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title: "Setup a Ubuntu VPN server"
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kind: article
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slug: setup-a-ubuntu-vpn-server
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created_at: 2010-10-11
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tags:
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- Linux
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- Ubuntu
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- vpn
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I recently installed Ubuntu Linux on a home server (I hate that word, but it
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best describes what it is, so). Anyway, I'd like to be able to create a VPN
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network between my home server and my MacbookPro, which might be anywhere in
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the world.
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This first part of the tutorial describes how to setup a VPN server in Ubuntu.
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First, install the `pptpd` package. `pptpd` offers a `PPTP`-type VPN which is
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supported by Microsoft and other network vendors. This is also the easiest to
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setup.
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sudo apt-get install pptpd
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Next up, edit `/etc/pptpd.conf` with `sudo vi /etc/pptp.conf`. At the bottom add the following lines:
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localip 192.168.1.10
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remoteip 192.168.1.230-239
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Here `localip` references the IP of my home server. The `remoteip` variable
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configures which IPs remote clients may use when the connect through VPN to my
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network. In this case I reserve 10 IP address: 192.168.1.230 through
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192.168.1.239.
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With that out of the way, let's tell `PPTP` which users to allow. Edit
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`/etc/ppp/chap-secrets`, just like you did before using `sudo`.
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# client server secret IP Address
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ariejan pptpd somepassword *
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That's all! Yes, seriously. Just restart the `pptpd` daemon and you're good to
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go.
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Now, go and watch my [PPTP VPN setup for Mac OS X Snow Leopard][1]
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_Note: This was tested on Ubuntu 10.10-amd64_
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[1]: http://ariejan.net/2010/10/12/setup-a-pptp-vpn-connection-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/
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