OpenVPN for Puppet

Puppet module for OpenVPN.

Usage

Set up the server on a node:

openvpn::server { 'midnight': }

For a full list of configuration options look at manifests/server.pp.

Examples

2-Factor authentication with password and certificate, TCP on port 443:

openvpn::server { 'midnight':
  # we want to be running in 2-factor auth mode
  pamlogin => true,
  # all of these are optional...
  dev => 'tun0',
  ip => '192.168.123.32',
  port => '443',
  proto => 'tcp',
}

Vagrant

Look into vagrant folder. You can simply:

cd vagrant
vagrant up

vagrant ssh puppetmaster
# puppet master also acts as the openvpn client

# inside puppetmaster:
sudo -i
cd /etc/openvpn/client
openvpn client.conf
# username: vagrant
# password: vagrant

Differences to other implementations

• luxflux-openvpn (https://github.com/luxflux/puppet-openvpn)[https://github.com/luxflux/puppet-openvpn]
  luxflux-openvpn is a full-fledged implementation that includes key/cert-generation and handling. If you want that, I highly recommend this module. If you want to manage keys/certs differently and only let puppet install OpenVPN without taking over secrets management, then use this module instead.
  If you have multiple VPN points you use with the same certs or want to ensure you can restore your VPN point with puppet without creating new certificates, then this is for you.

Configuration options

Take a look at the class definition of openvpn::server inside manifests and the use of parameters in server.erb template. Many of the default server configuration parameters for OpenVPN are already supported. See OpenVPN man page for more details.

Kudos and references

• This puppet module is partly inspired by luxflux-openvpn. Some pieces of code from this project were used as well.
• Thanks to Diana Bucuci for 2-factor OpenVPN!
• Thanks to everyone who contributed to OpenVPN, its components and the documentation!!

License and Author

Author:: Dominik Richter do.richter@telekom.de
Copyright:: 2013, Deutsche Telekom AG

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.