Set Up OpenConnect VPN Server (ocserv) on Ubuntu 20.04 with Let’s Encrypt

LinuxBabe
1 min readApr 30, 2020

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This tutorial is going to show you how to run your own VPN server by installing OpenConnect VPN server on Ubuntu 20.04. OpenConnect VPN server, aka ocserv, is an open-source implementation of Cisco AnyConnnect VPN protocol, which is widely used in businesses and universities. AnyConnect is an SSL-based VPN protocol that allows individual users to connect to a remote network.

Why Set Up Your Own VPN Server?

  • Maybe you are a VPN service provider or a system administrator, which behooves you to set up our own VPN server.
  • You don’t trust the no-logging policy of VPN service providers, so you go the self-host route.
  • You can use VPN to implement network security policy. For example, if you run your own email server, you can require users to log in only from the IP address of the VPN server by creating an IP address whitelist in the firewall. Thus, your email server is hardened to prevent hacking activities.
  • Perhaps you are just curious to know how VPN server works.

Read full tutorial here:https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/openconnect-vpn-server-ocserv-ubuntu-20-04-lets-encrypt

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