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OpenVPN server puppet module
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Version information

  • 4.0.1 (latest)
  • 4.0.0
  • 3.1.0
  • 3.0.0
  • 2.9.0
  • 2.8.0
  • 2.7.1
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  • 1.0.2
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  • 0.1.0
released Sep 25th 2016
This version is compatible with:
  • , , , , Archlinux, FreeBSD
This module has been deprecated by its author since May 4th 2018.

The author has suggested puppet-openvpn as its replacement.

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Tags: vpn, openvpn

Documentation

luxflux/openvpn — version 4.0.1 Sep 25th 2016

OpenVPN Puppet module Build Status

Puppet module to manage OpenVPN servers

Features

  • Client-specific rules and access policies
  • Generated client configurations and SSL-Certificates
  • Downloadable client configurations and SSL-Certificates for easy client configuration
  • Support for multiple server instances
  • Support for LDAP-Authentication
  • Support for server instance in client mode
  • Support for TLS

Supported OS

  • Ubuntu
  • Debian
  • CentOS
  • RedHat
  • Amazon

Dependencies

Puppet

  • Version >= 4

Example

  # add a server instance
  openvpn::server { 'winterthur':
    country      => 'CH',
    province     => 'ZH',
    city         => 'Winterthur',
    organization => 'example.org',
    email        => 'root@example.org',
    server       => '10.200.200.0 255.255.255.0',
  }

  # define clients
  openvpn::client { 'client1':
    server => 'winterthur',
  }
  openvpn::client { 'client2':
    server   => 'winterthur',
  }

  openvpn::client_specific_config { 'client1':
    server => 'winterthur',
    ifconfig => '10.200.200.50 10.200.200.51',
  }

  # a revoked client
  openvpn::client { 'client3':
    server => 'winterthur',
  }
  openvpn::revoke { 'client3':
    server => 'winterthur',
  }

  # a server in client mode
  file {
    '/etc/openvpn/zurich/keys/ca.crt':
      source => 'puppet:///path/to/ca.crt';
    '/etc/openvpn/zurich/keys/zurich.crt':
      source => 'puppet:///path/to/zurich.crt';
    '/etc/openvpn/zurich/keys/zurich.key':
      source => 'puppet:///path/to/zurich.key';
  }
  openvpn::server { 'zurich':
    remote  => [ 'mgmtnet3.nine.ch 1197', 'mgmtnet2.nine.ch 1197' ],
    require => [ File['/etc/openvpn/zurich/keys/ca.crt'],
                 File['/etc/openvpn/zurich/keys/zurich.crt'],
                 File['/etc/openvpn/zurich/keys/zurich.key'] ];

  }

Example with hiera

---
classes:
  - openvpn

openvpn::servers:
  'winterthur':
    country: 'CH'
    province: 'ZH'
    city: 'Winterthur'
    organization: 'example.org'
    email: 'root@example.org'
    server: '10.200.200.0 255.255.255.0'

openvpn::client_defaults:
  server: 'winterthur'

openvpn::clients:
  'client1': {}
  'client2': {}
  'client3': {}

openvpn::client_specific_configs:
  'client1':
    server: 'winterthur'
    ifconfig: '10.200.200.50 10.200.200.51'

openvpn::revokes:
  'client3':
    server: 'winterthur'

Don't forget the sysctl directive net.ipv4.ip_forward!

Contributions

Pull requests are very welcome. Join these fine folks who already helped to get this far with this module.

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