base2/openvpn-as repository overview

⁠base2 openvpn-as

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⁠docker

docker create \
  --name=openvpn-as \
  --cap-add=NET_ADMIN \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Europe/London \
  -e INTERFACE=eth0 `#optional` \
  -p 943:943 \
  -p 9443:9443 \
  -p 1194:1194/udp \
  -v <path to data>:/config \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  linuxserver/openvpn-as

⁠docker-compose

Compatible with docker-compose v2 schemas.

---
version: "2"
services:
  openvpn-as:
    image: linuxserver/openvpn-as
    container_name: openvpn-as
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
      - INTERFACE=eth0 #optional
    volumes:
      - <path to data>:/config
    ports:
      - 943:943
      - 9443:9443
      - 1194:1194/udp
    restart: unless-stopped

⁠Parameters

Container images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.

⁠Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)

You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__.

As an example:

-e FILE__PASSWORD=/run/secrets/mysecretpassword

Will set the environment variable PASSWORD based on the contents of the /run/secrets/mysecretpassword file.

⁠User / Group Identifiers

When using volumes (-v flags) permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.

Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.

In this instance PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id user as below:

  $ id username
    uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)

⁠Application Setup

The admin interface is available at https://<ip>:943/admin with a default user/password of admin/password

During first login, make sure that the "Authentication" in the webui is set to "Local" instead of "PAM". Then set up the user accounts with their passwords (user accounts created under PAM do not survive container update or recreation).

The "admin" account is a system (PAM) account and after container update or recreation, its password reverts back to the default. It is highly recommended to block this user's access for security reasons:

1. Create another user and set as an admin,
2. Log in as the new user,
3. Delete the "admin" user in the gui,
4. Modify the as.conf file under config/etc and replace the line boot_pam_users.0=admin with #boot_pam_users.0=admin boot_pam_users.0=kjhvkhv (this only has to be done once and will survive container recreation)

• IMPORTANT NOTE: Commenting out the first pam user in as.conf creates issues in 2.7.5. To make it work while still blocking pam user access, uncomment that line and change admin to a random nonexistent user as described above.

⁠Support Info

• Shell access whilst the container is running: docker exec -it openvpn-as /bin/bash
• To monitor the logs of the container in realtime: docker logs -f openvpn-as
• container version number
  • docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' openvpn-as
• image version number
  • docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' linuxserver/openvpn-as

⁠Updating Info

Most of our images are static, versioned, and require an image update and container recreation to update the app inside. With some exceptions (ie. nextcloud, plex), we do not recommend or support updating apps inside the container. Please consult the Application Setup⁠ section above to see if it is recommended for the image.

Below are the instructions for updating containers:

⁠Via Docker Run/Create

• Update the image: docker pull linuxserver/openvpn-as
• Stop the running container: docker stop openvpn-as
• Delete the container: docker rm openvpn-as
• Recreate a new container with the same docker create parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your /config folder and settings will be preserved)
• Start the new container: docker start openvpn-as
• You can also remove the old dangling images: docker image prune

⁠Via Docker Compose

• Update all images: docker-compose pull
  • or update a single image: docker-compose pull openvpn-as
• Let compose update all containers as necessary: docker-compose up -d
  • or update a single container: docker-compose up -d openvpn-as
• You can also remove the old dangling images: docker image prune

⁠Via Watchtower auto-updater (especially useful if you don't remember the original parameters)

• Pull the latest image at its tag and replace it with the same env variables in one run:

  docker run --rm \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  containrrr/watchtower \
  --run-once openvpn-as
  

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Note: We do not endorse the use of Watchtower as a solution to automated updates of existing Docker containers. In fact we generally discourage automated updates. However, this is a useful tool for one-time manual updates of containers where you have forgotten the original parameters. In the long term, we highly recommend using Docker Compose.

• You can also remove the old dangling images: docker image prune

⁠Building locally

If you want to make local modifications to these images for development purposes or just to customize the logic:

git clone https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-openvpn-as.git
cd docker-openvpn-as
docker build \
  --no-cache \
  --pull \
  -t linuxserver/openvpn-as:latest .

The ARM variants can be built on x86_64 hardware using multiarch/qemu-user-static

docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static:register --reset

Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with -f Dockerfile.aarch64.

⁠Versions

• 29.08.19: - Update Application Setup instructions in readme to fix 2.7.5 login issue for existing users.
• 27.08.19: - Add new clients package to install and upgrade process.
• 22.08.19: - Prevent auto-start of openvpn after first time install, before configuration is completed.
• 25.07.19: - Create a xenial branch/tag and rebase master/latest to bionic.
• 07.04.19: - Fix first time config.
• 03.04.19: - Big rewrite of the install and update logic of openvpn-as to fix breaking changes (should fix updating from 2.6.1 to 2.7.3), added mysql-client for cluster support.
• 14.03.19: - Update deb package URL.
• 21.02.19: - Rebase to xenial due to incompatibility issues on some older host OSes.
• 12.02.19: - Rename github repo to match the docker hub repo and container name.
• 07.02.19: - Add pipeline logic and multi arch.
• 31.01.19: - Add port mappings to docker create sample in readme.
• 26.01.19: - Removed privileged and host networking requirements, added cap-add=NET_ADMIN requirement instead. INTERFACE no longer needs to be defined as in bridge mode, it will use the container's eth0 interface by default.
• 19.12.18: - Bump to version 2.6.1.
• 10.07.18: - Bump to version 2.5.2.
• 23.03.18: - Bump to version 2.5.
• 14.12.17: - Consolidate layers and fix continuation lines.
• 25.10.17: - Bump to version 2.1.12.
• 18.08.17: - Switch default authentication method to local, update readme on how to deactivate the admin user.
• 31.07.17: - Fix updates of existing openvpn-as installs.
• 07.07.17: - Bump to version 2.1.9.
• 31.10.16: - Bump to version 2.1.4.
• 14.10.16: - Add version layer information.
• 13.09.16: - Rebuild due to push error to hub on last build.
• 10.09.16: - Add layer badges to README.
• 28.08.16: - Add badges to README.
• 01.08.16: - Rebase to xenial.
• 18.09.15: - Initial Release.