Table of Contents
OpenVPN Bridges
Configure RADIUSdesk, MESHdesk and APdesk
- We assume you already prepared the a server with OpenVPN and CoovaChilli as directed by the previous steps.
- The final bit will be to bind them together on the RADIUSdesk side.
The OpenVPN Servers Manager Applet
- This applet can be found under the Others section.
- It is used to ease the management of OpenVPN Tunnels that can be used with MESHdesk and APdesk.
- Again the initial creation of the OpenVPN server entries can be tedious, but once is is completed, the rest is plain sailing.
- We will cover the each of the three new entries here in tables instead of screenshots which will make it easy for you to copy and paste.
Add entry for OpenVPN on br0.101
General
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Jhb-South-1 | |
| Description | Serving Nandos |
VPN Basic
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Local / Remote | Remote | Remote if not on RD server |
| Protocol | UDP | |
| IP Address | 198.27.111.78 | Public IP of OpenVPN server |
| Port | 1194 | Double check you have the correct port here |
| Config Preset | Default | In future we might have more |
VPN IPs
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Gateway IP | 10.101.0.1 | As defined in OpenVPN server |
| Bridge Start IP | 10.101.0.101 | The next IP after 10.101.0.100 |
| Bridge Mask | 255.255.0.0 | The mask used by OpenVPN |
Certs etc
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Ca.crt | <cert text here> | ca.crt File used by OpenVPN server |
Add entry for OpenVPN on br0.102
General
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Jhb-South-2 | |
| Description | Serving KFC |
VPN Basic
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Local / Remote | Remote | Remote if not on RD server |
| Protocol | UDP | |
| IP Address | 198.27.111.78 | Public IP of OpenVPN server |
| Port | 1195 | Double check you have the correct port here |
| Config Preset | Default | In future we might have more |
VPN IPs
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Gateway IP | 10.102.0.1 | As defined in OpenVPN server |
| Bridge Start IP | 10.102.0.101 | The next IP after 10.102.0.100 |
| Bridge Mask | 255.255.0.0 | The mask used by OpenVPN |
Certs etc
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Ca.crt | <cert text here> | ca.crt File used by OpenVPN server |
Add entry for OpenVPN on br0.103
General
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Jhb-South-3 | |
| Description | Serving Steers |
VPN Basic
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Local / Remote | Remote | Remote if not on RD server |
| Protocol | UDP | |
| IP Address | 198.27.111.78 | Public IP of OpenVPN server |
| Port | 1196 | Double check you have the correct port here |
| Config Preset | Default | In future we might have more |
VPN IPs
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Gateway IP | 10.103.0.1 | As defined in OpenVPN server |
| Bridge Start IP | 10.103.0.101 | The next IP after 10.103.0.100 |
| Bridge Mask | 255.255.0.0 | The mask used by OpenVPN |
Certs etc
| Item | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Ca.crt | <cert text here> | ca.crt File used by OpenVPN server |
Using the OpenVPN server entries in MESHdesk and AP desk
- After we completed the addition of the entries we can now select an existing Mesh or AP Profile to add it as an exit point.
- Alternatively these exit point will also be available for newly created Meshes or AP Profiles.
- The OpenVPN column is hidden by default
- You have to first un-hide it in order for it to be displayed subsequently.
- See the attached screenshot as reference:
