# as root perform the following tasks

####### RH/CentOS (newer versions of CentOS have this included in the standard repos)
# you will need to get the openvpn rpm and liblzo2 package from:
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/openvpn/
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/lzo2/


####### Configuration
# generate a shared secret key
openvpn --genkey --secret /etc/openvpn/secret.key
# copy the key to the client (this is the shared secret)

# create the virtual interface device 
mkdir /dev/net
mknod /dev/net/tun c 10 200

# create directory for logging
mkdir /var/log/openvpn

# deploy and configure the config file below
# location /etc/openvpn/openvpn.conf

# ============================================
# Make all paths relative to /etc/openvpn 
cd /etc/openvpn 
# Networking 
# CHANGE THIS (local and remote)
local 10.0.0.56 # specify the local ip 
remote 192.168.20.71 # specify the remote ip 

# the ips of the virtual interfaces (locally and remote) 
# are specified here 
# ifconfig LOCAL REMOTE
# CHANGE THIS 
ifconfig 5.1.2.3 5.1.2.4 

port 1194 
dev-type tun 
dev zentunnel # will be the interface name 
# Authentication