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But we are going to walk you from soup to nuts, taking you from basically logging into our Linux instance out in AWS, getting the server configured, generating keys, generating configurations for the server, generating keys for the client, copying them over to the client and then getting the client installed and running, and if we have time, we'll also look at it a little bit of troubleshooting, just some trouble that I ran across when I was working with this, some mistakes that I made that I thought, you know what? You guys might benefit from that as well. There are a few caveats on that, so consult your documentation or just Google it out there on the web, maybe I'll come back and we'll do a Red Hat specific one if I feel so inclined. Although a lot of it will transfer over too if you were running a Red Hat type of system. A lot of what we're going to look at today is going to be Ubuntu or Debian-based systems specific. Basically, what I'm working with is Ubuntu 16.04. Let me set the stage for you just a little bit. So here we are today with OpenVPN inside of Linux. So I thought let's throw that into tech skill and see who salutes on that flagpole.
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Looking forward to doing this episode, because, let me tell you what, I needed to do this, install OpenVPN, get a VPN connection going on for another show that I'm working on and I was like, oh, that'll be simple, that'll be an easy thing and then I realized, I've never done it before, I never needed to, at least not this way, right? And it was extremely difficult and there was a lot of stumbling blocks, and I thought, man, this will probably make a really great show. Daniel Lowrie, how are you doing here, Daniel? - Man, I'm doing great, this is actually going to be a lot of fun.
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And luckily, we have the man with the plan in the studio with us. I'm your host, Justin Dennison, and in today's episode, well, we're going to install and configure OpenVPN in a Linux server or Linux instance, however you wish to describe them. Greetings, everyone, and welcome to another exciting episode of ITPRO TV. (indistinct speaking) (upbeat music) - You're watching ITPRO TV. (indistinct speaking) - Live from San Francisco. Welcome to ITPROTV, I'm your host Don Pezet.