

My hardware doesn’t support the hardware crypto acceleration. If not, change these values to the shown like picture below.

If you have the same values in Encryption algorithm and Auth Digest Algorithm leave it to defaults. DH Parameters Length should be at least 2048 bit. Under Cryptographic Settings, make sure TLS Authentication and Generate TLS key options are checked. And give some nice description for this section. In the local port, you can define your OpenVPN listening port. In this demo, I’m selecting UDP on IPv4 only option. In the Protocol section, you can select the TCP, UDP on IPv4, or IPv6 depending on your requirement of VPN connection. In the interface, section selects your WAN or ISP connect interface, If you have multiple ISP or WAN select the appropriate WAN/ISP interface. The settings below are the default settings that ensure privacy and use PFSense as your DNS server etc.įirst, let’s configure the General OpenVPN Server Information. As each environment is different, you may need to adjust these to meet your specific requirements.

Next, you will need to complete the Server Setup form which consists of four sections: General OpenVPN Server Information, Cryptographic Settings, Tunnel Settings, and Client Settings. If you have not created one, follow the steps above about create CA. Next Select the Certificate Authority Which you have created. In this demo, I am using Local User Access. If you have configured LDAP or RADIUS, select the appropriate setting. To start go to VPN in the main menu and then click on OpenVPN.
#Pfsense openvpn setup install
The third step in the process, which is to install and configure OpenVPN using the configuration wizard. Certificate Type is must be selected Server Certificate in Certificate Attributes section. Select your CA as a certificate authority in the Internal Certificate section, I have selected AP_VPN_CA, which I have created in this demo. Give a friendly descriptive name, in this demo I used AV_VPN_SERVER_CERT. If you don’t have the existing certificate, then select the Create an internal Certificate in Method dropdown. later on, it will be useful to identify it.įill out the Certificate data and Private key data information in the Import Certificate section and click on Save. Give the useful common name for the certificate. Select Import an Existing Certificate from the drop-down in the Method section. If you have already configured or purchased the server certificate. The second step is to create and sign The second step in the process, which is created and sign a server certificate for OpenVPN. Your CA will look like below after created by PFSense. Once done, click on Save and your Internal Certificate Authority will be created. If you don’t have the existing CA, then select Create an internal Certificate Authority and fill out the details of your organization in Internal Certificate Authority section, which information’s are PFSense will use to create the Certificate Authority. If you have existing CA, you need to select Import an existing Certificate Authority and fill the required information in certificate data and certificate private key section and click on save.

Select the CA method from method dropdown. Give CA a useful common name, later on, you can use it to identify it. Click on +Add to create a new one certificate authority in CAs tab. Then you will be presented with a dashboard. The first step in the process, which is Install and Configure CA (Certificate Authority) is to navigate to the Cert. In this step by step guide, I have divided into 7 parts of this configuration.ġ- Install Configure CA (Certificate Authority).ĥ- Installing the OpenVPN Client Export Package (OpenVPN-client-export)ġ- Install and configure CA (Certificate Authority). Remote Access VPNs may be authenticated locally or using an external authentication source such as RADIUS or LDAP. OpenVPN can work with shared keys or with a PKI setup for SSL/TLS. It can be used for Site-to-Site or Remote Access VPN configurations. OpenVPN is an Open Source VPN server and client that is supported on a variety of platforms, including pfSense software. This is a step by step guide to configure OpenVPN and export clients In PFSense. VPN is a private virtual network that allows you to create a secure connection network connect other networks over the internet or intranet using multi-layers encryption and certificates.
#Pfsense openvpn setup how to
How to configure OpenVPN in PFSense and export clients?
