How To Install openvpn on CentOS 8
openvpn is A full-featured SSL VPN solution
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openvpn.
Install openvpn on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install openvpn using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openvpn
Install openvpn on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
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 CentOS 8
To uninstall only the openvpn package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openvpn
openvpn Package Contents on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.