AzureOpenVPN Container

Use AzureOpenVPN to run a docker container in Azure

Upstream Links

• Docker Registry @ marcodangelo/openvpn
• GitHub @ marcodangelo/AzureOpenVPN

Quick Start

• Pick a name for the $OVPN_DATA data volume container. It's recommended to use the ovpn-data- prefix to operate seamlessly with the reference systemd service. Users are encourage to replace example with a descriptive name of their choosing.

    OVPN_DATA="ovpn-data-example"
  

• Initialize the $OVPN_DATA container that will hold the configuration files and certificates. The container will prompt for a passphrase to protect the private key used by the newly generated certificate authority.

    docker volume create --name $OVPN_DATA
    docker run -v $OVPN_DATA:/etc/openvpn --log-driver=none --rm marcodangelo/AzureOpenVpn ovpn_genconfig -u udp://VPN.SERVERNAME.COM
    docker run -v $OVPN_DATA:/etc/openvpn --log-driver=none --rm -it marcodangelo/AzureOpenVpn ovpn_initpki
  

• Start OpenVPN server process

    docker run -v $OVPN_DATA:/etc/openvpn -d -p 1194:1194/udp --cap-add=NET_ADMIN marcodangelo/AzureOpenVpn
  

• Generate a client certificate without a passphrase

    docker run -v $OVPN_DATA:/etc/openvpn --log-driver=none --rm -it marcodangelo/AzureOpenVpn easyrsa build-client-full CLIENTNAME nopass
  

• Retrieve the client configuration with embedded certificates

    docker run -v $OVPN_DATA:/etc/openvpn --log-driver=none --rm marcodangelo/AzureOpenVpn ovpn_getclient CLIENTNAME > CLIENTNAME.ovpn
  

Next Steps