Setup own VPN server in 15 minutes with Docker

openvpn_docker.md

It’s VERY easy to setup your own VPN with docker. This guide assumes you’re ok with operating a linux box but know nothing about docker. I’ll break it down into easy steps:

Setup a docker host

Install docker on the host:

$ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh

Run the docker image

Make directory for docker volume:

$ mkdir $HOME/openvpn-data

Simply run this:

$ docker run -d --cap-add=NET_ADMIN -v $HOME/openvpn-date:/etc/openvpn -p 5222:443/tcp -p 443:443/tcp jpetazzo/dockvpn

Docker will take about a minute to do its magic and then return you to the command line. To see that it is working do this:

$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                                             NAMES
147ae44749ae        jpetazzo/dockvpn    "/bin/sh -c run"    23 hours ago        Up 23 hours         0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, 1194/udp, 8080/tcp, 0.0.0.0:5222->443/tcp   stupefied_mcnulty

VPN server and client config will be available at $HOME/openvpn-data