# # Sample OpenVPN configuration file for # home using a pre-shared static key. # # '#' or ';' may be used to delimit comments. # Use a dynamic tun device. # For Linux 2.2 or non-Linux OSes, # you may want to use an explicit # unit number such as "tun1". # OpenVPN also supports virtual # ethernet "tap" devices. dev tun # Our OpenVPN peer is the office gateway. remote 1.2.3.4 # 10.1.0.2 is our local VPN endpoint (home). # 10.1.0.1 is our remote VPN endpoint (office). ifconfig 10.1.0.2 10.1.0.1 # Our up script will establish routes # once the VPN is alive. up ./home.up # Our pre-shared static key secret static.key # OpenVPN uses UDP port 5000 by default. # Each OpenVPN tunnel must use # a different port number. # lport or rport can be used # to denote different ports # for local and remote. ; port 5000 # Downgrade UID and GID to # "nobody" after initialization # for extra security. ; user nobody ; group nobody # If you built OpenVPN with # LZO compression, uncomment # out the following line. ; comp-lzo # Send a UDP ping to remote once # every 15 seconds to keep # stateful firewall connection # alive. Uncomment this # out if you are using a stateful # firewall. ; ping 15 # Verbosity level. # 0 -- quiet except for fatal errors. # 1 -- mostly quiet. # 5 -- medium output, good for normal operation. # 8 -- verbose, good for troubleshooting verb 5