| Port details on branch 2024Q3 |
- openvpn Secure IP/Ethernet tunnel daemon
- 2.6.12 security
 =0      2.6.12Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: mandree@FreeBSD.org
- Port Added: 2024-07-18 19:42:06
- Last Update: 2024-07-18 19:34:27
- Commit Hash: 107712f
- Also Listed In: net net-vpn
- License: GPLv2
- WWW:
- https://openvpn.net/community/
- Description:
- OpenVPN is a robust, scalable and highly configurable VPN (Virtual Private
Network) daemon which can be used to securely link two or more private networks
using an encrypted tunnel over the internet. It can operate over UDP or TCP,
can use SSL or a pre-shared secret to authenticate peers, and in SSL mode, one
server can handle many clients.
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - Dependency lines:
-
- openvpn>0:security/openvpn
- Conflicts:
- CONFLICTS_INSTALL:
- openvpn-2*
- openvpn-devel
- openvpn-mbedtls
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/security/openvpn/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install security/openvpn
- pkg install openvpn
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: openvpn
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1721330148
SHA256 (openvpn-2.6.12.tar.gz) = 1c610fddeb686e34f1367c347e027e418e07523a10f4d8ce4a2c2af2f61a1929
SIZE (openvpn-2.6.12.tar.gz) = 1912400
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
-
- cmocka>=0 : sysutils/cmocka
- rst2man : textproc/py-docutils@py311
- pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
- python3.11 : lang/python311
- Runtime dependencies:
-
- easy-rsa>=0 : security/easy-rsa
- Library dependencies:
-
- liblz4.so : archivers/liblz4
- liblzo2.so : archivers/lzo2
- libpkcs11-helper.so : security/pkcs11-helper
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- ===> The following configuration options are available for openvpn-2.6.12:
ASYNC_PUSH=off: Enable async-push support
DCO=on: Data Channel Offload/ovpn(4) support->README.dco.md
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
EASYRSA=on: Install security/easy-rsa RSA helper package
EXAMPLES=on: Build and/or install examples
LZ4=on: LZ4 compression support
LZO=on: LZO compression (incompatible with LibreSSL)
PKCS11=on: Use security/pkcs11-helper, needs same SSL lib!
SMALL=off: Build a smaller executable with fewer features
TEST=on: Build and/or run tests
UNITTESTS=off: Enable unit tests
X509ALTUSERNAME=off: Enable --x509-username-field
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- security_openvpn
- USES:
- cpe libtool localbase:ldflags pkgconfig python:build shebangfix ssl
- pkg-message:
- For install:
- Edit /etc/rc.conf[.local] to start OpenVPN automatically at system
startup. See /usr/local/etc/rc.d/openvpn for details.
Connect to VPN server as a client with this command to include
the client.up/down scripts in the initialization:
openvpn-client <spec>.ovpn
For compatibility notes when interoperating with older OpenVPN
versions, please see <http://openvpn.net/relnotes.html>
Note that OpenVPN does not officially support LibreSSL.
Note that OpenVPN configures a separate user and group "openvpn",
which should be used instead of the NFS user "nobody"
when an unprivileged user account is desired.
You may want to add user openvpn and group openvpn when creating your
configuration files, the example configuration shows this only as comments.
- If upgrading
- Note that OpenVPN now configures a separate user and group "openvpn",
which should be used instead of the NFS user "nobody"
when an unprivileged user account is desired.
It is advisable to review existing configuration files and
to consider adding/changing user openvpn and group openvpn.
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