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Version information

  • 0.1.0 (latest)
released Apr 13th 2018
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x, 2017.2.x, 2017.1.x, 2016.5.x, 2016.4.x
  • Puppet >= 4.7.0 < 6.0.0
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  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'rfranzen-openvpn', '0.1.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add rfranzen-openvpn
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install rfranzen-openvpn --version 0.1.0

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Tags: vpn, openvpn, hiera, puppet5, openvpn-server, openvpn-client

Documentation

rfranzen/openvpn — version 0.1.0 Apr 13th 2018

OpenVPN

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Supported Platforms
  3. Installation
  4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  5. Author/Contributors

Overview

This module will install the latest OpenVPN in your system.

This module can also manage one or many server or client configuration files.

I'ts a very simple module. Still can't manage key files or generate new certificates.

Supported Platforms

This module was tested under these platforms:

  • Debian 8, 9
  • Ubuntu 16.04

This module use Hiera, so it's easy to add new platforms.

Installation

via git

# cd /etc/puppetlabs/code/environment/<environment>/modules
# git clone https://github.com/rdfranzen/puppet-openvpn openvpn

via puppet

puppet module install rfranzen/openvpn

via puppetfile

mod 'rfranzen-openvpn'

Usage

Only install OpenVPN

class { 'openvpn::install': }

Server

class { 'openvpn::install': }

openvpn::server { 'server-1':
  dh                    => undef,
  ca                    => undef,
  cert                  => undef,
  key                   => undef,
  client_to_client      => false,
  server                => '192.168.1.5',
  port                  => '1194',
  protocol              => 'udp',
  dev                   => 'tap',
  persist_key           => true,
  persist_tun           => true,
  compression           => 'comp-lzo',
  log_append            => '/var/log/openvpn',
  status                => '/var/log/openvpn/openvpn-status.log',
  status_version        => '3',
  verbose               => '3',
  writepid              => '/var/run/openvpn.pid',
  openvpn_group         => 'openvpn',
  openvpn_user          => 'openvpn',
  ifconfig_pool_persist => 'ipp.txt',
  keepalive             => '10 120',
}

Hiera example

Definition file:

class { 'openvpn::clients' }

yaml file:

openvpn::server::instance:
  lab-server:
    dev: tap
    protocol: udp
    port: 1194
    server: 192.168.1.5
    dh: /etc/openvpn/dh1024.pem
    ca: /etc/openvpn/certs/ca.pem
    cert: /etc/openvpn/my-conn.pem
    key: /etc/openvpn/keys/my-conn.pem
    crl_verify: /var/lib/puppet/ssl/crl.pem
    client_to_client: false

Client

class { 'openvpn::install': }

openvpn::client { 'client-1':
  dev          => 'tap',
  protocol     => 'udp',
  server       => '192.168.0.100',
  port         => '1194',
  persist_key  => true,
  persist_tun  => true,
  ca           => '/etc/openvpn/keys/my-ca.ca',
  cert         => '/etc/openvpn/keys/my-cert.ca',
  key          => '/etc/openvpn/keys/my-key.key',
  ns_cert_type => 'server',
  compression  => 'comp-lzo',
  verbose      => '3',
  status_dir   => '/var/log/openvpn',
}

Hiera example

Yaml

openvpn::client::connection:
  my-conn:
    dev: tap
    protocol: udp
    port: 1194
    server: 192.168.1.100
    resolv_retry: infinite
    bind: nobind
    persist_key: true
    persist_tun: true
    mtu_test: false
    fast_io: false
    float: false
    ca: '/etc/openvpn/certs/ca.pem'
    cert: '/etc/openvpn/certs/my-conn.pem'
    key: '/etc/openvpn/keys/my-conn.pem'

Author / Contributors

Ricardo Franzen (rfranzen at gmail dot com)