How To Install openvpn on Fedora 34
openvpn is A full-featured TLS VPN solution
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openvpn.
Install openvpn on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34
To uninstall only the openvpn package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openvpn
openvpn Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/openvpn
/etc/openvpn/client
/etc/openvpn/server
/run/openvpn-client
/run/openvpn-server
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/26ad7ed8e5e920dae92a1482dd65071255181e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/168bbcde856875b47f0ee6e515f91922fc1ff2
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/fa6a570bf48995094b28b105bf6af7e79f34f4
/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/gui-notes.txt
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/management-notes.txt
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/openvpn.8.html
/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/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
/etc/openvpn
/etc/openvpn/client
/etc/openvpn/server
/run/openvpn-client
/run/openvpn-server
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/4d34e97d873a65aaa081ac3786b5256bc8e21f
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/a0477e81c0f1bdfcb83db68c9f1e6a96245b47
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/685d5b15e60b9b65205cbc221d4ff43f288980
/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/contrib/vcpkg-ports
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/portfile.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/unix
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/unix/CMakeLists.txt
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/unix/portfile.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/unix/remove-deps.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/unix/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/usage
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/uwp
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/uwp/EnableUWPSupport.patch
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/uwp/make-openssl.bat
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/uwp/portfile.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/vcpkg.json
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/windows
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/windows/portfile.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/openssl/windows/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/pkcs11-helper
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/pkcs11-helper/0001-nmake-openssl-1.1.1-support.patch
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/pkcs11-helper/CONTROL
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/pkcs11-helper/pkcs11-helper-001-RFC7512.patch
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-ports/pkcs11-helper/portfile.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-triplets
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-triplets/arm64-windows-ovpn.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-triplets/x64-windows-ovpn.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/contrib/vcpkg-triplets/x86-windows-ovpn.cmake
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/gui-notes.txt
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/management-notes.txt
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/openvpn.8.html
/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/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.