Required key files

Server:

ca.crt
dh.pem
server.crt
server.key
ta.key

Clients:

ca.crt
client1.crt
client1.key
ta.key

EasyRSA 3.x

EasyRSA 2.x

Initial setup

make-cadir certificates && cd certificates

edit "vars":

export KEY_COUNTRY="US"
export KEY_PROVINCE="CA"
export KEY_CITY="SanFrancisco"
export KEY_ORG="Fort-Funston"
export KEY_EMAIL="me@myhost.mydomain"
export KEY_OU="MyOrganizationalUnit"

source vars

./clean-all

./build-ca

./build-key-server server

./build-dh

openvpn --genkey --secret keys/ta.key

Create client keys

source vars

./build-key client1

./build-key --batch client1

Auto generate user config packages

create $vpnname-client.ovpn template with:
- %usercrt
- %userkey
- %cacrt
- %tlskey

/etc/openvpn/certificates/create_user.sh

#!/bin/bash

user="$1"
vpnname="myvpn"

source vars
./build-key --batch $user

mkdir -p temp/$vpnname
cp keys/$user.crt temp/$vpnname
cp keys/$user.key temp/$vpnname
cp keys/ca.crt temp/$vpnname
cp keys/ta.key temp/$vpnname
cp client.ovpn temp/$vpnname-client.ovpn

sed -i -e "s:%usercrt:$vpnname/$user.crt:g" temp/$vpnname-client.ovpn
sed -i -e "s:%userkey:$vpnname/$user.key:g" temp/$vpnname-client.ovpn
sed -i -e "s:%cacrt:$vpnname/ca.crt:g" temp/$vpnname-client.ovpn
sed -i -e "s:%tlskey:$vpnname/ta.key:g" temp/$vpnname-client.ovpn

cd temp
zip -r $vpnname-$user.zip *
cd ..

cp temp/$vpnname-$user.zip /srv/openvpn/userconfigs

rm -r temp