How To Install openvpn on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn on Rocky Linux 8. openvpn is A full-featured SSL VPN solution

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openvpn

OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a single UDP or TCP port. It can use the Marcus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumers LZO library for compression.

We can use yum or dnf to install openvpn on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openvpn.

Install openvpn on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openvpn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openvpn

Install openvpn on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install openvpn using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openvpn

How To Uninstall openvpn on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openvpn package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openvpn

openvpn Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/openvpn
/etc/openvpn/client
/etc/openvpn/server
/run/openvpn-client
/run/openvpn-server
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/a6602b682bee9327f8a254188e270349898ab1
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/b7acb96c927678621ec0d416a3e73c436f6fbc
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/f591de13b621aef596a3a1f3d38c04565aa050
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/openvpn.conf
/usr/lib64/openvpn
/usr/lib64/openvpn/plugins
/usr/lib64/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.so
/usr/lib64/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-plugin-down-root.so
/usr/sbin/openvpn
/usr/share/doc/openvpn
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/COPYRIGHT.GPL
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/Changes.rst
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/README
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/README.auth-pam
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/README.down-root
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/README.systemd
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/OCSP_check
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/OCSP_check/OCSP_check.sh
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/README
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/openvpn-fwmarkroute-1.00
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/openvpn-fwmarkroute-1.00/README
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/openvpn-fwmarkroute-1.00/fwmarkroute.down
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/openvpn-fwmarkroute-1.00/fwmarkroute.up
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/pull-resolv-conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/pull-resolv-conf/client.down
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/pull-resolv-conf/client.up
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/management-notes.txt
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/README
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/client.conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/firewall.sh
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/home.up
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/loopback-client
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/loopback-server
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/office.up
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/openvpn-shutdown.sh
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/openvpn-startup.sh
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/roadwarrior-client.conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/roadwarrior-server.conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/server.conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/static-home.conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/static-office.conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/tls-home.conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/tls-office.conf
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/xinetd-client-config
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-config-files/xinetd-server-config
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-scripts
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-scripts/auth-pam.pl
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-scripts/bridge-start
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-scripts/bridge-stop
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-scripts/ucn.pl
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-scripts/verify-cn
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-windows
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-windows/sample.ovpn
/usr/share/man/man8/openvpn.8.gz
/var/lib/openvpn

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.