How to Configure Open VPN Sessions

This document describes how to configure the OpenVPN Client on IGEL Linux.

Prerequisites

A configured and running OpenVPN 2.x server
Information about the OpenVPN server configuration (e.g. authentication method)
A thin client with IGEL Linux 10.01.100 or newer
The certificate and private key files for the client, along with the root certificate of the CA that signed the client and server certificates.
Optionally, a Smartcard or eToken supported by IGEL Linux.
To learn how to distribute keys and certificates to the thin clients, refer to the How-To document "Securely Distributing Keys and Certificates".

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