MikroTik (RouterOS) script for setup OpenVPN server and generate certificates

ovpn-server-with-certs.md

OpenVPN Server and certificate management on MikroTik

Contents

• Setup OpenVPN server and generate certificates
• Add a new user
• Setup OpenVPN client
• Decrypt private key to avoid password asking (optional)
• Delete a user and revoke his certificate
• Revert OpenVPN server configuration on MikroTik

Setup OpenVPN server and generate certificates

# Setup OpenVPN Server and generate certs
#
# Change variables below if needed then copy the whole script
# and paste into MikroTik terminal window.
#

:global CN [/system identity get name]
:global PORT 1194

## generate a CA certificate
/certificate
add name=ca-template common-name="$CN" days-valid=3650 \
  key-usage=crl-sign,key-cert-sign
sign ca-template ca-crl-host=127.0.0.1 name="$CN"
:delay 10

## generate a server certificate
/certificate
add name=server-template common-name="server@$CN" days-valid=3650 \
  key-usage=digital-signature,key-encipherment,tls-server
sign server-template ca="$CN" name="server@$CN"
:delay 10

## create a client template
/certificate
add name=client-template common-name="client" days-valid=3650 \
  key-usage=tls-client

## create IP pool
/ip pool
add name=VPN-POOL ranges=192.168.252.128-192.168.252.224

## add VPN profile
/ppp profile
add dns-server=192.168.252.1 local-address=192.168.252.1 name=VPN-PROFILE \
  remote-address=VPN-POOL use-encryption=yes

## setup OpenVPN server
/interface ovpn-server server
set auth=sha1 certificate="server@$CN" cipher=aes128,aes192,aes256 \
  default-profile=VPN-PROFILE mode=ip netmask=24 port="$PORT" \
  enabled=yes require-client-certificate=yes

## add a firewall rule
/ip firewall filter
add chain=input action=accept dst-port="$PORT" protocol=tcp \
  comment="Allow OpenVPN"
add chain=input action=accept dst-port=53 protocol=udp \
  src-address=192.168.252.0/24 \
  comment="Accept DNS requests from VPN clients"
move [find comment="Allow OpenVPN"] 0
move [find comment="Accept DNS requests from VPN clients"] 1

## Setup completed. Do not forget to create a user.

NOTE: To allow clients to surf the Internet, make sure that there are permissive rules, such as:

/ip firewall filter
add chain=forward action=accept src-address=192.168.252.0/24 \
  out-interface-list=WAN place-before=0
add chain=forward action=accept in-interface-list=WAN \
  dst-address=192.168.252.0/24 place-before=1
/ip firewall nat
add chain=srcnat src-address=192.168.252.0/24 out-interface-list=WAN \
  action=masquerade

Add a new user

# Add a new user and generate/export certs
#
# Change variables below if needed then copy the whole script
# and paste into MikroTik terminal window.
#

:global CN [/system identity get name]
:global USERNAME "user"
:global PASSWORD "password"

## add a user
/ppp secret
add name=$USERNAME password=$PASSWORD profile=VPN-PROFILE service=ovpn

## generate a client certificate
/certificate
add name=client-template-to-issue copy-from=client-template \
  common-name="$USERNAME@$CN"
sign client-template-to-issue ca="$CN" name="$USERNAME@$CN"
:delay 10

## export the CA, client certificate, and private key
/certificate
export-certificate "$CN" export-passphrase=""
export-certificate "$USERNAME@$CN" export-passphrase="$PASSWORD"

## Done. You will find the created certificates in Files.

Setup OpenVPN client

1. Copy the exported certificates from the MikroTik

   sftp admin@MikroTik_IP:cert_export_\*

   Also, you can download the certificates from the web interface or Winbox. Open Winbox/WebFig → Files for this.

2. Create user.auth file

   The file auth.auth holds your username/password combination. On the first line must be the username and on the second line your password.

   user
   password
   

3. Create OpenVPN config that named like USERNAME.ovpn:

   client
   dev tun
   proto tcp-client
   remote MikroTik_IP 1194
   nobind
   persist-key
   persist-tun
   cipher AES-128-CBC
   auth SHA1
   pull
   verb 2
   mute 3
   
   # Create a file 'user.auth' with a username and a password
   #
   # cat << EOF > user.auth
   # user
   # password
   # EOF
   auth-user-pass user.auth
   
   # Copy the certificates from MikroTik and change
   # the filenames below if needed
   ca cert_export_MikroTik.crt
   cert [email protected]
   key [email protected]
   
   # Uncomment the following line if Internet access is needed
   #redirect-gateway def1
   
   # Add routes to networks behind MikroTik
   #route 192.168.88.0 255.255.255.0

4. Try to connect

   sudo openvpn USERNAME.ovpn
   

Decrypt private key to avoid password asking (optional)

openssl rsa -passin pass:password -in [email protected] -out [email protected]

Delete a user and revoke his certificate

# Delete a user and revoke his certificate
#
# Change variables below and paste the script
# into MikroTik terminal window.
#

:global CN [/system identity get name]
:global USERNAME "user"

## delete a user
/ppp secret
remove [find name=$USERNAME profile=VPN-PROFILE]

## revoke a client certificate
/certificate
issued-revoke [find name="$USERNAME@$CN"]

## Done.

Revert OpenVPN server configuration on MikroTik

## Revert OpenVPN configuration

/interface ovpn-server server
set enabled=no default-profile=default port=1194

/ip pool
remove [find name=VPN-POOL]

/ppp secret
remove [find profile=VPN-PROFILE]

/ppp profile
remove [find name=VPN-PROFILE]

/ip firewall filter
remove [find comment="Allow OpenVPN"]
remove [find comment="Accept DNS requests from VPN clients"]

/certificate
## delete the certificates manually