -v /srv/openvpn:/vol/config -p 443:443 -p 943:943 -p 1194:1194/udp --privileged --name openvpn-server phlak/openvpn --server [NETWORK] [NETMASK]

Running as an OpenVPN client

Run the OpenVPN container and map your local config directory (/srv/openvpn) to the container config directory (/vol/config):

docker run -d -v /srv/openvpn:/vol/config --privileged --name openvpn-client phlak/openvpn

Now you can start up another container with a shared network stack to the OpenVPN container:

docker run -d --net container:openvpn-client --name container-name alpine

This container will now be reliant on the OpenVPN container's network stack for network access.

Optional 'docker run' Arguments

-p 1234:1234 - Map a port on the host OS to the OpenVPN container. When running as a client this will pass ports through to containers that share the OpenVPN container's network stack (i.e. When ran with the --net container:openvpn-client parameter).

--restart always - Always restart the container regardless of the exit status. See the Docker restart policies for additional details.

Troubleshooting

When running a client container, if you are having trouble making a connection and docker logs shows Initialization Sequence Completed without indicatiing any problems try manually setting your container's DNS servers by adding --dns 1.1.1.1 --dns 1.0.0.1 to your run command. Once your container is running check you DNS name servers with:

docker exec transmission-vpn cat /etc/resolv.conf

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Please report bugs to the GitHub Issue Tracker.

Copyright

This project is licensed under the MIT License.