OpenVPN Access Server Installation and Activation Guide

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following prerequisites before proceeding:

• Ubuntu 20.04 operating system
• Root access or sudo privileges

Installation Steps

1. Update the system packages and install necessary dependencies alongside OPENVPN Access Server :

   # Update and upgrade the fresshly installed system
   apt update && apt upgrade
   
   # Setup Needed Binaries
   apt -y install ca-certificates wget net-tools gnupg unzip python3-pip
   
   # Add the Source repo for OVPN to APT And Install it
   wget https://as-repository.openvpn.net/as-repo-public.asc -qO /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/as-repository.asc
   echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/as-repository.asc] http://as-repository.openvpn.net/as/debian focal main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-as-repo.list
   apt update && apt -y install openvpn-as=2.11.2-72c0e923-Ubuntu20
   
   # Hold Updates To prevent the system from overwriting the cracked Version Then Stop it
   apt-mark hold openvpn-as openvpn-as-bundled-clients
   service openvpnas stop

2. Activate OpenVPN-AS :

   # Make a directory on your local user home directory and Enter It
   mkdir ~/vpnas
   
   # Copy The egg file to it
   # The file name misht change depending on the python version you are using pyovpn-2.0-pyX.X.egg
   cp /usr/local/openvpn_as/lib/python/pyovpn-2.0-py3.8.egg .
   
   # Uncompress The egg file
   mv pyovpn-2.0-py3.8.egg pyovpn-2.0-py3.8.egg.zip
   unzip pyovpn-2.0-py3.8.egg.zip
   
   # Change Directory to where the targeted Compiled pyc file is
   cd ./pyovpn/lic
   
   # Install uncompyle6 python library
   pip install uncompyle6
   
   # Decompile the uprop.pyc File
   uncompyle6 uprop.pyc > uprop.py

   

   # Edit the decomplied file by adding 
   # ret['concurrent_connections'] = 5000
   # just before the ret statement in the figure function
   # with the same indentation as the ret statement and after the line
   # print "ret['%s'] = v_agg(%d) + v_nonagg(%d)" % (prop, v_agg, v_nonagg)
   vi uprop.py

   

   # Recompile the file and copy it to the corrent path
   python3 -m py_compile uprop.py
   # Make sure to check the Version as it may change depending on python
   cp __pycache__/uprop.cpython-38.pyc uprop.pyc
   
   # Clean the code
   rm -Rf __pycache__/ uprop.py
   
   # Go to the base directory in this case ~/vpnas
   cd ~/vpnas
   
   # Remove the egg file we renamed to zip
   rm pyovpn-2.0-py3.8.egg.zip 
   
   # Recreate a zip file and rename it to the original .egg filename
   zip -r *
   # In my case my generated file is named EGG-INFO.zip
   cp EGG-INFO.zip /usr/local/openvpn_as/lib/python/pyovpn-2.0-py3.8.egg
   
   # Clear the openvpnas service log file
   echo "" > /var/log/openvpnas.log
   
   # start the service and you are done
   service openvpnas start

3. Activate OpenVPN-AS SSL and configure a sub-domain :

   Set up you own VPN Server with OPENVPN Access Server!

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues, feature requests, or pull requests to enhance this OpenVPN Access Server installation repository.

Disclaimer

This repository is intended for ==educational and informational purposes only==. The cracking steps are provided for customization purposes, and users should ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Note: Always use software responsibly and adhere to licensing agreements.¹

Footnotes

1. Enjoy secure and customizable VPN deployment with OpenVPN Access Server on Ubuntu 20.04! ↩